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Crowdfunding campaign for climate change legal action launched.
Monday September 25th sees the launch of GLAN's crowdfunding campaign to help bring a potentially ground-breaking case. We are helping...
Sep 24, 2017


Inaugural GLAN event
GLAN recently held a launch event at Lincoln's Inn Fields in central London with generous support from Harvard Law School’s Institute of...
Sep 15, 2017


Kings College London sponsors research position with GLAN
Rita Mota, a PhD candidate at King’s College London has joined GLAN as a researcher under the PhD Internship Programme at King’s College...
Mar 21, 2017


Communication to International Criminal Court requesting investigation of Australia & corporations
GLAN and the Stanford International Human Rights Clinic have submitted a communication to the Office of the Prosecutor at the...
Feb 13, 2017


Submission made to Inquiry into UK-China Relations re Int'l Law Firms
GLAN marked the Day of the Endangered Lawyer (January 24th 2017) with a submission to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee...
Jan 24, 2017


Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill submitted to Irish parliament.
The Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill aims to mandate the divestment of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) from fossil fuel...
Jan 11, 2017


Universal jurisdiction invoked before Dublin District Court in Bahrain torture case
This case summary is cross-posted on www.PILA.ie On September 15th of this year, Bahraini national Jaafar Alhasabi made an application in...
Nov 10, 2016


GLAN to create working group on land grab accountability
Large-scale land acquisitions by private and public actors in poor countries continue to force people from their land. Land grabbing...
Oct 12, 2016


Prosecution of Bahrain Attorney General sought in Irish torture complaint
The Dublin District Court today rejected a criminal complaint seeking a summons for the prosecution of Bahraini Attorney General Ali Bin...
Sep 13, 2016


Refugee camp company in Australia 'liable for crimes against humanity'
The company that has taken over the management of Australia’s offshore immigration detention regime has been warned by international law...
Jul 26, 2016
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