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Swiss National Contact Point calls on Glencore to carry out due diligence at its Cerrejón Coal mine
The OECD National Contact Point (NCP) in Switzerland published its Final Statement in the Complaint against Glencore which was filed by...
Dec 21, 2022

Five Ways You Helped Us Fight Injustice in 2022
Throughout 2022, we continued to fight injustice across the globe. During the past twelve months, six legal actions were filed, we...
Dec 8, 2022


Saudi spyware targeting of activist to be challenged in UK Court
Dr Azzam Tamimi, journalist, academic and human rights activist
Nov 23, 2022


A win for Barbudan Land Rights Defenders
A joint campaign by GLAN and Front Line Defenders to end prosecution of land defenders on the island of Barbuda has proven successful....
Nov 7, 2022


Joint statement from GLAN & Front Line Defenders following concerns for Barbudan land defenders
Antigua and Barbuda: 22 environmental and human rights defenders face charges for visiting contested luxury tourism construction site –...
Sep 27, 2022

Our Impact Report 2021
We work with affected communities to pursue innovative legal actions across borders to challenge powerful actors involved in human rights...
Sep 21, 2022


5 years after Hurricane Irma, privatization & profit still put before preservation & reconstruction
Today marks 5 years since Hurricane Irma devastated the island of Barbuda, forcing the entire population to be evacuated to neighbouring...
Sep 5, 2022


New report. 'Domestic accountability for international arms transfers: Law, policy and practice'
A new report published by GLAN, Saferworld and the International Commission of Jurists looks at ten separate legal challenges to stop the...
Aug 31, 2021

Submission to Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya on EU & its Member States’ Responsibilities
10 August 2021 The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) has made a submission to the United Nations Independent Fact-Finding Mission on...
Aug 10, 2021


GLAN assists Mwatana to file evidence in UK challenge to arms sales to Saudi Arabia
22 April 2021 The Yemeni organisation Mwatana for Human Rights has been granted permission to intervene in new judicial review...
Jun 24, 2021
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