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Legal opinion concludes that treatment of Uyghurs amounts to crimes against humanity and genocide.
(8 February 2021) The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), in partnership with the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) and Uyghur Human Rights...
Feb 7, 2021


GLAN-ICHR Submission on European Pushbacks submitted to UN Special Rapporteur on Rights of Migrants
The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and the Irish Centre for Human Rights (ICHR) today presented a submission to the Special...
Feb 2, 2021


Call for international mission over US developers luxury residences & golf course on Barbuda wetland
On 9/12/2020 the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) has called for an international investigation into the destruction of a listed...
Dec 9, 2020


PRESS RELEASE: International complaint against Greece’s violent pushbacks at the Evros border
On 17 November 2020 GLAN and HumanRights360 filed a complaint with the UN Human Rights Committee on behalf of Fady, a recognised refugee...
Nov 17, 2020


GLAN statement on UK government's decision to reinstate arms sales to Saudi Arabia
Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) joins other human rights organisations in expressing our dismay at the recent reinstatement of arms...
Jul 10, 2020


Petition to European Parliament Challenging EU’s Material Support to Libyan Abuses Against Migrants
Today (Thursday, 11 June 2020) the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), and two Italian NGOs, the Association for Juridical Studies on...
Jun 11, 2020


New report: Business and Human Rights in Occupied Territory: Guidance for Upholding Human Rights
Al-Haq and GLAN’s new report, Business and Human Rights in Occupied Territory: Guidance for Upholding Human Rights, closely examines the...
Apr 30, 2020


Bahrain: Free Imprisoned Rights Defenders and Activists Extend Releases
Amid the global threat posed by COVID-19, Bahraini authorities should release human rights defenders, opposition activists, journalists...
Apr 6, 2020


Legal complaint filed against Italy for privatised push-backs to Libya and migrant abuse
GLAN filed a complaint against Italy with the UN Human Rights Committee on behalf of an individual whose journey from Libya was...
Dec 18, 2019


New project: Ending violent 'pushbacks' of refugees and migrants at the Greek-Turkish border
For years, the Greek authorities have been involved in informal, forcible removals (pushbacks) of migrants and asylum-seekers who enter...
Dec 11, 2019
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