People. Power. Justice.

EarthRights is a growing global team of community activists, campaigners, and legal strategists who challenge powerful institutions that violate peoples’ rights and destroy our planet for profit.

OUR WORK

Serving frontline communities to avert climate catastrophe and hold corporations accountable for the harms they impose on people and the planet.

CLIMATE JUSTICE

Supporting frontline communities in their resistance against climate-damaging fossil fuel projects.

EARTH RIGHTS DEFENDERS

Working with environmental defenders to protect the rights, resources, and livelihoods of their communities.

CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY

Holding powerful corporations accountable for undermining human rights and accelerating our climate crisis.

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What's New

Get updates on EarthRights’ most recent legal and campaign developments and victories, along with expert analysis on the challenges facing human rights defenders and frontline communties.
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06.08.23

County of Roanoke v. Moore

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05.31.23

The Critical Need to Protect Communities from Critical Minerals Mining

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05.29.23

En Colombia siguen prevaleciendo los intereses económicos sobre los derechos de las comunidades indígenas

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05.26.23

As Violence in Myanmar Escalates, Sanctions are More Critical than Ever

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05.17.23

Defensor aymara Nelson Calderón se reúne con Relator Especial de Naciones Unidas debido al caso de detención arbitraria en Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

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05.10.23

Criminalization and Judicial Harassment of Earth Rights Defenders in Thailand

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05.04.23

Los defensores y defensoras del ambiente y el territorio y la importancia de la ratificación del Acuerdo de Escazú para su protección

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05.01.23

Brunswick County Residents Urge Officials to Address Water Inequity Problems

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04.27.23

Concluyó audiencia del caso U’wa Vs. el Estado Colombiano  

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CAMPAIGNS AND RELATED WORK

Learn more about our efforts to strengthen protections for earth rights defenders, harness the law as an instrument for change, and hold corporations accountable for human rights abuses.

EARTH RIGHTS DEFENDERS

Our global strategy to reduce threats against environmental defenders.

FRONTLINES OF CLIMATE JUSTICE

Working with Indigenous and frontline communities to support their work in resisting climate-destroying fossil fuel projects.

CANCEL CORPORATE ABUSE

Securing justice for earth rights defenders by demanding corporate accountability.

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