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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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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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07.16.25

INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ORDERS PERU TO REFRAIN FROM SANCTIONING FENAMAD AND EARTHRIGHTS INTERNATIONAL FOR DEFENDING THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN ISOLATION

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07.16.25

CORTE INTERAMERICANA DE DERECHOS HUMANOS ORDENA AL ESTADO PERUANO ABSTENERSE DE SANCIONAR A FENAMAD Y  EARTHRIGHTS INTERNATIONAL POR DEFENDER LOS DERECHOS DE LOS PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS EN AISLAMIENTO

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07.15.25

Friends of the Earth International members sue EXIM for unlawfully approving $4.7B to support disastrous Mozambique LNG project

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07.09.25

Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos ordena al Estado peruano a absternerse de sancionar a FENAMAD y EarthRights International por defender los derechos de los pueblos indígenas en aislamiento

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07.08.25

Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos: Emergencia climática afecta especialmente a pueblos indígenas y tribales y exige acción a los Estados para su protección

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07.08.25

Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Climate crisis disproportionately impacts indigenous and tribal communities and demands urgent State action

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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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