On February 1, 2021, Myanmar’s military overthrew an elected government. Although the military has claimed that it is following Myanmar’s 2008 Constitution, there is no credible legal argument [...]
Katie Redford reflects on the past 25 years at EarthRights, and what’s next for the organization as we continue to grow.
Following the landmark U.S. Supreme Court in Jam v. International Finance Corporation (IFC) [LINK], stripping the World Bank Group of absolute immunity, the IFC’s head [...]
On Monday, Canada appeared before a UN human rights body to defend its record on protecting the rights of minority groups. ERI, MiningWatch Canada, and the University of Toronto International [...]
Hom* is a student at the EarthRights School, studying human and environmental rights, campaigning, community organizing and legal advocacy. This is the first of two student reflections we will be [...]
Tomorrow, the world celebrates World Day of Indigenous Peoples on the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Declaration addresses [...]
El derecho al medio ambiente equilibrado y adecuado, y el deber del Estado de proteger la biodiversidad, están consagrados en la Constitución Política peruana y en diversos instrumentos [...]
In July 2017, ERI supporters and friends gathered together in Chiang Mai, Thailand to witness the unveiling of ERI’s “ecoplex” – a Platinum LEED-certified building to house ERI’s Mekong regional [...]
Jingjing Zhang is a leading Chinese environmental lawyer who has worked across Asia, Latin America and West Africa. But when she arrived at an open pit mine in Sierra Leone run by a Chinese [...]
It’s like 2012 all over again. A well-reviewed D.C. comics movie is ruling the box office, the Washington Nationals are atop the NL East standings, and the U.S. Supreme Court is considering [...]
