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La Nación U’wa contra el Estado de Colombia
Los pueblos indígenas de Colombia luchan por su territorio y su cultura contra las industrias extractivas MORE

U’wa Indigenous People v. Colombia
Indigenous People in Colombia Fight for their Land and Culture Against Extractive Industries MORE

Energy Transfer Partners v. Krystal Two Bulls
Indigenous Water Defender Sued by Company Behind Dakota Access Pipeline MORE

Budha Ismail Jam, et al v. IFC
An Indian fishing community takes on the World Bank MORE

Maxima Acuña-Atalaya v. Newmont Mining Corp.
A family’s struggle against one of the world’s biggest mining companies. MORE

Doe v. Chiquita Brands International
Banana Giant Chiquita Paid Terrorist Group for Security MORE

Juana Doe et al. v. IFC
Honduran Farmers Sue World Bank Group for Complicity in Human Rights Violations MORE

Climate Change Litigation in Colorado
Colorado communities sue fossil fuel companies to make them pay their fair share of climate costs. MORE

Doe v. Unocal
The First Case of its Kind: Holding a U.S. Company Responsible for Rape, Murder, and Forced Labor in Myanmar MORE

Maynas v. Occidental Petroleum
A Legacy of Harm: Indigenous Communities in the Peruvian Amazon take Occidental Petroleum to Court. MORE

Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Shell
Getting Away with Murder: Shell’s Complicity with Crimes Against Humanity in Nigeria MORE

Bowoto v. Chevron
Peaceful Protest, Military Response: Chevron’s Complicity in Murder and Torture in Nigeria MORE

Kiobel v. Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP
A continued search for justice: Shell’s alleged complicity in torture and executions is challenged in the Netherlands MORE

Chadín 2 Hydroelectric Power Project
Request for Constitutional Protection for Earth Rights Defenders Affected by Chadin 2 Hydroelectric Power Plant MORE

Energy Transfer Partners v. Greenpeace, BankTrack, et al.
Defending dissent and the right to free speech MORE

Thilawa: The 33 Farmers
Farmers in Myanmar face criminal charges for defending their land rights MORE

Barrick
Security Guards for World’s Largest Gold Mining Company Rape and Kill Locals in Papua New Guinea MORE

Metsagharun v. Chevron Nigeria
Chevron Illegally Flares Gas in Nigeria MORE

Norperuano Pipeline Contamination
A pipeline in the northern most Peruvian Amazon has been spilling oil and contaminating communities for 50 years. MORE

Campos-Alvarez v. Newmont Mining
Shooting Peaceful Mine Protesters in Peru MORE

American Petroleum Institute v. SEC v. Oxfam
Defending Transparency Regulations against Big Oil’s Challenge MORE

Oxfam America v. Securities and Exchange Commission
Forcing the Securities and Exchange Commission to implement the U.S. extractive transparency law MORE

Sahu v. Union Carbide
In Bhopal, India, people continue to suffer from water contamination. And no one is taking responsibility. MORE

Minis v. Thomson Safaris
Displacing Maasai from their Land to Make Way for Luxury Safaris MORE

Koh Kong Sugar Plantation
A violent land grab on a Cambodian Sugar Plantation MORE

Don Sahong Dam
Mekong River dam will have dire impacts on the livelihoods, food security and environment of communities both upstream and downstream of the project. MORE

Dawei Special Economic Zone
One of the largest planned industrial zones in Southeast Asia could harm tens of thousands of people. MORE