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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