Legal Analysis

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  • EarthRights joins amicus brief filed before the U.S. Supreme Court in Doe v. Cisco Systems

    EarthRights joins amicus brief filed before the U.S. Supreme Court in Doe v. Cisco Systems

  • The Struggle of the U’wa People: A Milestone in the Defense of Indigenous Rights

    The Struggle of the U’wa People: A Milestone in the Defense of Indigenous Rights

  • Caso Chumbivilcas: La criminalización como estrategia para acallar las voces de los defensores ambientales

    Caso Chumbivilcas: La criminalización como estrategia para acallar las voces de los defensores ambientales

  • Comunidades Quilombolas de Alcântara levam caso histórico contra o Brasil à Corte Interamericana de Direitos Humanos

    Comunidades Quilombolas de Alcântara levam caso histórico contra o Brasil à Corte Interamericana de Direitos Humanos

  • The Quilombola Communities of Alcântara are bringing a historic case against Brazil to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

    The Quilombola Communities of Alcântara are bringing a historic case against Brazil to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

  • Las Comunidades Quilombolas de Alcântara llevaron su histórico caso contra Brasil ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos

    Las Comunidades Quilombolas de Alcântara llevaron su histórico caso contra Brasil ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos

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

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

  • IFC’s Accountability Crisis on Full Display in its Failed “Approach to Remedial Action”

    IFC’s Accountability Crisis on Full Display in its Failed “Approach to Remedial Action”

  • Communities Harmed by IFC-Financed Tata Mundra Project Still Awaiting Remedy

    Communities Harmed by IFC-Financed Tata Mundra Project Still Awaiting Remedy

  • Will IFC’s “Approach to Remedial Action” confront barriers to remedy or dodge accountability? Lessons from Jam v. IFC

    Will IFC’s “Approach to Remedial Action” confront barriers to remedy or dodge accountability? Lessons from Jam v. IFC

  • An In-Depth Look at Congressman Raskin’s Federal Anti-SLAPP Legislation

    An In-Depth Look at Congressman Raskin’s Federal Anti-SLAPP Legislation

  • Protesting Outside of Supreme Court Justices’ Homes is Fine, Actually

    Protesting Outside of Supreme Court Justices’ Homes is Fine, Actually