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February 18, 2020

Farmers and Fishermen to Challenge World Bank Group Immunity Ruling

January 28, 2020

Defensores y Defensoras de Cusco son declarados inocentes

December 13, 2019

¡Líder Mapuche, Alberto Curamil, Liberado Hoy en Chile!

December 6, 2019

Líderes de Derechos Humanos Presentan Amicus Curiae en Caso de Activista Ambiental Indígena Chileno

November 27, 2019

Human Rights Groups Urge Interim Bolivian Government to Investigate Recent Abuses Against Civilians

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November 27, 2019

Organizaciones de derechos humanos exigen al gobierno interino de Bolivia investigar abusos recientes en contra de civiles

November 25, 2019

Those Who Recklessly Destroy Our Climate Should Face Consequences

October 22, 2019

Exxon Can’t Escape Justice for Its Role in the Climate Crisis

October 9, 2019

Landmark Climate Change Lawsuit to Proceed in Colorado State Court

October 8, 2019

EarthRights International Urges Congress to Cancel Corporate Abuse

September 27, 2019

Comisión Inter-Americana de Derechos Humanos Realiza Audiencia sobre Defensores Ambientales Criminalizados

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September 26, 2019

Organizaciones alertan a la CIDH de los impactos de la crisis climática en los derechos humanos

September 6, 2019

Colorado Municipalities Win First Round Victory in Climate Justice Case

September 5, 2019

Twelve Families of Victims Murdered by Paramilitary Groups in Colombia Denied Opportunity to Proceed to Trial Against Chiquita

August 1, 2019

EarthRights Applauds Climate Leadership as Rep. Neguse and House Committee Explore Clean Energy in Colorado

June 24, 2019

La Nación Wampis y el Pueblo Achuar reafirman su rechazo a la explotación del Lote 64 por GeoPark

May 28, 2019

Corte Superior de Justicia de Cajamarca confirma la absolución del defensor Milton Sánchez Cubas y rechaza la acusación dirigida en su contra por la Minera Yanacocha

April 11, 2019

Organización social de Cotabambas presenta demanda contra convenio entre la Policía Nacional y Minera Las Bambas S.A.

March 29, 2019

Pronunciamiento: Sobre los hechos de detención y criminalización de los dirigentes de la comunidad de Fuera Bamba – Yavi Yavi

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March 21, 2019

Máxima Acuña Atalaya de Chaupe y su familia ganan importante apelación en Estados Unidos contra gigante de la Minería

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March 21, 2019

Peruvian Farming Family Wins Important Appeal in Case to Hold Mining Giant Accountable for Abuse

March 1, 2019

Histórica victoria en la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos: El Grupo Banco Mundial no está por encima de la Ley.

February 27, 2019

Historic Supreme Court Win: World Bank Group Is Not Above The Law

February 19, 2019

Report Reveals Contracts Between Peru’s National Police and Extractive Companies

February 19, 2019

Informe revela la existencia de convenios entre la Policía Nacional del Perú y empresas extractivas que afectan la imparcialidad e independencia del Estado

February 15, 2019

Environmental Groups, Activists Win Dismissal of Lawsuit Filed by Dakota Access Pipeline Company

January 28, 2019

Native American Protester Calls for Dismissal of Vengeful Dakota Access Pipeline Lawsuit

January 23, 2019

Federal Court Dismisses Logging Company’s Racketeering Claims Against Greenpeace

January 16, 2019

GeoPark Pone En Peligro A Pueblos Indígenas De La Amazonía, Así Lo Revela Estudio De Impacto Ambiental Del Proyecto Del Lote 64

January 15, 2019

Exxon Sends Undisclosed Agents to Question Opposing Counsel About Colorado Climate Litigation

December 21, 2018

Pipeline Protester Fights Back Against Corporation’s Sprawling, Outlandish Lawsuit

December 20, 2018

Empresa Petrolera GeoPark Cuestionada Por Su Relación Con las Fuerzas Armadas del Perú

December 13, 2018

New Plan Launched to Stop Violence Against Environmental and Human Rights Defenders (Bangkok)

December 6, 2018

New Plan Launched to Stop Violence Against Environmental and Human Rights Defenders

November 29, 2018

Launch of Report on Communities’ Concerns for Dawei Special Economic Zone

November 28, 2018

Nigerian Abuse Victims Return to Supreme Court for Assistance in Case Against Shell

November 15, 2018

Inicia Juicio Oral contra ex dirigentes de Chumbivilcas criminalizados por ejercer sus derechos

October 31, 2018

Today in the U.S. Supreme Court: Is the World Bank Group Above the Law?

October 29, 2018

Media Advisory: Supreme Court Hears Case on Whether the World Bank Group is Above the Law

October 29, 2018

Gujarat Communities Take the World Bank to the U.S. Supreme Court for Financing Disastrous Tata Mundra Power Plant

October 18, 2018

Austrian Turbine Company Should Uphold Human Rights Principles In Mekong Mega Dam Project

September 5, 2018

Major Global NGOs Launch “Protect the Protest” Task Force

August 1, 2018

U.S. Government Opposes “Absolute” Immunity for World Bank Group in Brief to SCOTUS

July 25, 2018

Court Dismisses Frivolous and “Dangerously Broad” Lawsuit Against NGO BankTrack for Opposing Dakota Access Pipeline

July 16, 2018

Human Rights Defender Acquitted

July 12, 2018

Defensor de derechos humanos absuelto

July 11, 2018

Court Blocks Release of Evidence in Shell’s Role in Nigerian Human Rights Abuses

May 21, 2018

U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Landmark Case Challenging World Bank Group Immunity

May 16, 2018

Communities File Lawsuit for Recognition of Rights of the Marañon River in Peru

May 16, 2018

Comunidades presentan demanda judicial para que se le reconozcan derechos al río Marañon en Perú

May 7, 2018

Myanmar Farmers Convicted in Major Land Rights Case

May 4, 2018

Familia campesina peruana apela contra Newmont en el Tribunal de los EE. UU.

May 4, 2018

Peruvian Farmers Appeal in Fight to Hold Newmont Accountable in U.S. Court

April 18, 2018

ERI Denounces Acts of Hostility, Discrimination and Obstruction of Justice Against Human Rights Defender in Cajamarca

April 18, 2018

ERI denuncia actos de hostilidad, discriminación y entorpecimiento al acceso a la justicia contra defensor de derechos humanos en Cajamarca

April 17, 2018

Colorado Communities File Lawsuit Against Oil Giants for Climate Change Costs

Protesters gather to demonstrate against a coal power plant in Hpa-an township, Kayin State (Photo by Myanmar Times)

April 4, 2018

Myanmar Official Says Hpa-An Coal Plant Cancelled

March 27, 2018

Thailand Must Act on its Commitments to Business and Human Rights for Thai Investments Abroad

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March 21, 2018

Farmers in Thilawa, Myanmar Defend Land Rights in Court and Fight Trespass Charges

February 23, 2018

International Institutions Present Amicus Curiae to the Constitutional Court of Guatemala in Case Relating to the Rights of the Xinka People

February 20, 2018

Anti-Corruption Watchdogs Call for Rex Tillerson’s Recusal From Influencing New Oil Regulation

February 9, 2018

Peruvian Subsistence Farmer Asks Court to Continue Case Against U.S. Company in Delaware

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February 6, 2018

Myanmar Economic Zone Developers Launch Complaint Process That Violates Human Rights Norms

February 2, 2018

Cambodian Village Now Fully Submerged by Lower Sesan 2 Dam

January 22, 2018

Indian Fishing Community Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Case Challenging World Bank Group Immunity

November 1, 2017

Gold Mine Giant Continues to Harass Peruvian Subsistence Farmers, Family Asks U.S. Court to Stop the Abuse

November 1, 2017

Mina de orogigante sigue hostigando a campesinos peruanos, familia le pide a la corte estadounidense que detenga el abuso

October 2, 2017

Supreme Court to Decide Whether Corporations Immune to Human Rights Suits

September 27, 2017

Indian Fishing Communities Will Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Case Against World Bank Group Challenging “Absolute Immunity”

September 19, 2017

Peruvian Subsistence Farmers Take U.S. Gold Mining Giant to Court

September 12, 2017

Victims of Persecution in Nigeria, Accusing Shell of Complicity, Seek U.S. Court Assistance for Dutch Lawsuit

September 11, 2017

Thailand Must Act on its Commitment to Business and Human Rights Regulations

August 20, 2017

Thai Military Must Drop Unlawful Charges Against Academics

July 18, 2017

Sesan Families Face Forced Evictions and a Flooded Future

July 13, 2017

Myanmar Government Missing Renewable Energy Opportunity

July 12, 2017

OECD Complaint Ends with Mekong Dam Turbine Company Committing to Seek Resettlement Information and Strengthen CSR Policies

July 11, 2017

Massive Police Force Traps Families Near Development Project in Myanmar

June 27, 2017

Federal Appeals Court Rules That World Bank Group Cannot Be Sued For Harming Communities

June 7, 2017

Open letter to the IFC regarding its proposed financing of a crony-owned cement factory and coal mine in Myanmar

June 1, 2017

Americans are Concerned About Corporate Power and Abuse; Congress is Not

May 25, 2017

Audiencia Derechos Humanos e Industrias Extractivas en el Perú 162 Periodo de Sesiones CIDH

May 24, 2017

Audiencia derechos humanos e industrias extractivas en el Perú

May 15, 2017

Nation News Agency and its Journalist Criminalized For Reporting on Problems of Thai-owned Heinda Mine in Myanmar

April 20, 2017

Newmont Mining Advises Shareholders to Reject Human Rights Protections

March 23, 2017

Defensoras Ambientales denuncian la grave situación que enfrentan para la defensa de derechos ante la Comisión Inter-Americana de Derechos Humanos

March 23, 2017

Women Environmental Defenders Condemn Systemic Abuses before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

March 8, 2017

Honduran Farmers Sue World Bank Group for Human Rights Violations

March 6, 2017

We Condemn Prosecutor’s Request for 36-Year Prison Sentences for Environmental Leaders

March 6, 2017

Rechazamos pedido de Fiscalía de 36 años de prisión para líderes ambientalistas en Celendín

February 6, 2017

Federal Appeals Court Hears Challenge to World Bank Group Immunity

February 2, 2017

U.S. House Scraps Anti-Corruption Rule in Latest Boon to Companies Cozy with Foreign Regimes

January 26, 2017

Congress Takes Steps to Gut Anti-Corruption Rules and Enable Crony Capitalism

January 16, 2017

Myanmar Human Rights Activist Denied Bail Despite Deteriorating Health

January 13, 2017

Estado de Colombia Condenado por la Corte Interamericana por Violaciónes de Derechos Humanos

January 13, 2017

Inter-American Court Condemns Colombia for Human Rights Violations in Landmark Case

December 19, 2016

The U’wa Nation Continues Lawsuit Against Colombia at the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights

December 19, 2016

Pueblo U’wa Continua su Demanda Contra el Estado Colombiano en la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos

December 1, 2016

Proceden pretensiones de derechos humanos contra Chiquita por su financiación de paramilitares colombianos en la Corte de EE.UU.

November 30, 2016

Human Rights Claims against Chiquita for Funding Colombian Paramilitaries Will Proceed in U.S. Court

November 4, 2016

Court Should Dismiss Charges Against Human Rights Activist Khaing Myo Htun

October 28, 2016

Amid Escalating Repression, Dakota Access Pipeline Owners Risk Legal Liability

October 4, 2016

Report to UN Committee: Canada Complicit in Mining Companies’ Pervasive Abuses Against Women

September 26, 2016

Myanmar Villagers Travel to Japan to Challenge Thilawa Investors

September 20, 2016

Latin American Environmental Defender Attacked, Hospitalized

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September 20, 2016

New Report Card Shows Congress Still Prioritizes Profits Over People

September 14, 2016

Rights Groups to Aung San Suu Kyi: Release Human Rights Activist

August 26, 2016

ERI Condemns Decision to Deny Bail to Khaing Myo Htun

August 10, 2016

Indian Communities ask U.S. Court of Appeals to hold World Bank Group Accountable

August 4, 2016

Myanmar Must Free Political Activist

June 28, 2016

SEC Issues Long-Awaited Transparency Rule for Oil, Gas and Mining

June 22, 2016

Bhopal Pollution Victims Petition for Rehearing After Court Ignores Their Pleas

June 14, 2016

UN Envoys Report Concern over Don Sahong Dam Impacts to Human Rights Council

June 3, 2016

Las víctimas de escuadrones de la muerte colombianos pueden avanzar con su caso contra los ex ejecutivos de Chiquita

June 2, 2016

Victims of Colombian Death Squads Can Move Forward With Case Against Former Chiquita Executives

May 25, 2016

Court Rules that Union Carbide Can’t Be Sued for Ongoing Pollution in Bhopal

April 28, 2016

Human Rights Commission Report Highlights Lack of Accountability in Don Sahong Dam Project

April 11, 2016

Afectados del peor desastre minero en México acuden al tribunal de Estados Unidos de América

April 11, 2016

Mexico’s Worst Mining Disaster Survivors Turn to U.S. Court for Assistance

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March 28, 2016

District Court Rules World Bank Can’t be Sued

October 20, 2015

Defensoras Mujeres Indígenas de Ecuador Criminalizadas Exigen sus Derechos en la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos

October 19, 2015

Criminalized Indigenous Women Environmental Defenders from Ecuador Demand their Rights at Inter-American Commission for Human Rights

October 16, 2015

Victoria para los U’wa dado que el caso sobre derechos territoriales indígenas Avanza en la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos

October 16, 2015

Victory for U’wa Nation as Case on Indigenous Land Rights and Extractive Projects Moves Forward at Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

October 15, 2015

Mujeres indígenas ecuatorianas hablarán ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos

October 15, 2015

Media Advisory: Indigenous Women Speak at Inter-American Commission for Human Rights

October 6, 2015

Landmark Human Rights Law Passed in California

September 22, 2015

Fossil Fuel Companies Face Landmark National Human Rights Complaint on Climate Change

September 2, 2015

Court orders SEC to expedite extractive industry revenue transparency regulations

September 1, 2015

Bhopal Water Pollution Victims Ask Appeals Court to Hold Union Carbide Accountable

July 13, 2015

World Bank Group Claims “Absolute Immunity” Allows it to Avoid Responsibility for Destructive Coal Power Plant

June 3, 2015

Human Rights Violations in Koh Kong Sugar Plantation Confirmed by Thai Human Rights Commission

June 2, 2015

Two New Briefers Expose Failings with Myanmar’s First Special Economic Zone

May 28, 2015

Majority of Congress Failed to take Action on Corporate Accountability in 2014

April 23, 2015

Communities Sue World Bank Group In U.S. Federal Court for Destructive Coal-Fired Power Plant

April 22, 2015

Peruvian Community Leaders Challenge Largest U.S. Gold Mining Company to Stop Human Rights Violations

April 20, 2015

Supreme Court Allows U.S. Corporation to Finance Terrorism Without Accountability

April 3, 2015

Survivors Who Alleged Rape and Killing at Papua New Guinea Mine Pleased With Barrick Gold Settlement

March 19, 2015

Corte Federal de Estados Unidos Ordena a Empresa Newmont Entregar Pruebas a Campesino Cajamarquino herido en Protesta

March 19, 2015

Federal Court Orders Newmont Mining to Turn Over Evidence to Peruvian Wounded in Protest

March 5, 2015

Comunidades Indigenas Peruanas Satisfechas con el Acuerdo de la Demanda Contra la Conaminacion de Occidental Petroleum

March 5, 2015

Peruvian Indigenous Communities Pleased with Settlement of Pollution Lawsuit Against Occidental Petroleum

February 27, 2015

Press Conference Announcing Outcome of Pollution Lawsuit Against Occidental Petroleum

January 24, 2015

Say No to the Don Sahong Dam Project

January 13, 2015

Human Rights Concerns Over Hydropower Development in Cambodia Brought to the UN

January 7, 2015

Families of Victims Petition U.S. Supreme Court to Hold Chiquita Accountable

January 7, 2015

Familias de Víctimas Asesinadas por Paramilitares en Colombia Presentan una Petición a la Corte Suprema de EE.UU contra Chiquita

November 25, 2014

Nearing the 30th Anniversary of the Bhopal Disaster, Pollution Victims ask U.S. Appeals Court to Hold Union Carbide Accountable

November 21, 2014

Survivors of Rape by Barrick Gold Security Guards Offered “Business Grants” and “Training” in Exchange for Waiving Legal Rights

The Mekong River is central to the lives and futures of the Mekong region countries and people.

October 21, 2014

MEDIA ADVISORY: Filing of Complaint with Human Rights Commission of Malaysia Against Don Sahong Dam Developer and Press Conference

October 20, 2014

No Fish, No Food: NGO Coalition Files Complaint Against Don Sahong Dam Developer

October 16, 2014

Thousands of Lives to Be Devastated by Lower Sesan 2 Dam: International Groups Demand New EIA

September 18, 2014

Oxfam America Sues SEC for Failure to Issue New Transparency Rules Required by Dodd-Frank 1504

August 4, 2014

Defensores de derechos humanos denuncian inadmisión de demanda de victimas colombianas contra Chiquita

July 31, 2014

Despite evidence that Union Carbide directly oversaw construction of its notorious plant in Bhopal, India, U.S. court denies justice to victims of pollution

July 24, 2014

Human Rights Advocates Denounce Dismissal of Colombian Victims’ Lawsuit Against Chiquita

June 27, 2014

UN’s Historic Business and Human Rights Treaty Resolution Falls Short in Providing Relief for Victims

June 16, 2014

Chevron Settles with Nigerian Villagers Seeking Information on Gas Flaring Harms

June 4, 2014

New Report Card Shows Fewer Congressional Actions for Corporate Accountability than the Year Before

May 27, 2014

Lower Sesan II Dam developers urged to ensure accountability for severe impacts

April 21, 2014

Tanzanian Maasai Villagers Win Fight For Information about Land-Grabs and Forced Eviction against Luxury Boston Safari Company

April 9, 2014

Austrian Firm Violates Ethics Guidelines in Destructive Mekong Dam Project, Reported to Home Government

March 19, 2014

PWYP USA Urges Securities and Exchange Commission to Match Global Transparency Standard

February 26, 2014

Maasai Villagers Turn to U.S. Courts for Information on Abusive Evictions by U.S. Safari Company

Abandoned chemicals at the Bhopal plant

February 5, 2014

New evidence shows Union Carbide’s role in designing and building Indian chemical plant that killed thousands and continues to pollute Bhopal’s water

January 24, 2014

Acción ante Corte Federal de Estados Unidos solicita información a Newmont sobre represión de protestas sociales en el proyecto minero Conga

January 24, 2014

U.S. Federal Court Action Requests Information from Newmont Regarding Repression of Protests at its Conga Mine Project

December 19, 2013

New Report Card Evaluates Congressional Actions for Corporate Accountability

October 15, 2013

Human rights victims seek justice before the U.S. Supreme Court

October 1, 2013

New Report Examines Evolution and Future of Human Rights Litigation in U.S. Courts

July 17, 2013

Bonsucro Suspends Tate & Lyle Over Cambodia Land-Grabbing

July 11, 2013

First U.S. Companies Release Reports on Investments in Myanmar

June 27, 2013

Appeals court denies justice to victims of Union Carbide’s pollution in Bhopal

April 17, 2013

Kiobel v. Shell: Supreme Court Limits Courts’ Ability to Hear Claims of Human Rights Abuses Committed Abroad

November 29, 2012

Nigerian Villagers Seek to Open Chevron’s files on Gas Flaring

November 14, 2012

Civil Society Organizations Welcome Justice Department and SEC’s Anti-Corruption Guidance

November 1, 2012

Cambodians File Complaint With U.S. Government Against Domino Sugar Parent

March 27, 2012

Victims of Colombian Atrocities Win Right to Sue Chiquita for Complicity Under Colombian Law

December 9, 2011

Chinese Oil Company Linked to Human Rights Abuses in Burma (Myanmar)

June 3, 2011

Federal Court Rejects Chiquita’s Effort to Dismiss Human Rights Class-Action Suit