This week, EarthRights filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief supporting a lawsuit by Iraqi torture victims against the U.S. military contractor company CACI. The case, Al Shimari [...]
When Donald Trump boasts about being above the law, he is speaking to a broader, more dangerous trend. Among America’s corporate class, immunity from the law—both from civil lawsuits and criminal [...]
10 Documentaries about Corporate Accountability, Human Rights and Environmental Justice to Check Out
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In an era of fake news, doctored video and a government-sanctioned war on reality, documentaries are truly more important than ever. Filmmaker SImon Kilmurry writes that “Documentary film is [...]
Going to the movies in summertime is a classic tradition in America, just like hotdogs at the ballpark and fireworks on the 4th of July. I recently found myself on a hot summer day retreating to [...]
During his failed presidential run in 2011, Republican candidate Mitt Romney made a routine stop at the Iowa State Fair. During his speech, he was interrupted by hecklers questioning his tax [...]
At the center of many human rights crises are the companies willing to profit off the suffering of others. ERI has been using the power of people and the power of law to hold U.S. companies [...]
The people in the room at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand (FCCT) know at least part of the story. Some know the Union Carbide chemical disaster in Bhopal, India, or the forced [...]
The Supreme Court ruled this morning that foreign corporations cannot be sued in U.S. courts under the U.S. Alien Tort Statute (ATS). The ATS only allows suits for the worst violations of [...]
Today, lawyers for five large oil companies will stand in front of a federal judge and tell him a story about the history of climate change. The companies—BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, [...]
By Variya Theppooviang* At the end of 2017, I joined a cohort of participants for the Mekong Legal Advocacy Institute (MLAI) training, a key part of EarthRights International’s legal program. [...]