There are many earth rights defenders in Vietnam who support others in the face of human rights violations and environmental issues. Some of them work in government agencies and some work in [...]
The following post is a roundup of news articles from the past two weeks in the Mekong region, drafted by ERI’s Mekong Legal Team. The focus of our monitoring effort includes earth rights [...]
What do we mean when we talk about a right to food? What does such a right involve for individuals? For communities? These were some of the questions that arose during a recent conference I [...]
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“I think what I have gained and learned from the program has really exceeded my expectations…It was the first time for me to be in this family style of school. In my previous schools I have not [...]
With the Lao government moving ahead with the construction of the Xayaburi Dam despite objections from environmental experts and its downstream neighbors, advocates are heightening efforts to [...]
Last week Bobbie and I had the opportunity to observe the filing of a case in the Administrative Court of Thailand by affected villagers downstream from the Xayaburi dam in Laos. We were informed [...]
Tomorrow marks the start of the 3rd Mekong Legal Network (MLN) meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Public interest legal professions and civil society leaders from all six of the Mekong countries [...]
Earlier this month I blogged about the Strategic Environmental Assessment report, which recommended a 10 year moratorium on dam construction on the mainstream of the Mekong River. At the time, I [...]