Case: Bowoto v. Chevron Peaceful Protest, Military Response: Chevron’s Complicity in Murder and Torture in Nigeria.
Case: Budha Ismail Jam, et al v. IFC An Indian fishing community takes on the World Bank. Fishing communities and farmers are taking on the International Finance Corporation...
Case: Campos-Alvarez v. Newmont Mining Shooting Peaceful Mine Protesters in Peru. In Peru, police brutality against earth rights defenders is a systemic problem especially in...
Case: Chadín 2 Hydroelectric Power Project Request for Constitutional Protection for Earth Rights Defenders Affected by Chadin 2 Hydroelectric Power Plant. The Chadín 2 Hydroelectric Plant...
Case: Climate Change Litigation in Colorado Colorado communities sue fossil fuel companies to pay the costs of climate change adaptation.
Case: Dawei Special Economic Zone One of the largest planned industrial zones in Southeast Asia could harm tens of thousands of people. Dawei Special Economic...
Case: Doe v. Chiquita Brands International Banana Giant Chiquita Paid Terrorist Group for Security. After an inquiry by the U.S. Justice Department, Chiquita pled guilty to...
Case: Doe v. Unocal The First Case of its Kind: Holding a U.S. Company Responsible for Rape, Murder, and Forced Labor in Myanmar. When...
Case: Don Sahong Dam Mekong River dam will have dire impacts on the livelihoods, food security and environment of communities both upstream...
Case: Energy Transfer Partners v. Greenpeace, BankTrack, et al. Defending dissent and the right to free speech.
Case: Hongsa Power Plant and Mining Project The Hongsa project is a coal plant and mining project in Xayaboury Province, Laos, that includes a lignite coal mine,...
Case: Juana Doe et al. v. IFC Honduran Farmers Sue World Bank Group for Complicity in Human Rights Violations. This is one of the most severe cases...
Case: Lower Sesan 2 Dam The Lower Sesan 2 (LS2) dam is a hydropower project that began operating in 2017 on the Sesan River in...
Case: Maxima Acuña-Atalaya v. Newmont Mining A family’s struggle against one of the world’s biggest mining companies. The Chaupe family, including Goldman Environmental Prize Winner Máxima Acuña-Atalaya...
Case: Maynas v. Occidental Petroleum A Legacy of Harm: Indigenous Communities in the Peruvian Amazon take Occidental Petroleum to Court. In 2007, EarthRights International brought...
