Case: Koh Kong Sugar Plantation A violent land grab on a Cambodian Sugar Plantation. In the mid-2000s in southwestern Cambodia, a violent land grab by...
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...
Case: Oxfam America v. Securities and Exchange Commission Forcing the Securities and Exchange Commission to implement the U.S. extractive transparency law. When the U.S. Congress passed Section 1504...
Case: Sahu v. Union Carbide In Bhopal, India, people continue to suffer from water contamination. And no one is taking responsibility. In 1984, the world’s...
Case: Sambor Dam Members of local communities have voiced concerns that this project will negatively impact their livelihoods and that they...
Case: Shwe Gas Project The Shwe Gas Project is a large scale natural gas project stretching from the Bay of Bengal in Myanmar to...
Case: Thilawa: The 33 Farmers Farmers in Myanmar face criminal charges for defending their land rights. Thirty-three farmers from near the Thilawa Special Economic...
Case: Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Shell Getting Away with Murder: Shell’s Complicity with Crimes Against Humanity in Nigeria. When the Ogoni people of Nigeria organized in...
Case: Xayaburi Dam The Xayaburi dam is a hydropower project under construction on the Mekong River in northwest Laos, just across the border...
EarthRights Exposures: 2,400 Hectares A relocated resident from the Thilawa SEZ shares her experience.
EarthRights Exposures: Compensation Community members seek alternative to the standard financial compensation for relocating.
EarthRights Exposures: Ring A artful film that beautifully shows the work of a ring maker in Thilawa, Myanmar.
EarthRights Exposures: The Land of Thilawa Thilawa resident questions the benefits of the SEZ for the community as they face relocation.