As human rights defenders expose and oppose injustices perpetrated by powerful economic and political actors, they may take ...

As millions around the world ask, Why is the genocide not stopping?, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese responds: ...

Snapshot Starting in 1998, multiple lawsuits were filed in US courts against chemical company DuPont in relation to PFOA used to produce Teflon. Local farmers, residents and company workers claimed to ...

Para la versión en español de este perfil de las demandas judiciales, haga clic acá. Snapshot In 2013, over 700 Chileans filed a claim against Boliden Mineral in Swedish court. Plaintiffs alleged they ...

“In your phone, in their air - A trace of graphite is in consumer tech. In these Chinese villages, it’s everywhere.”, 2 October 2016 … [V]irtually all… [lithium] batteries use graphite, and its cheap ...

Kiobel v. Shell - Proceedings in the USA In 2002, Royal Dutch/Shell was sued in US federal court by Esther Kiobel, the wife of Dr. Barinem Kiobel- an Ogoni activist who was member of the Movement for ...

Snapshot: In 1994, Papua-New Guinean landowners sued BHP in Australia, alleging BHP's operations at a copper mine caused the destruction of the surrounding environment and of their traditional ...

The UK is home to some of the largest multinational corporations in the world operating through integrated networks of subsidiary companies and complex supply chains. Through their global activities, ...