About Us
Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) is a unique non-profit organisation that works with affected communities to pursue innovative legal actions across borders, challenging states and other powerful actors involved with systemic injustice.
Focus Areas
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- Environment & climate change
- 06/11/2025
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The UN secretary general Antonio Guterres is clear: COP30 in Brazil is…
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- Abuses in value chains
- 16/10/2025
The High Court of Ireland granted the Applicants – a Palestinian individual…
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- Accountability for atrocity crimes
- 10/10/2025
Special hearing On 9 October, a special hearing of the Court of…
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- Accountability for atrocity crimes
- 03/10/2025
Most countries recognise Palestinian statehood, yet Israel’s international law violations are accelerating,…
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- Abuses in value chains
- 27/08/2025
27 August 2025: The undersigned 23 civil society organisations, dedicated to ending…
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- Accountability for atrocity crimes
- 31/07/2025
As the Israeli government’s siege starves the people of Gaza, aid workers…
The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN)
GLAN is an independent organisation made up of lawyers and investigators that identifies and pursues legal actions that tackle power actors involved in serious human rights violations and environmental harms by working in partnership with other international and local grassroots organisations.
Our committed team is spread across multiple countries and we have offices in Ireland and the UK.
- Independent | not-for-profit organisation
- Combines investigation with legal action
- Uses law to tackle global and cross-border issues
- Promotes & enforces human rights standards
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