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Criminal complaint against Dutch firm for allegedly profiting from exploitation of North Koreans
Summary A North Korean labourer who endured years of slave-like conditions working for Polish company ‘Crist S.A.’, a supplier of a Dutch...
Nov 8, 2018


DRC communities’ land rights case submitted to Development Bank’s independent complaints procedure
Nine communities from the Democratic Republic of Congo have this week filed a complaint to the German Development Bank (DEG) over a...
Nov 7, 2018


Robust methodology key to success of UN database of businesses involved in Israel's settlements
Civil society releases submission on normative framework, criteria for inclusion The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), the Centre for...
Feb 8, 2018


Promoting transnational accountability for “land grabbing”? Insights from a brainstorming event
This note summarises insights from a meeting convened by the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) in collaboration with the International...
Nov 20, 2017


Submission made to Inquiry into UK-China Relations re Int'l Law Firms
GLAN marked the Day of the Endangered Lawyer (January 24th 2017) with a submission to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee...
Jan 24, 2017


Documents indicate Irish Medical Council declined human rights briefing on overseas campus
For nearly two years GLAN has been pushing for the release of documents on the accreditation of 'Royal College of Surgeons in...
Jun 7, 2016


Submission to UN Human Rights Council on Ireland's dealings in Bahrain
GLAN has sent a stakeholder's submission report to UN Human Rights Council ahead of Ireland's review in 2016. The submission highlights...
Sep 22, 2015
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