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Submission to Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya on EU & its Member States’ Responsibilities
10 August 2021 The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) has made a submission to the United Nations Independent Fact-Finding Mission on...
Aug 10, 2021


Legal complaint filed against Italy for privatised push-backs to Libya and migrant abuse
GLAN filed a complaint against Italy with the UN Human Rights Committee on behalf of an individual whose journey from Libya was...
Dec 18, 2019


New project: Ending violent 'pushbacks' of refugees and migrants at the Greek-Turkish border
For years, the Greek authorities have been involved in informal, forcible removals (pushbacks) of migrants and asylum-seekers who enter...
Dec 11, 2019


Case filed against Greece in Strasbourg Court over crackdown on humanitarian organisations
Following a two-and-a-half-year legal ordeal in Greek courts, Salam Kamal-Aldeen, founder of the non-profit Team Humanity, has filed an...
Apr 18, 2019


Presentation to German Parliament on Mediterranean abuse & targeting of human rights defenders
GLAN members Dr. Violeta Moreno-Lax and Dr. Itamar Mann appeared before members of the German parliament today, to address migrant...
Sep 13, 2018


Legal action against Italy over coordination of Libyan Coast Guard pull-backs resulting in migrants
Screengrab from Forensic Oceanography's reconstruction of fatal maritime incident Seventeen survivors of a fatal incident in which a boat...
May 8, 2018


Refugee deportations may give rise to Israel's international criminal responsibility
On Sunday, April 15, 2018 GLAN wrote to warn officials from both Israel and Uganda on the possible international criminal legal...
Apr 15, 2018


GLAN teams up with Forensic Architecture to examine migrant push-backs by the Australian navy
GLAN is teaming up with Goldsmiths University’s Centre for Research Architecture and Forensic Architecture to map, visualise and...
Nov 7, 2017


Communication to International Criminal Court requesting investigation of Australia & corporations
GLAN and the Stanford International Human Rights Clinic have submitted a communication to the Office of the Prosecutor at the...
Feb 13, 2017


Refugee camp company in Australia 'liable for crimes against humanity'
The company that has taken over the management of Australia’s offshore immigration detention regime has been warned by international law...
Jul 26, 2016
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