Guest post: Barbudans forced off island to privatise commons.
The people of Barbuda have always held their land in common. That land tenure system is now being threatened by financiers and their...
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GLAN news
Sep 13, 2018
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 6, 2018
‘Land grab’ on hurricane-hit Barbuda could leave the island almost entirely owned by banks
Note from the author One year ago Hurricane Irma hit the coasts of Barbuda, a small Caribbean island that was first occupied as a British...
Sep 5, 2018
Launch of collaboration with the Irish Centre for Human Rights
The Irish Centre for Human Rights and the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) have agreed on a new collaboration which sees the creation...
Jul 12, 2018
New bill will make Ireland the first country in the world to divest from fossil fuel assets
Ireland is on track to become the first country in the world to divest public money from fossil fuel assets following a landmark vote in...
Jul 11, 2018
Irish Seanad (Senate) votes to approve unprecedented Occupied Territories Bill.
Ireland’s Seanad (Senate) has approved the first stage of the Control of Economic Activities (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018. The Bill...
May 8, 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...
Apr 15, 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...
Mar 15, 2018
New project: Digital evidence, blockchain, and air-strikes in Yemen
The Saudi-led Coalition is accused of committing systematic war crimes against civilians in Yemen. There exists a wealth of evidence in...
Feb 8, 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...
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