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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...
Sep 5, 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 12, 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...
Jul 11, 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


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...
Mar 15, 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


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


First meeting of incubator on land grabbing and transnational accountability
Last week saw the inaugural meeting of an incubator group dedicated to considering the development of transnational accountability in the...
Oct 11, 2017
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