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Pipeline owners warned that they are ‘complicit’ in police brutality against Indigenous demonstrators Indigenous water protectors face off with police during last week’s military-style raid. (Photo: Wes Enzinna/cc/flickr) The increasingly violent attacks...

(Pix (c) Larry Catá Backer 2015) Professor James Stewart, of the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia, has produced a valuable on line symposium: Business and Human Rights: Next Steps.  Its genesis is John Ruggie's closing remarks delivered...

Alemayehu G Mariam March 4, 2014 Exactly two years ago to the month, I wrote a commentary entitled, “The Dam and the Damned: Gilgel Gibe III Ethiopia” focusing on the impact of   “development” in the Omo River Basin (ORB...

The primary purpose of this position is to lead coordination and development of EarthRights International's alumni program inside Myanmar, with oversight and support by the Deputy Office Director, SEA Office. EarthRights International (ERI) combines...

Nigerian villagers have dismissed a U.S. federal case against Chevron after reaching a confidential settlement with the California oil giant. Using a tactic pioneered by Chevron itself in its long-running Ecuador contamination litigation, the villagers...