Global Legal Action Network (GLAN)
@glanlaw.bsky.social
Innovative legal action across borders - challenging powerful actors involved in human rights violations, environmental harms & systemic injustice.
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📢 We are looking for new Trustees to join our Board.
⚖️ You'll be responsible for helping shape the strategic direction and governance of our charity, ensure we remain true to our mission, and comply with our legal and financial responsibilities.
Find out more: glanlaw.org/careers/trus...
⚖️ You'll be responsible for helping shape the strategic direction and governance of our charity, ensure we remain true to our mission, and comply with our legal and financial responsibilities.
Find out more: glanlaw.org/careers/trus...
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Today is Microsoft’s Annual General Meeting and @eko.org @abolitionistlawcenter.org @glanlaw.bsky.social along with other international legal + advocacy rights groups is issuing the company’s shareholders a warning:
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Microsoft’s Aiding of Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians Exposes Company and its Leadership to Legal Liability
December 2, 2025, Philadelphia – A coalition of international legal and advocacy rights groups–Abolitionist Law Center, Avaaz Foundation, European Legal Support Center, SOMO, Center for Constitutional
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December 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Today is Microsoft’s Annual General Meeting and @eko.org @abolitionistlawcenter.org @glanlaw.bsky.social along with other international legal + advocacy rights groups is issuing the company’s shareholders a warning:
ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
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We’re challenging the government to get real and step up. Join us: goodlaw.social/h5ik
Make Keir Starmer step up on climate
The government is failing to tackle global heating – so we’re forcing it to take action
goodlaw.social
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We’re challenging the government to get real and step up. Join us: goodlaw.social/h5ik
📢 We are looking for new Trustees to join our Board.
⚖️ You'll be responsible for helping shape the strategic direction and governance of our charity, ensure we remain true to our mission, and comply with our legal and financial responsibilities.
Find out more: glanlaw.org/careers/trus...
⚖️ You'll be responsible for helping shape the strategic direction and governance of our charity, ensure we remain true to our mission, and comply with our legal and financial responsibilities.
Find out more: glanlaw.org/careers/trus...
December 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
📢 We are looking for new Trustees to join our Board.
⚖️ You'll be responsible for helping shape the strategic direction and governance of our charity, ensure we remain true to our mission, and comply with our legal and financial responsibilities.
Find out more: glanlaw.org/careers/trus...
⚖️ You'll be responsible for helping shape the strategic direction and governance of our charity, ensure we remain true to our mission, and comply with our legal and financial responsibilities.
Find out more: glanlaw.org/careers/trus...
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Today, ALC & @glanlaw.bsky.social @avaaz.org @somoamsterdam.bsky.social @ccrjustice.org @eko.org notified Microsoft & its leadership of its potential legal liability for aiding & abetting atrocity crimes committed by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza.
abolitionistlawcenter.org/2025/12/02/m...
abolitionistlawcenter.org/2025/12/02/m...
Microsoft’s Aiding of Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians Exposes Company and its Leadership to Legal Liability
A coalition of international legal and advocacy rights groups notified Microsoft Corporation and its executive leadership of its potential legal liability for aiding and abetting atrocity crimes commi...
abolitionistlawcenter.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Today, ALC & @glanlaw.bsky.social @avaaz.org @somoamsterdam.bsky.social @ccrjustice.org @eko.org notified Microsoft & its leadership of its potential legal liability for aiding & abetting atrocity crimes committed by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza.
abolitionistlawcenter.org/2025/12/02/m...
abolitionistlawcenter.org/2025/12/02/m...
🚨In January 2024, Barbudan land defender, fisherman and tour guide George Jeffery & GLAN started a legal battle with Antiguan-based Development and Control Authority (DCA) over the approval of a controversial private development complex of luxury villas🧵
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🚨In January 2024, Barbudan land defender, fisherman and tour guide George Jeffery & GLAN started a legal battle with Antiguan-based Development and Control Authority (DCA) over the approval of a controversial private development complex of luxury villas🧵
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We’re working with @glanlaw.bsky.social and our claimants SOS UK, @tippingpointuk.bsky.social and Save Hemsby Coastline to challenge the UK government.
Starmer’s climate framework is so full of holes that it breaches our right to family life. Support our challenge here:
https://goodlaw.social/h5ik
Starmer’s climate framework is so full of holes that it breaches our right to family life. Support our challenge here:
https://goodlaw.social/h5ik
Make Keir Starmer step up on climate
The government is failing to tackle global heating – so we’re forcing it to take action
goodlaw.social
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
We’re working with @glanlaw.bsky.social and our claimants SOS UK, @tippingpointuk.bsky.social and Save Hemsby Coastline to challenge the UK government.
Starmer’s climate framework is so full of holes that it breaches our right to family life. Support our challenge here:
https://goodlaw.social/h5ik
Starmer’s climate framework is so full of holes that it breaches our right to family life. Support our challenge here:
https://goodlaw.social/h5ik
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🚨🚨 goodlawproject.org/were-challen...
New climate case from @goodlawproject.bsky.social and @glanlaw.bsky.social on UK Climate framework v human rights, the ICJ Advisory opinion and more. 82 page (!) PAP letter here drive.google.com/file/d/1nfxC...
One to watch 🤞
New climate case from @goodlawproject.bsky.social and @glanlaw.bsky.social on UK Climate framework v human rights, the ICJ Advisory opinion and more. 82 page (!) PAP letter here drive.google.com/file/d/1nfxC...
One to watch 🤞
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
🚨🚨 goodlawproject.org/were-challen...
New climate case from @goodlawproject.bsky.social and @glanlaw.bsky.social on UK Climate framework v human rights, the ICJ Advisory opinion and more. 82 page (!) PAP letter here drive.google.com/file/d/1nfxC...
One to watch 🤞
New climate case from @goodlawproject.bsky.social and @glanlaw.bsky.social on UK Climate framework v human rights, the ICJ Advisory opinion and more. 82 page (!) PAP letter here drive.google.com/file/d/1nfxC...
One to watch 🤞
Today as UN Secretary General calls out moral failure of missing climate targets we launch a new campaign with @goodlawproject.bsky.social telling the UK government they must do more to avoid catastrophic tipping points. #COP30
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, UN chief tells Cop30 summit
UN secretary general António Guterres urges opening session in Brazil to bring about a ‘fundamental paradigm shift’
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Today as UN Secretary General calls out moral failure of missing climate targets we launch a new campaign with @goodlawproject.bsky.social telling the UK government they must do more to avoid catastrophic tipping points. #COP30
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🌏 NEW: The UK government is failing to tackle global heating – so we’re forcing it to take action with Global Legal Action Network.
Help fund the fight 👇
https://goodlaw.social/h5ik
Help fund the fight 👇
https://goodlaw.social/h5ik
November 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
🌏 NEW: The UK government is failing to tackle global heating – so we’re forcing it to take action with Global Legal Action Network.
Help fund the fight 👇
https://goodlaw.social/h5ik
Help fund the fight 👇
https://goodlaw.social/h5ik
Pakistani farmers to sue German polluters over climate-linked flood damage.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Pakistani farmers to sue German polluters over climate-linked flood damage
Claimants seek compensation from RWE and Heidelberg Materials after extreme flooding destroyed harvests
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Pakistani farmers to sue German polluters over climate-linked flood damage.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The @irishtimes.com covers our case win with Sadaka which overturned the Irish Police's refusal to investigate #Airbnb over listings in occupied #Palestine. Read more below!
#warcrimes #moneylaundering #Irishlaw #EU
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
#warcrimes #moneylaundering #Irishlaw #EU
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
Garda will reconsider Palestinian man’s allegations against Airbnb over West Bank properties, court hears
Garda Commissioner is conceding to certain reliefs sought
www.irishtimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The @irishtimes.com covers our case win with Sadaka which overturned the Irish Police's refusal to investigate #Airbnb over listings in occupied #Palestine. Read more below!
#warcrimes #moneylaundering #Irishlaw #EU
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
#warcrimes #moneylaundering #Irishlaw #EU
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
🚨 MAJOR DEVELOPMENT: Airbnb faces war crimes investigation over accommodation listings in Israeli settlements, after Irish court annuls police refusal to investigate criminal complaint made by GLAN and Sadaka 1/5
October 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🚨 MAJOR DEVELOPMENT: Airbnb faces war crimes investigation over accommodation listings in Israeli settlements, after Irish court annuls police refusal to investigate criminal complaint made by GLAN and Sadaka 1/5
On World Rivers Day, we reflect on how critical river systems are for our planet, wildlife and communities, raise awareness of the threats they face, and aim to inspire action to protect them! Alongside @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social today we want to spotlight the Ajkwa River, #WestPapua.
September 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
On World Rivers Day, we reflect on how critical river systems are for our planet, wildlife and communities, raise awareness of the threats they face, and aim to inspire action to protect them! Alongside @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social today we want to spotlight the Ajkwa River, #WestPapua.
📺Watch tonight at 9.35pm: An @rte.ie investigation has
revealed at least 15 factories that imported 100s of tons of cotton fabric in 2024 from companies linked to Uyghur #forcedlabour are supplying some of Ireland's major clothing retailers.
www.rte.ie/news/investi...
revealed at least 15 factories that imported 100s of tons of cotton fabric in 2024 from companies linked to Uyghur #forcedlabour are supplying some of Ireland's major clothing retailers.
www.rte.ie/news/investi...
How forced Uyghur labour could be woven into your wardrobe
Behind the 'sustainable' labels on Ireland's high streets, cotton from China's Uyghur region is still slipping through. RTÉ Investigates uncovers the routes of forced labour and the systems that fail ...
www.rte.ie
September 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
📺Watch tonight at 9.35pm: An @rte.ie investigation has
revealed at least 15 factories that imported 100s of tons of cotton fabric in 2024 from companies linked to Uyghur #forcedlabour are supplying some of Ireland's major clothing retailers.
www.rte.ie/news/investi...
revealed at least 15 factories that imported 100s of tons of cotton fabric in 2024 from companies linked to Uyghur #forcedlabour are supplying some of Ireland's major clothing retailers.
www.rte.ie/news/investi...
TODAY: GLAN & @caneurope.org are in court challenging the @ec.europa.eu's 2030 climate targets. We're demanding stronger action is taken NOW to protect our future 🌏and uphold human rights and environmental law🍃⚖️.
#Climatejustice #LegalActionForCLimate #EU2030
#Climatejustice #LegalActionForCLimate #EU2030
📢 HEARING happening NOW at the EU General Court in Luxembourg.
GLAN & CAN Europe are challenging the @ec.europa.eu’s inadequate 2030 climate targets, demanding stronger cuts in line with 1.5°C, human rights & environmental law.
A key moment for #ClimateJustice
#LegalActionForClimate #EU2030
GLAN & CAN Europe are challenging the @ec.europa.eu’s inadequate 2030 climate targets, demanding stronger cuts in line with 1.5°C, human rights & environmental law.
A key moment for #ClimateJustice
#LegalActionForClimate #EU2030
September 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
TODAY: GLAN & @caneurope.org are in court challenging the @ec.europa.eu's 2030 climate targets. We're demanding stronger action is taken NOW to protect our future 🌏and uphold human rights and environmental law🍃⚖️.
#Climatejustice #LegalActionForCLimate #EU2030
#Climatejustice #LegalActionForCLimate #EU2030
🚨WATCH LIVE: Gaza Tribunal: Inquiry into War Crimes and Complicity | The Gaza Tribunal.
📺GLAN lawyer Charlotte Andrews-Briscoe is speaking at 15.15 this afternoon on @alhaq.bsky.social case challenging UK gov's weapon sales to Israel & F-35 carve out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3un...
📺GLAN lawyer Charlotte Andrews-Briscoe is speaking at 15.15 this afternoon on @alhaq.bsky.social case challenging UK gov's weapon sales to Israel & F-35 carve out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3un...
The Gaza Tribunal - Day One
YouTube video by Project for Peace & Justice by Jeremy Corbyn
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September 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🚨WATCH LIVE: Gaza Tribunal: Inquiry into War Crimes and Complicity | The Gaza Tribunal.
📺GLAN lawyer Charlotte Andrews-Briscoe is speaking at 15.15 this afternoon on @alhaq.bsky.social case challenging UK gov's weapon sales to Israel & F-35 carve out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3un...
📺GLAN lawyer Charlotte Andrews-Briscoe is speaking at 15.15 this afternoon on @alhaq.bsky.social case challenging UK gov's weapon sales to Israel & F-35 carve out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3un...
GLAN and @alhaq.bsky.social are appealing against the High Court decision that failed to stop UK made F-35 parts being used by Israel as they commit #genocide in Gaza.
An expedited oral hearing for permission will take place on 9th Oct: www.glanlaw.org/single-post/...
An expedited oral hearing for permission will take place on 9th Oct: www.glanlaw.org/single-post/...
August 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
GLAN and @alhaq.bsky.social are appealing against the High Court decision that failed to stop UK made F-35 parts being used by Israel as they commit #genocide in Gaza.
An expedited oral hearing for permission will take place on 9th Oct: www.glanlaw.org/single-post/...
An expedited oral hearing for permission will take place on 9th Oct: www.glanlaw.org/single-post/...
📅Today at 4pm: GLAN's Legal Co-Lead, Dearbhla Minogue
joins Michael Polak of Church Court Chambers for an important discussion on the legal action being taken to end Uyghur forced labour. Register to join the webinar: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uyghur-for...
joins Michael Polak of Church Court Chambers for an important discussion on the legal action being taken to end Uyghur forced labour. Register to join the webinar: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uyghur-for...
Uyghur Forced Labour: Is Justice Keeping Pace?
Webinar on Uyghur forced labour: legal insights from GLAN’s UK case & Shein’s IPO stall. Aug 7, 4–5pm BST.
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August 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
📅Today at 4pm: GLAN's Legal Co-Lead, Dearbhla Minogue
joins Michael Polak of Church Court Chambers for an important discussion on the legal action being taken to end Uyghur forced labour. Register to join the webinar: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uyghur-for...
joins Michael Polak of Church Court Chambers for an important discussion on the legal action being taken to end Uyghur forced labour. Register to join the webinar: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uyghur-for...
🚨UPDATE: Belgian prosecutor refers war crimes case against Israeli soldiers to ICC. 1/2
This unprecedented act is possible because the allegations were deemed serious enough to warrant direct judicial action & recognition that the evidence is compelling: www.glanlaw.org/single-post/...
This unprecedented act is possible because the allegations were deemed serious enough to warrant direct judicial action & recognition that the evidence is compelling: www.glanlaw.org/single-post/...
Belgian prosecutor refers war crimes complaint against Israeli soldiers to the ICC
This unprecedented act was only possible because the allegations were deemed serious enough to warrant direct judicial action. A recognition that the evidence presented is compelling and falls within ...
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July 31, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🚨UPDATE: Belgian prosecutor refers war crimes case against Israeli soldiers to ICC. 1/2
This unprecedented act is possible because the allegations were deemed serious enough to warrant direct judicial action & recognition that the evidence is compelling: www.glanlaw.org/single-post/...
This unprecedented act is possible because the allegations were deemed serious enough to warrant direct judicial action & recognition that the evidence is compelling: www.glanlaw.org/single-post/...
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#INTERVIEW with HRF’s chairman Dyab Abou Jahjah and GLAN’s senior lawyer Dearblah Minogue, published earlier on Middle East Eye.
Belgium 🇧🇪 interrogated two Israeli soldiers over Gaza war crimes—after an urgent legal complaint by the HRF and @glanlaw.bsky.social
Read: bit.ly/3W7e7Jq
Belgium 🇧🇪 interrogated two Israeli soldiers over Gaza war crimes—after an urgent legal complaint by the HRF and @glanlaw.bsky.social
Read: bit.ly/3W7e7Jq
Israeli soldiers arrested in Belgium after war crimes complaint by rights groups
Legal action groups hail arrest of two soldiers as a 'breakthrough' in accountability efforts for Gaza atrocities
www.middleeasteye.net
July 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
#INTERVIEW with HRF’s chairman Dyab Abou Jahjah and GLAN’s senior lawyer Dearblah Minogue, published earlier on Middle East Eye.
Belgium 🇧🇪 interrogated two Israeli soldiers over Gaza war crimes—after an urgent legal complaint by the HRF and @glanlaw.bsky.social
Read: bit.ly/3W7e7Jq
Belgium 🇧🇪 interrogated two Israeli soldiers over Gaza war crimes—after an urgent legal complaint by the HRF and @glanlaw.bsky.social
Read: bit.ly/3W7e7Jq
📰 News this week has shown that the era of impunity is coming to an end! ⚖️ We believe that those in power must be held accountable. Do you agree✅ ? Will you stand with us ✊?
➡️Become a GLAN supporter here: www.glanlaw.org/donate
➡️Become a GLAN supporter here: www.glanlaw.org/donate
July 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
📰 News this week has shown that the era of impunity is coming to an end! ⚖️ We believe that those in power must be held accountable. Do you agree✅ ? Will you stand with us ✊?
➡️Become a GLAN supporter here: www.glanlaw.org/donate
➡️Become a GLAN supporter here: www.glanlaw.org/donate
GLAN has joined over 100 NGOs to urgently sound the alarm on the critical situation in Gaza - its mass intentional starvation by Israel! We stand together to demand that Israel ends its siege and that life-saving aid be allowed in NOW! news.sky.com/story/gaza-f...
Gaza faces mass starvation with supplies 'totally depleted', aid agencies warn
Israel denies it is responsible for shortages of food - but aid groups have accused its government of creating "chaos, starvation, and death".
news.sky.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
GLAN has joined over 100 NGOs to urgently sound the alarm on the critical situation in Gaza - its mass intentional starvation by Israel! We stand together to demand that Israel ends its siege and that life-saving aid be allowed in NOW! news.sky.com/story/gaza-f...
Bellingcat’s J&A helped build mechanisms for open source research to enhance legal accountability, particularly in atrocity crimes. This is the final research to be conducted by @bellingcat.com as part of this team but GLAN is continuing its OSI accountability work. j-and-a.glanlaw.org/kharkiv.
Kharkiv — Justice and Accountability Unit
j-and-a.glanlaw.org
July 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Bellingcat’s J&A helped build mechanisms for open source research to enhance legal accountability, particularly in atrocity crimes. This is the final research to be conducted by @bellingcat.com as part of this team but GLAN is continuing its OSI accountability work. j-and-a.glanlaw.org/kharkiv.
The report concludes through open source investigation that the 79th Brigade of Russian Armed Forces, led by Colonel Evgeny Yurievich Geraschenko, played a significant role in cluster munition attacks in the region during the initial stages of the full scale invasion of Ukraine.
July 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The report concludes through open source investigation that the 79th Brigade of Russian Armed Forces, led by Colonel Evgeny Yurievich Geraschenko, played a significant role in cluster munition attacks in the region during the initial stages of the full scale invasion of Ukraine.
The new report with @bellingcat.com is based on 32 in-depth investigations of separate incidents that took place between February and April 2022. It offers one of the most detailed looks yet at the use of cluster munitions against civilian areas in the early stages of Russia’s full scale invasion.
July 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The new report with @bellingcat.com is based on 32 in-depth investigations of separate incidents that took place between February and April 2022. It offers one of the most detailed looks yet at the use of cluster munitions against civilian areas in the early stages of Russia’s full scale invasion.