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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · 11d

Indigenous and local community activists in West Papua are working to tackle Grasberg’s harms. The @ldnminingnetwork.bsky.social and GLAN are working with them to get justice - find out more about our work on our websites.

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · 11d

200,000+ tonnes of toxic mining waste is dumped into West Papua's Ajkwa River everyday by the Grasberg mine.

Infographic - dumping waste known as ‘tailings’ is banned almost everywhere in the world. West Papua is one of the few places where it still happens.

Infographic - contamination from Grasberg’s pollution is causing serious health problems and reducing
life expectancy for communities
in West Papua.

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · 11d

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.

Picture of the Ajkwa River - Text reads: World rivers day: spotlight on The
Grasberg mine’s profound harms to the Ajkwa river and West Papua’s Indigenous communities

The Grasberg mine in West Papua is one of the world’s largest gold and copper mines.

The environmental and human harms caused by the mine are jaw-dropping. Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of mining waste (called tailings) are dumped into the local Ajkwa river systems every single day.

This devastates the ancestral lands and way of life of Indigenous communities, such as the Amungme and Kamoro peoples.

Vital water sources are completely polluted with heavy metals and dangerous mining waste, causing huge health impacts to communities that rely on them as well as devastating the delicate aquatic ecosystem.

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · 14d

GLAN + @uyghurcongress.bsky.social have successfully challenged UK sales of Uyghur forced labour goods, but more must be done to enforce this ruling.

EU & UK consumers have the right to expect retailers are not selling them products tainted with forced labour crimes www.glanlaw.org/uyghur-force...

Uyghur Forced Labour | GLAN

Millions of Uyghurs are being detained and forced to produce cotton for our high street stores

www.glanlaw.org

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · 14d

📺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...

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

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · 15d

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

Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · 15d

📢 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

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨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...

The Gaza Tribunal - Day One

YouTube video by Project for Peace & Justice by Jeremy Corbyn

www.youtube.com

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · Aug 26

Please consider donating to our crowdfund for urgent legal costs - your support makes this case possible: www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-ar...

www.crowdjustice.com

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · Aug 26

Shawan Jabarin @alhaq.bsky.social director said, “Israel is blatantly and openly starving, killing and forcibly displacing Palestinians in Gaza... The court's findings set a dangerous precedent and risk undermining the legal mechanisms designed to ensure government accountability...”

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · Aug 26

GLAN director @gocuinn.bsky.social, “The UK govt’s arming of Israel as it violates international law daily... cannot go unchallenged - The UK govt is hiding behind the global F-35 parts pool, putting contracts with US weapons manufacturers ahead of fundamental obligations under international law.

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · Aug 26

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/...

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · Aug 7

📅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...

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.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · Jul 31

GLAN director @gocuinn.bsky.social said "The Belgian federal prosecutor’s decision to refer this case to the ICC marks a crucial acknowledgment of the gravity of the alleged crimes committed in Gaza...but domestic authorities can and should do more to arrest and prosecute war crimes suspects..."

"The Belgian federal prosecutor’s decision to refer this case to the ICC marks a crucial acknowledgment of the gravity of the alleged crimes committed in Gaza by these ISF soldiers and the rights of victims to justice. But domestic authorities can and should do more to arrest and prosecute war crimes suspects, to do so is to comply with obligations under international law. Instead Belgium released alleged perpetrators who are potentially free to return and commit further criminal acts in Gaza."

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · Jul 31

🚨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/...

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 ...

www.glanlaw.org

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The Hind Rajab Foundation @hindrajabfoundation.be · Jul 24

#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

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

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · Jul 24

📰 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

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · Jul 23

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

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · Jul 23

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

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · Jul 23

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.

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · Jul 23

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.

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · Jul 23

📰New report: @bellingcat.com's Justice & Accountability (J&A) Unit and GLAN have today launched a new report detailing the use of cluster munitions in civilian areas in Kharkiv at the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. j-and-a.glanlaw.org/kharkiv #Ukraine #InternationalLaw

Kharkiv — Justice and Accountability Unit

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Just Security @justsecurity.org · Jul 11

Group of Israeli international law scholars send urgent letter to Israel’s Minister of Defense, IDF Chief of Staff, and Attorney General

On plan to "concentrate" Palestinian population in South Gaza

via @eliavl.bsky.social and @tamarmegiddo.bsky.social

Israeli Int'l Law Scholars on Plan to "Concentrate" Gaza Population

Israeli international law scholars send urgent letter to Israel’s Minister of Defense, the IDF Chief of Staff, the Attorney General.

www.justsecurity.org

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · Jul 14

Israeli bondholders are partly paid from taxes collected in illegal settlements built on stolen Palestinian land, so taxes are connected to #warcrimes underpinning these settlements.

We won't stop challenging investment in Israeli govt bonds.

Stay updated on our work: www.glanlaw.org/updates

Keep in touch | GLAN Law

Interested in our work? Keep up to date with all the latest case news.

www.glanlaw.org

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · Jul 14

TODAY: The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), Ireland’s sovereign wealth fund, announced its divestment from all Israeli govt bonds. This follows a 2024 police complaint by GLAN, Sadaka & @alhaq.bsky.social that ISIF was handling proceeds of Israeli war crimes www.glanlaw.org/proceeds-isr...

https://www.glanlaw.org/proceeds-israel-crimes

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Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) @glanlaw.bsky.social · Jul 8

Work started while Barbudans were forced off island after Hurricane Irma, instead of work on crucial infrastructure, construction for an airstrip started - without consultation with residents. We cannot allow our environment to be exploited in the name of profit! www.crowdjustice.com/case/save-ba...

Displaced Barbudans Resisting Land Grab

The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) is a unique non-profit organisation that pursues innovative legal actions across borders, challenging states and other powerful actors involved with human rights

www.crowdjustice.com