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Press Release September 3, 2025

México Impulsa Nuevas Obras en Puerto de Veracruz que Amenazan Arrecifes y Ecosistemas Terrestres, Pese a Fallo de la Suprema Corte

El Gobierno de México anunció que en septiembre iniciará la construcción de la escollera sur del puerto de Veracruz sobre el arrecife La Gallega, con más de 3 km de extensión. Con esto se sigue incumpliendo lo ordenado por la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación

Press Release August 26, 2025

Court rules U.S. unlawfully authorized seafood imports that threaten Māui dolphin

Ruling requires government to address extinction risk of world’s most imperiled marine dolphin

(Salya T / Unsplash)
Press Release July 23, 2025

Earthjustice Response to International Court of Justice Opinion on Climate Change

UN Court affirms the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment

Press Release July 22, 2025

Mapuche Defend Against Extractive Industry and Forced Evictions From Ancestral Lands in Argentina

Mapuche communities urge Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to further investigate abuses at nexus of extractive industry and land dispossession

Press Release July 3, 2025

Earthjustice Applauds Significant International Human Rights Ruling on Climate Change

The Inter-American Court lays out important measures that governments must take to protect human rights in the face of the growing climate emergency.

Press Release June 2, 2025

Solicitan Intervención Urgente de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Para Evitar Desalojo Forzoso de Comunidad Mapuche

Organizaciones buscan pronunciamiento del órgano de derechos humanos a favor de la Comunidad Lof El Sosneado, la cual se encuentra en conflicto con una empresa minera en la provincia de Mendoza, Argentina

Press Release May 30, 2025

Urgent Intervention by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Needed to Stop Eviction of Mapuche Community

Organizations ask the commission to defend the Lof El Sosneado community from forced removal in conflict with mining company on ancestral lands in Mendoza, Argentina

The United Nations recently adopted an oceans goal for the first time to “conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.”
(Rich Carey/Shutterstock)
From the Experts March 14, 2025

Protecting Our Ocean Protects Human Rights

Earthjustice presents to the United Nations Human Rights Council on the important relationship between the ocean and human rights.

document January 7, 2025

Canada’s Submission to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Response from Canada on the merits of the petition filed by the Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission (SEITC), which requested that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights order a temporary pause on reckless mining activity that is violating the Tribes’ human rights.

Yolanda Zurita, left, and Rosa Amaro, right, victims of toxic pollution in La Oroya, Peru, are embraced after the Community of La Oroya case against the Peruvian State hearing during the 153rd session sessions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Montevideo, Uruguay in 2022. (Pablo Porciuncula / AFP via Getty Images)
From the Experts December 20, 2024

Earthjustice’s International Team Sees Glimmers of Hope Around the World at Year’s End

While negotiations to address the climate crisis fell short in 2024, other victories shine through.

Māui dolphins photographed in New Zealand during a 2010 survey. (New Zealand Department of Conservation)
Press Release December 4, 2024

Group files lawsuit to protect rarest marine dolphin on Earth

Fewer than 50 Māui dolphins thought to exist, harmed and killed by fishers in New Zealand waters

document December 4, 2024

Māui Dolphin: U.S. Court of International Trade Complaint

U.S. Court of International Trade Complaint: By authorizing imports of seafood from harmful fisheries in New Zealand, the federal government is not only neglecting their duty to protect the world’s marine mammal species from decline, but facilitating the extinction of the most endangered marine dolphin in the world: the Māui dolphin.

An onshore wind power facility near Tarfaya, Morocco. Earthjustice is expanding collaboration across Africa to accelerate the transition to renewable energy.
(siemens.com/press)
feature December 2, 2024

Earthjustice Alrededor del Mundo

Earthjustice colabora con organizaciones y comunidades alrededor del mundo para establecer, fortalecer y hacer cumplir protecciones legales para el medio ambiente y la salud pública.

An onshore wind power facility near Tarfaya, Morocco. Earthjustice is expanding collaboration across Africa to accelerate the transition to renewable energy.
(siemens.com/press)
feature November 17, 2024

Earthjustice Around the World

Earthjustice partners with organizations and communities around the world to establish, strengthen, and enforce legal protections for the environment and public health.

In the News: Washington Post November 9, 2024

Canada sees opportunity in these mines. Alaskans see a threat.

Ramin Pejan, Attorney, International Program, Earthjustice: “Mines are going up on the river that flows into where they’re fishing now, that’s so tied into their cultural practices, their traditions, their subsistence, their well-being. They need to … consult and be involved in assessing the harms and designing mitigation measures.”

document October 30, 2024

UN Human Rights Council Submission on Offshore Oil and Gas

We respectfully submit the following brief in the name of the Earthjustice International Program in response to the call for inputs on oceans and human rights in preparation of a thematic report to be presented to the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council.

Louie Wagner Jr. casts for ooligan on the Unuk River, as his family has for generations. (Sonia Luokkala / SEITC)
feature October 22, 2024

Timeline: SEITC Actions on British Columbia Mines

Learn about the major events and where we are now in this fight

Press Release October 3, 2024

Preocupa a organizaciones que máximo tribunal de Mendoza rechace su participación en litigio sobre fracking, pero acepte la de la industria petrolera

Las diferencias de tratamiento por parte de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de Mendoza ocurrieron en el marco de una demanda acerca de la autorización del fracking o fractura hidráulica para explotar petróleo y gas de la formación Vaca Muerta en la provincia argentina.