The Inter-American Court of Human Rights set an important precedent for state oversight of industrial pollution.

Earthjustice attorneys will be presenting before the Court

Mining pollution threatens the sovereign rights of the Tsimshian in Southeast Alaska. Assistant Executive Director of the Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission Lee Wagner tells what that means for her community.

The Court found Peru responsible for violating the rights of residents of La Oroya, who have been exposed to unsafe levels of toxic contamination for generations

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An international court ruled in favor of the people of La Oroya, Peru, finding that the government violated their right to a healthy environment.

UN announces appointments of Special Rapporteurs for the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment and the protection of human rights in the context of climate change

SEITC briefs the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights on Canada’s violations

The thematic hearing request is supported by 243 organizations, including petitioning groups from Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, and the United States. The request urges the commission, which monitors human rights within the Organization of American States, to investigate human rights abuses resulting from the unchecked expansion of concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, across the Americas.

This is the first time the UN Human Rights Prize has been awarded to a global coalition

Tlingit Tribes originating along the Unuk River want a say in risky mining proposals

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Petition from the Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission (SEITC) addresses Canada’s failure to regulate and prevent threats from large-scale mining operations in British Columbia

Biden administration agrees that Enbridge is trespassing on Bad River Band Reservation

The coalition includes advocates in Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, United States, and the request is supported by 127 organizations and 151 academics, experts, and individuals.

A coalition of international and Australian environmental and human rights lawyers are calling for the United Nations Human Rights Council to review Australia’s human rights record in light of the government's inaction on climate change.

More than 120 countries made recommendations to Australia to strengthen its protection of human rights

This is a landmark success in applying federal civil rights laws to environmental racism.