Legal assistance directory
This international directory of lawyers and NGOs working on cases of human rights abuse involving companies aims to help victims of abuse find legal assistance in a range of countries โ including countries where victims are located and countries where companies are based. It also aims to help lawyers learn about their peers working on business and human rights cases, in their own countries and further afield.
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- ๐ where these lawyers are based
- โ๏ธ which area of law they practice
- ๐ผ๏ธ which cases they represent(ed)
- ๐ฅ who the lead attorneys are
- ๐ป where to find more information online
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Africa
Lawyers in Cรดte d'Ivoire, DRC, Guinea, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania
Asia and Pacific
Lawyers in Australia, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, South Korea and Thailand
Europe
Lawyers in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK
Latin America
Lawyers in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru
AFRICA
๐จ๐ฉ DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Afrewatch
๐ Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo, +243 818577577 / 858255718
โ๏ธ Displacement; Land rights; Environnment; Access to water
๐ผ๏ธ Anvil Mining lawsuit (re Dem.Rep. of Congo)
๐ฅ Emmanuel Umpula Nkumba, [email protected]; [email protected]
๐ป www.afrewatch.org
๐ Read Emmanuel Umpula Nkumba's insights here
Association Africaine de Dรฉfense des Droits de l'Homme (ASADHO)
๐ Dem. Rep. of Congo, +243 811 729 908
โ๏ธ Environment; Health
๐ผ๏ธ Anvil Mining lawsuit (re Dem.Rep. of Congo)
๐ฅ Jean Claude Katende, [email protected]
๐ป blog.asadho.org
Centre pour la Justice et la Rรฉconciliation (CJR)
๐ Lubumbashi, Dem. Rep. of Congo, +243 818 153 407
โ๏ธ Environment; Health; Beatings and violence
๐ผ๏ธ Complaint against mining companies (re pollution and health impacts)
๐ฅ Freddy Kitoko Nyembo, [email protected]
๐ฌ๐ณ GUINEA
Les Mรชmes Droits pour Tous (MDT)
๐ Conakry (+224 622 334 619/+224 669 648 622); Kankan (+224 664 33 58 53/664 57 27 57/655 97 40 60) and N'Zรฉrรฉkorรฉ (+224 64 37 51 36), Guinea
โ๏ธ Arbitrary detention; Displacement; Environnement; Land rights;
๐ผ๏ธ Lawsuit against Sociรฉtรฉ Miniรจre de Dinguiraye (re alleged damages of gold mining); Lawsuit before ECOWAS Court (re alleged diplacements and acts of violence by Sociรฉtรฉ guinรฉenne de palmier ร huile et d'hรฉvรฉa (SOGUIPAH))
๐ฅ Foromo Frรฉdรฉric Loua, [email protected]; Mamadou Alpha Mariam Diallo, [email protected]; Pรฉpรฉ Antoine Lama, [email protected]
๐ป http://www.worldcoalition.org/fr/Mmes-droits-pour-tous-MDT.html
๐ Read Foromo Frederic Loua's insights here
๐ณ๐ฌ NIGERIA
LawEdge Enviro-Advocacy Project
๐ Nigeria, +2348037235955
โ๏ธ Environment law - gas flaring, oil pollution, granite mining pollution
๐ผ๏ธ Gas flaring lawsuit (re oil companies in Nigeria)
๐ฅ George Ogara, [email protected]; Emeka Eze; Christie Omeke; Godrey Okonkwo; Charles Menkiti
๐ฟ๐ฆ SOUTH AFRICA
Abrahams Kiewitz Inc.
๐ Cape Town, So. Africa, +27 21ย 914 4842
โ๏ธ Land rights; Right to food
๐ผ๏ธ Apartheid reparations lawsuits (re So. Africa);Gold miner silicosis litigation (re So. Africa); Class action against bread companies (re alleged price fixing)
๐ฅ Charles Abrahams, [email protected]
Centre for Applied Legal Studies
๐ Johannesburg, So. Africa, +27 11ย 717 8600
โ๏ธ Environment; Housing; Access to water; Gender discrimination; Access to information; Financial institutions
๐ฅ Louis Snyman, [email protected]
๐ป https://www.wits.ac.za/cals/
Keerom Street Chambers
๐ Cape Town, So. Africa, + 27 21 424 9695
โ๏ธ Discrimination
๐ผ๏ธ South African Airways lawsuit (re HIV discrimination)
๐ฅ Anton Katz
๐ป [email protected]
Legal Resources Centre
๐ Cape Town (+27 21 879 2398), Johannesburg (+27 11 038 9709), Durban (+27 31 301 7572), and Makhanda (+27 46 622 9230); So. Africa
โ๏ธ Land; Natural resources; Education
๐ผ๏ธ Harmony Gold Mining (re lung disease); Baleni v Minister (re informed consent on mining land rights); Gongqose v Minister (re access to fishing); Wild Coast v Minister (Shell case) (re community consultation on seismic blasting).
๐ฅ Wilmien Wicomb, [email protected]; Sharita Samuel, [email protected]
๐ป www.lrc.org.za
๐ Read Wilmien Wicomb's insights here
Richard Spoor Inc. Attorneys
๐ Johannesburg. So. Africa, +011 482 6081
โ๏ธย Health
๐ผ๏ธ Gold miner silicosis litigation (re So. Africa)
๐ฅ Richard Spoor, [email protected]
๐ป http://goldminersilicosis.co.za/
๐น๐ฟ TANZANIA
Legal & Human Rights Centre
๐ Dar es Salaam (+255 22 2773038/48) and Arusha (+255 27 2544187), Tanzania
โ๏ธ Environment; Land rights; Labour; Discrimination
๐ผ๏ธย Vilima Vitatu lawsuit (re land rights); African Barrick Gold lawsuit (re Tanzania)
๐ฅ George Masud, [email protected];ย Shilinde Ngalula, [email protected] ; [email protected]
ASIA AND PACIFIC
๐ฆ๐บ AUSTRALIA
Human Rights Law Centre
๐ Melbourne, Australia, +61 (03) 8636 4450
โ๏ธ General business and human rights; International human rights law; Constitutional law; Civil litigation
๐ผ๏ธ OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises Specific Instance โ G4S Australia Pty Ltd
๐ฅ Keren Adams, [email protected]
๐ป https://www.hrlc.org.au/
Kristen Roy
๐ย Sydney, Australia
โ๏ธ Environment; Access to justice; Class action; Personal injury law; General business and human rights; International human rights law; Civil litigation
๐ผ๏ธย Trafigura lawsuits (re Cรดte dโIvoire);ย Shell lawsuit (re oil spills & Bodo community in Nigeria);ย Vedanta Resources lawsuit (re water contamination, Zambia);ย Sanda v PTTEP (Montara oil spill in West Timor)
๐ฅย Kristen Roy,ย [email protected]
๐ฐ๐ญ CAMBODIA
AMRIN Law and Consultants Group
๐ Phnom Penh, Cambodia, +855 12 71 23 71
โ๏ธ International human rights; Criminology; Fair trial rights
๐ฅย Piseth Duch, [email protected]; Sam Oeun Sok,ย [email protected]
BBC Law Firm
๐ย Phnom Penh, Cambodia, +855 12 606 101
โ๏ธ human rights; international human rights; criminal law; fair trial rights
๐ผ๏ธ human rights defenders' cases
๐ฅย Sokong Sam,ย [email protected]; [email protected]
Center for Alliance of Labor & Human Rights
๐ Phnom Penh, Cambodia, +855 93 556 603
โ๏ธย Labour law; human rights law; criminal law
๐ผ๏ธย Union leaders and labour activists
๐ฅย Sunrith Ham,ย [email protected] ; Sambo Chhen, [email protected] or [email protected]
๐ป https://www.central-cambodia.org/
Daun Penh Law Firm
๐ Phnom Penh, Cambodia, +855 12 680 233
โ๏ธย Criminal law; human rights law; fair trial rights
๐ผ๏ธย Environmental activists and human rights defenders
๐ฅย Chamroern Sam,ย [email protected]
๐ป http://www.daunpenhlawfirm.com/
Rights & Business Law Office
๐ย Phnom Penh, Cambodia,ย +855 12 890 289
โ๏ธย Criminal law; international human rights; business and human rights; Indigenous rights; land law
๐ผ๏ธย Communitiesโ land casesย
๐ฅย Sophorn Sek,ย [email protected]; [email protected]
๐ป https://www.rightsbusinesslaw.com/
๐ Read Sophorn Sek's insights here
Sachak Law Office and Associates
๐ Phnom Penh, Cambodia, +855 17 666 710
โ๏ธ Civil law; Criminal law; Land rights; Environment; Natural resources
๐ผ๏ธ Public interest cases, earth rights cases concerning vulnerable communities and Indigenous People and private case work
๐ฅ Someta Menh, [email protected]
๐ป https://www.facebook.com/sachakassciatesandlawoffice.01.08.2021
SNB & Association Law Group
๐ Phnom Penh, Cambodia, +855 23 220 572, +855 12 698 059
โ๏ธ Civil litigation; Criminal litigation; Corporate law
๐ฅ SEK Sovanna, [email protected]
๐ป http://www.snblaws.com/
Solidarity Center
๐ Phnom Penh, Cambodia,ย , +855 23 881 202
โ๏ธย Labor law; criminal law; human rights rights
๐ผ๏ธ Union leaders
๐ฅย Sambath Hong,ย [email protected]; Bon Heng, [email protected]
๐ป https://www.solidaritycenter.org/
SON CHUM CHUON & Associates Law Office
๐ Phnom Penh, Cambodia, +855 11/96 724 583
โ๏ธ International human rights;โฏIndigenous Peoples; Minority rights; Civil law; Criminal law
๐ผ๏ธ Human Right Activistsโ cases, Communitiesโ land cases, fair trail rightsโ cases and right to freedom of expression and freedom of press
๐ฅ SON Chum Chuon, [email protected]
๐จ๐ณ CHINA
ACTogether
๐ Guangzhou, China, +86 27 34179797
โ๏ธ Discrimination
๐ผ๏ธ Lawsuit against company (re pregnancy discrimination)
๐ฅ Guo Bin, [email protected]
๐ป http://www.actcn.org/
๐ฎ๐ณ INDIA
Human Rights Law Network
๐ย New Delhi, India +91-11-24374501
โ๏ธ Public interest litigation; Labour rights; Anti-trafficking; Environment
๐ฅย Colin Gonsalves, Harsh Dobhal, Sanjai Sharma,ย [email protected]
๐ป https://hrln.org/
Jananeethi
๐ย Kerala, Indiaย
โ๏ธ Public interest litigation; Equality; Anti-trafficking; Environment;ย Consumer Protection;ย Right to Information; Right to Serviceย
๐ฅย Adv.George Pulikuthiyil, [email protected]; Adv.P.Sunilkumar, [email protected]; Adv.C.P.Maya, [email protected]
๐ป http://www.jananeethi.org/
๐ฎ๐ฉ INDONESIA
"Erik" - Desriko Malayu Putra
๐ Jakarta, Indonesia
โ๏ธ Private Law, Civil Law, Adminitrative, Human Rights, etc
๐ฅ Desriko, [email protected];ย [email protected]
๐ป www.pbhi.or.id
LBH Jakarta (Jakarta Legal Aid Institute)
๐ Jakarta, Indonesia, +62 21 31 45 518
โ๏ธ Freedom of Expression; Privacy; Unfair trial;
๐ฅ [email protected];
๐ป https://bantuanhukum.or.id/
๐ Read ex-LBH lawyer Febi Yonesta's insights hereโ
Legal Aid Center for the Press (LBH Pers)
๐ Indonesia, +62 821-4688-8873
โ๏ธ Indonesia Media/Press Law, Criminal Law, Civil Law, Administrative Law, Constitutional Court and Human Rights
๐ผ๏ธ Internet shutdown lawsuit, other strategic litigation regarding freedom of expression and the press
๐ฅ Ade Wahyudin, [email protected]
๐ป www.lbhpers.org
๐ Read Ade Wahyudin's insights here
๐ฒ๐พ MALAYSIA
Bar Council Environment and Climate Change Committee
๐ย Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, +603 2050 2099, Officer in charge: Ms. Shegiย [email protected]
โ๏ธย Public interest environmental law, constitutional law, administrative law, human rights
๐ผ๏ธ No ongoing cases at the moment.
๐ฅย ย i) Saha Deva ([email protected]), Co-Chairperson ii) Jia Yaw, Co-Chairperson iii) Roger Chan ([email protected]) Deputy Chairperson
๐ป www.malaysianbar.org.my/environment_and_climate_change/
๐ Read Jia Yaw Kiu's insights here
๐ Read Roger Chan Weng Keng's insights here
๐ฒ๐ฒ MYANMAR
Legal Clinic Myanmar
๐ Yangon, +95 (0)9 450048660, +95 (0)9-33376993, +95 (0)9-33376994; Rakhine, +95 (0)9 250883064; Kachin, +95 (0)9-254278326; Meik Hti Lar, +95 (0)-450542182; Pya Pone, +95 (0)-421747308; Mandalay, +95 (0)9-43100734
โ๏ธ Human trafficking; Children; Labour; Torture; Migrant women; Beatings and violence
๐ฅ Click here for detailed contact list
Dawei Probono Lawyer Network
๐ย Dawei City, Tanintharyi Division, Myanmar,ย +95 -9 450 990 238
โ๏ธย Land rights; Access to water;ย Environment
๐ผ๏ธ Myanmar Pongpipat lawsuit (re environmental and health impact of Heinda tin mine)
๐ฅย Daw Aye Mon Thu, [email protected]; Daw Tin Tin Thet, [email protected]; Daw Naw Pa Saw Phaw, Daw Mi Mi Soe; [email protected]
๐ป https://burmese.dvb.no/
๐ณ๐ต NEPAL
Lawyersโ Association for Human Rights of Nepalese Indigenous Peoples (LAHURNIP)
๐Anamnagar, Kathmandu Nepal, +997 1 5795510 (Cell No. +977-9851007932)
โ๏ธ Criminal, Civil, Human Rights Law, Indigenous Peoplesโ Rights
๐ฅShankar Limbu, [email protected]; [email protected]
๐ป www.lahurnip.org
๐ Read Shankar Limbu's insights here
๐ต๐ญ PHILIPPINES
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE CENTER (ELAC)
๐ Puerto Princesa City, 5300 Palawan, Philippines
โ๏ธ Environment; Human Rights
๐ผ Mining, coal, monocrop plantations, infrastructure, forestry, fisheries
๐ฅ Grizelda Mayo Anda, [email protected]; Raffy Pajares, [email protected]; Regina Bella Dioso, [email protected]; Jansen Jontila, [email protected]; Julius Concepcion, [email protected] ; [email protected]
๐ป www.elacphilippines.org
๐ Read Grizelda Mayo Anda's insights here
IDEALS
๐ย Quezon City, Philippines, +63-2-436547ย
โ๏ธย Business and Human Rights, Tax, International Trade, Labour
๐ฅ Antonio Salvador, Melissa Jane Comafay,ย [email protected]
SALIGAN
๐ Quezon City, Philippines, +632 4266001 loc. 4858-4860
โ๏ธ Land rights; Labour; Environment
๐ผ๏ธ Aerial spraying ban lawsuit (re banana companies in Philippines)
๐ฅ Marie Hazel E. Lavitoria, [email protected]; [email protected]
๐ป https://saligan.org/
๐ฐ๐ท SOUTH KOREA
GongGam Human Rights Law Foundation
๐ 3F, 29-6, Changdeokgung-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03058, Rep. of Korea (Tel: 82-2-3675-7740)
โ๏ธ Women and children, Persons with disabilities, Migrants and refugees, Poverty and welfare, Precarious workers, Public interest law in general, LGBTIQ, Transnational human rights, Legal education and training
๐ผ๏ธ Constitutional appeal on the statute criminalising abortion (2019), Proposal and subsequent enactment of Refugee law (2009-2012), Compensation claim suit against the government in salt farm slave case (2018), Submitted petition to UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights on Lao Dam Disaster (Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy saddle dam collapse)
๐ฅย Please kindly understand that we do not provide individual contact information on our lawyers. Please direct your requests to our official email address ([email protected]), and the case will be referred to the lawyer member best suited to handle such cases.
๐ป https://www.kpil.org
๐น๐ญ THAILAND
Community Resource Centre
๐ Bangkok, Thailand, +66 817 725 843
โ๏ธ Environment; Indigenous Peoples; Health
๐ผ๏ธ Lawsuit against Electric Generating Authority of Thailand (re purchase of electricity from Xayaburi dam in Laos)
๐ฅ Sor Rattanamanee Polkla,ย [email protected]; [email protected]
๐ป http://crcthai.blogspot.com/
๐ Read Sor Rattanamanee Polkla's insights here
EUROPE
๐ง๐ช BELGIUM
Avocats Sans Frontiรจres/Advocaten Zonder Grenzen
๐ Brussels, Belgium (with offices and projects worldwide, including: DRC, Tunisia, Burundi, Uganda, Morocco, Chad, Nepal, Myanmar), +32ย 2ย 223ย 36ย 54
โ๏ธ Economic, social and cultural rights; international crimes; torture; displacement; sexual and gender-based violence; legal empowerment; access to information;ย land rights and environment
๐ผ๏ธ Lawsuit against Tunisian companies over wrongful dismissal of workers; Logging & human rights abuses in DRC
๐ป https://www.asf.be/
๐ซ๐ท FRANCE
Fรฉdรฉration internationale des ligues des droits de l'homme (FIDH)
๐ Paris, France, +33 1 40 62 99 60
โ๏ธ Complicity; Torture and ill-treatment; security issues and conflict zones; French due diligence law; climate litigation
๐ผ๏ธย Amesys lawsuit (re Libya); Qosmos lawsuit (re Syria); Nexa lawsuit (re Egypt); BNP lawsuit (re Sudan); Suez due diligence lawsuit (re Chili)
๐ฅ Clรฉmence Bectarte, [email protected]
๐ป https://www.fidh.org/fr
Sherpa
๐ Paris, France, +33 1 42 21 33 25
โ๏ธ Labour; Supply Chain; Complicity; Security issues and conflict zones;ย
๐ผ๏ธ Auchan lawsuit (re garment factories in Bangladesh); COMILOG lawsuit (re Gabon); DLH lawsuit (re Liberian civil war); Arvea lawsuit (re Niger worker's death due to lung cancer); Samsung lawsuit (re forced labour in Chinese factories)
๐ฅ Sandra Cossart, [email protected]
๐ป www.asso-sherpa.org
๐ฉ๐ช GERMANY
European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
๐ Berlin, Germany, +49 (0)30 400 485 90
โ๏ธ Labour; Complicity; Privacy; Torture and ill-treatment
๐ผ๏ธย Danzer Group lawsuit (re Dem. Rep. of Congo); Lidl lawsuit (re working conditions in Bangladesh);ย Nestlรฉ lawsuit (re Colombia);ย Gama criminal complaint (re spy software in Bahrain)
๐ฅ Wolfgang Kalek, [email protected]; Annelen Micus, [email protected]; Miriam Saage-Maaร, [email protected]
๐ป https://www.ecchr.eu/
๐ฎ๐ช IRELAND
Global Legal Action Networkย
๐ย Galway, Ireland; London, UK; +4447521203427
โ๏ธย Supply chains; Environmental and economic justice; War and occupation; Migration and border violence; Complicity; Torture and ill-treatment
๐ผ๏ธย Uzbek forced labour cotton lawsuit;ย Dutch Shipping company criminal complaint (re use of forced labour)
๐ฅ Gearรณid ร Cuinn,ย [email protected]; Gerry Liston,ย [email protected]; Dearbhla Minogue,ย [email protected];
๐ป https://www.glanlaw.org/
๐ Read Gearรณid ร Cuinn's insights here
๐ฎ๐น ITALY
Studio Legale Bona Oliva e Associati ย
๐ย Turin, Italy +390115111005
โ๏ธย Personal Injury, Fatal Accidents and Human Rights Litigation
๐ผ๏ธย KiK lawsuit (re Baldia textile factory fire in Pakistan) (2012), Costa Concordia shipwreck (2012), Air France 447 Rio de Janeiro-Paris (2009), ThyssenKrupp Turin plant fire (2007), Viareggio train disaster (2009)
๐ฅ Marco Bona, [email protected] ; Giulia Oberto [email protected]
๐ป www.mbolaw.it
๐ณ๐ฑ NETHERLANDS
Climate Counsel
๐ the Hague, Netherlands and London, UK, +44 (0)7484822740
โ๏ธ Ecocide, Intl. Criminal Law, International Human Rights Law
๐ฅ Richard J Rogers, [email protected]
๐ป https://www.climatecounsel.org/
๐ Read Richard Roger's insights here
Greenpeaceย International
๐ Amsterdam, Netherlands, +31 20 718 2000
โ๏ธ Environment; Climate change; Access to information; Complaint mechanisms; Complicity; Divestment; Freedom of expression; Project financing; Protests; Shareholder activism; Supply chain
๐ผ๏ธ Trafigura lawsuits (re Cote d'Ivoire)
๐ฅ Kristin Casper, [email protected]; Daniel Simons, [email protected]
๐ป https://www.greenpeace.org/nl/
Prakken dโOliveira
๐ Amsterdam, Netherlands, +31 20 344 62 00
โ๏ธย Complicity; Environment; Access to water; Health
๐ผ๏ธ Shell lawsuit (re oil pollution in Nigeria)
๐ฅ Channa Samkalden, [email protected]; Liesbeth Zegveld, [email protected]
๐ป https://www.prakkendoliveira.nl/en/home/
๐ Read Channa Samkalden's insights here
๐จ๐ญ SWITZERLAND
TRIAL : Track Impunity Always
๐ Geneva, Switzerland, +41 22 321 61 10
โ๏ธ Complicity; Security issues and conflict zones
๐ผ๏ธ Argor-Heraeus investigation (re Dem. Rep. of Congo); Caterpillar lawsuit (re alleged participation in destruction of Palestinians' houses by Israeli Defense Forces)๐ป https://trialinternational.org/
๐ฌ๐ง UNITED KINGDOM
Brick Court Chambers
๐ย London, UK,ย +44 20 7379 3550
โ๏ธย General Business and Human Rights; Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence; Public International Law; Public Law; Corporate Law
๐ผ๏ธย Vedanta v Lungowe; Okpabi v Shell
๐ฅย Robert McCorquodale, [email protected];ย Tim Johnston, [email protected];ย Paul Bowen, [email protected]
๐ป https://www.brickcourt.co.uk
ClientEarth
๐ London, UK (and other countries worldwide), +44 (0)20 7749 5970
โ๏ธ Environment; Climate change; Access to information; Complaint mechanisms; Shareholder activism; Corporate reporting
๐ฅ Sophie Marjanac,ย [email protected]; Johnny White,ย [email protected]
๐ป https://www.clientearth.org/
๐ Read Johnny White's insights here
Climate Counsel
๐ London, UK and the Hague, Netherlands, +44 (0)7484822740
โ๏ธ Ecocide, Intl. Criminal Law, International Human Rights Law
๐ฅ Richard J Rogers, [email protected]
๐ป https://www.climatecounsel.org/
๐ Read Richard Roger's insights here
Deighton Pierce Glynn Solicitors
๐ London, UK, +44 207 407 0007
โ๏ธ Beatings and violence; Environment; Health; Housing; Human trafficking; Privacy; Security issues and conflict zones; Torture
๐ผ๏ธ Lawsuit against BP (re complicity kidnap and torture of trade unionist in Colombia); OECD complaint against Formula 1 race organisers (re human rights impact in Bahrain)
๐ฅ Daniel Carey, [email protected]; Adam Hundt, [email protected]; Sue Willman, [email protected]; Zubier Yazdani, [email protected]
๐ป https://dpglaw.co.uk/
Doughty Street Chambers
๐ London, UK, +44ย 20 7404 1313
โ๏ธย Displacement; Environment; Health; Illness; Deaths; General Business and Human Rights; OECD Guidelines complaints; Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence
๐ผ๏ธย Koh Kong sugar plantation lawsuits (re Cambodia);ย Shell lawsuit (re oil spills and Bodo community in Nigeria);ย Trafigura lawsuits (re Cรดte dโIvoire)
๐ฅย Tim Cooke-Hurle, [email protected]; Krishnendu Mukherjee, [email protected]ย ย
๐ป https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/
๐ Read Krishnendu Mukherjee's insights here
Global Diligence
๐ London, UK, +44 7484 822 740 ย
โ๏ธ Land rights; Complicity; Human rights impact assessments and stakeholder engagement in complex environments
๐ผ๏ธ Koh Kong sugar plantation lawsuits (re Cambodia); ICC complaint against ruling elite (re Cambodia land grabbing)
๐ฅ Richard Rogers, [email protected]
๐ป https://www.globaldiligence.com/
๐ Read Richard Roger's insights here
Global Legal Action Network
๐ Galway, Ireland; London, UK; +4447521203427
โ๏ธย Supply chains; Environmental and economic justice; War and occupation; Migration & border violence; Complicity; Torture and ill-treatment
๐ผ๏ธย Uzbek forced labour cotton lawsuit;ย Dutch Shipping company criminal complaint (re use of forced labour)
๐ฅย Gearรณid ร Cuinn,ย [email protected]; Gerry Liston,ย [email protected]; Dearbhla Minogue,ย [email protected]; Valentina Azarova;ย [email protected]
๐ป https://www.glanlaw.org/
๐ Read Gearรณid ร Cuinn's insights here
Global Rights Compliance
๐ London, UK, +44 7767 326 881 and +33 6 77 51 82 35
โ๏ธ International criminal law; Environmental law; Security issues and conflict zones
๐ผ๏ธ Koh Kong sugar plantation lawsuits (re Cambodia)
๐ฅ Wayne Jordash, [email protected]
๐ป https://www.globalrightscompliance.com/
Hausfeld
๐ London, UK, +44 207 665 5000 and Washington, DC, USA, +1 202 540 7200
โ๏ธ Discrimination; Environnment; Health; Deaths; Illness; Injuries; Security issues and conflict zones; Forced labour
๐ผ๏ธ Apartheid reparations lawsuits (re So. Africa); Union Carbide/Dow lawsuit (re Bhopal)
๐ฅ Ingrid Gubbay (UK), [email protected], Michael Hausfeld (USA), [email protected]
๐ป http://www.hausfeld.com/
See also contact in the North America section
Leigh Day
๐ London, UK, +44 20 7650 1200
โ๏ธย Complicity; Injuries; Killings; Access to water; Environment; Security issues and conflict; Beatings and violence; Denial of freedom of movement; Intimidation and threats; Protests; Rape and sexual abuse; Torture and ill-treatment; Health; Illness
๐ผ๏ธ African Barrick Gold lawsuit (re Tanzania); BP lawsuit (re Colombia); Cape/Gencor lawsuits (re So. Africa);ย Monterrico Metals lawsuit (re Peru); Shell lawsuit (re oil spills & Bodo community in Nigeria), Trafigura lawsuits (re Cote d'Ivoire)
๐ฅ Martyn Day, [email protected]; Daniel Leader, [email protected]; Sapna Malik, [email protected]; Gene Matthews, [email protected]; Richard Meeran, [email protected]; Oliver Holland, [email protected]
๐ป https://www.leighday.co.uk/
Matrix Chambers
๐ London, UK, +44 20 7404 3447
โ๏ธ Complicity; Access to water; Environment; Security issues and conflict zones; Health
๐ผ๏ธ BP lawsuit (re Colombia); Shell lawsuit (re oil pollution in Nigeria)
๐ฅ Richard Hermer, [email protected]; Blinne Nรญ Ghrรกlaigh, [email protected]
๐ป https://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/
Pogust Goodhead
๐ London, UK, +44 3330 155 900
โ๏ธ Transnational litigation and group litigation/arbitration in business and human rights; Environment; Private international law; Consumer law and data protection; Competition law
๐ผ๏ธ BHP & Vale lawsuit (re dam collapse in Brazil, filed in the UK); TรV SรD civil lawsuit (re Brumadinho dam collapse filed in Germany)
๐ป https://pogustgoodhead.com/
LATIN AMERICA
Latin America (general)
Environmental Defender Law Center
๐ Brazil; USA (see also listing under North America)
โ๏ธ Environment; Land rights
๐ผ๏ธ Boliden lawsuit (re Chile)
๐ฅ Fernanda Venzon, [email protected]
๐ป https://edlc.org/
๐ฆ๐ท ARGENTINA
Abogados y abogadas del Noroeste argentino en derechos humanos y estudios sociales (ANDHES)
๐ San Miguel de Tucumรกn, Argentina
โ๏ธย Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,ย Criminal Justice and Security, Social Protest, Women's rights, and Indigenous Peoples' rights
๐ผ๏ธย Investigation and lawsuits reย
๐ฅย Fernanda Marchese,ย [email protected]
๐ป https://andhes.org.ar/
Centroย de Estudiosย Legalesย y Sociales (CELS)
๐ Buenos Aires, Argentina, +5411ย 4334 4200
โ๏ธย Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,ย Criminal Justice and Security, Social Protest, Migrants rights, and Drug Policy
๐ผ๏ธย Investigation and lawsuits reย companies and military dictatorship
๐ฅย Diego Morales,ย [email protected]
๐ป https://www.cels.org.ar/web/
Fundaciรณn Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN)
๐ย Buenos Aires, Argentina, +5411 4865 1707
โ๏ธ Environmental law (access to information, participation, environmental damage) in varied issues such as: watershed management and pollution, extractive activities, biodiversity protection, climate and energyย
๐ผ๏ธ Matanza Riachuelo lawsuit (re Argentina)
๐ฅย [email protected]
๐ป https://farn.org.ar/
๐ง๐ด BOLIVIA
CEDIB
๐ย La Paz, Bolivia
โ๏ธย Labour law; Land rights; Indigenous Peoplesโ rights; Environmental rights
๐ฅJorge Campanini, [email protected]
๐ป http://www.cedib.org
๐ง๐ท BRAZIL
Conectas
๐ย Sรฃo Paulo, Brazil, +55 (11) 3884 7440
โ๏ธ Human rights and financial institutions; Forced labour; Modern slavery
๐ฅ Julia Neiva, [email protected]
๐ป https://www.conectas.org
Justiรงa nos Trilhos
๐ Aรงailรขndia, Maranhรฃo, Brazil, +55 (99) 35380901
โ๏ธ Environment; Land Rights; Indigenous Peoples
๐ผ๏ธ Lawsuits against Vale, associated companies and state actors over abuses associated with the Carajรกs mining project in Brazil's Amazon region
๐ฅ Danilo Chammas, [email protected]
๐ป https://justicanostrilhos.org/
๐ Read Danilo Chammas' insights here
๐จ๐ฑ CHILE
Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)
๐ Santiago, Chile
โ๏ธ Environmental law, international financial institutions
๐ฅ Florencia Ortรบzar, [email protected]
๐ป https://aida-americas.org/
[see also entries for Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru]
Observatorio Ciudadano
๐ย Santiago de Chile, Chile, +56 (45) 285 7377
โ๏ธย Labour law; Land rights; Inter-American system
๐ผ๏ธย Indigenous peoples affected by dam and road constructionsin the Amazon region
๐ฅย Josรฉ Aylwin,ย [email protected]
๐ป https://observatorio.cl/
๐จ๐ด COLOMBIA
Colectivo de Abogados Josรฉ Alvear Restrepo -ย CAJAR
๐ Calle 16 No. 6-66 Piso 25,ย Bogota, Colombia, +57 1 7421313 / +57 3143750761 / +57 312 5874958
โ๏ธ Human rights law; economic, social and cultural rights; peace and armed conflict
๐ฅย Luis Carlos Montenegro Almeida, [email protected]; Alirio Uribe Muรฑoz,ย [email protected]
๐ป https://www.colectivodeabogados.org/
Dejusticia
๐ย Bogotรก, Colombia, +57 (1) 6083605
โ๏ธ Indigenous peoples; Environment
๐ฅย Diana Guarnizo,ย [email protected]
๐ป https://www.dejusticia.org/
Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)
๐ Bogota, Colombia, +57(1) 9261322
โ๏ธ Environmental law, Human rights law
๐ฅ Liliana รvila,ย ย [email protected]; Rosa Peรฑa Lizarazo, [email protected]
๐ป https://aida-americas.org/
[see also entries for Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru]
๐จ๐ท COSTA RICA
Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)
๐ San Josรฉ, +506 2283 7080
โ๏ธ Environmental law, Marine protection
๐ฅ Gladys Martรญnez, [email protected]
๐ป https://aida-americas.org/
[see also entries for Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru]
๐ช๐จ ECUADOR
Fromboliere Abogados
๐ Quito, Ecuador, +593 0993977811
โ๏ธ Environment; Human rights
๐ผ๏ธ Texaco/Chevron lawsuits (re Ecuador)
๐ฅ Pablo Fajardo Mendoza, [email protected]
Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Pontificia Universidad Catรณlica del Ecuador
๐ Quito, Ecuador, +593 2 2991700 ext. 1427
โ๏ธ Environment; Human rights
๐ผ๏ธ Lawsuit by Kichwa indigenous people of Sarayaku against Ecuador (re oil concession)
๐ฅ Mario Melo Cevallos, [email protected]
๐ป https://www.puce.edu.ec
๐ญ๐ณ HONDURAS
Red de Abogadas Defensoras de Derechos Humanos (Network of Women Human Rights Lawyers and Defenders)
๐ Choluteca, Honduras, +504 9488 1256
โ๏ธ Human rights; Gender and sexual violence; Economic, social and cultural rights; Criminal law
๐ผ๏ธ Choluteca communities re Scatec Solarโs solar megaproject โLos Pradosโ
๐ฅ Denia Castillo, [email protected]
๐ป reddeabogadas.hn
๐ฒ๐ฝ MEXICO
Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)
๐ Mexico City, +52 55 5212 0141
โ๏ธ Environmental law, Human rights, Climate change
๐ฅ Gladys Martรญnez,[email protected]
๐ป https://aida-americas.org/
[see also entries for Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru]
๐ต๐ช PERU
Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL)
๐ Lima, Peru, +51 511 617 5700
โ๏ธ Indigenoups Peoples' rights, Environmental law, Human rights law
๐ฅ Juan Carlos Ruiz Molleda, [email protected]
๐ปhttps://www.idl.org.pe/
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
๐ช๐ฌ EGYPT
Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
๐ย Cairo, Egypt,ย +(202) 27960158 or 27960197
โ๏ธ Environment; Access to information
๐ผ๏ธย Lawsuit against TITAN cement (re air pollution, Egypt)
๐ฅ Hoda Nasralla,ย [email protected]
๐ป https://www.eipr.org/
Ahmed Elseidi Law Firm
๐ Cairo, Egypt, +2-010-07177437, +2-024539855
โ๏ธ Environment; Climate Change; Right to water
๐ผ๏ธย Lawsuit against Lafarge & Suez Cement
๐ฅ Ahmed ElSeidi, [email protected]; [email protected]ย
๐ป https://www.aelseidilaw.com/
๐ Read Ahmed ElSeidi's insights here
๐ฏ๐ด JORDAN
Tamkeen Center for Legal Aid and Human Rights
๐ Amman, Jordan, +962 6 5539501
โ๏ธ Migrant workers
๐ฅ Linda Kalash, [email protected]; [email protected]
๐ป http://www.tamkeen-jo.org/about_us.htm
๐ต๐ธ PALESTINE
Al-Haq
๐ Ramallah - West Bank, Palestine, +972 (2) 2954646/7/9
โ๏ธ Displacements; Land rights; Housing; Human Rights Defenders; Natural resources
๐ผ๏ธ Lawsuit against Green Park Intl. (re Bilโin villagers' land grabbing); Criminal complaint against Riwal (re complicity in war crimes & crimes against humanity through construction of Annexation Wall)
๐ฅ Please use the contact form here; [email protected]
๐ป https://www.alhaq.org/
NORTH AMERICA
๐จ๐ฆ CANADA
Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman LLP
๐ Vancouver, Canada, +1-604-689-7555
โ๏ธ Civil Litigation, General business and human rights
๐ผ๏ธย Nevsun lawsuit (re Bisha mine, Eritrea); Tahoe Resources lawsuit (re Guatemala)
๐ฅ Joe Fiorante (Partner), [email protected] ; Matt Eisenbrandt (Director of Transnational Investigations), [email protected]
๐ป https://www.cfmlawyers.ca/
James Yap
๐ Toronto, Canada, +1 416 992 5266
โ๏ธย General business and human rights; Beatings and violence; Deaths; Genocide; Injuries; Killings; Rape and sexual abuse; Slavery; Torture and ill-treatment; Environment: General; Forced labour and modern slavery; Mining
๐ผ๏ธ Texaco/Chevron lawsuits (re enforcement of Ecuador decision in Canada);ย Nevsun lawsuit (re Bisha mine, Eritrea)
๐ฅJames Yap, [email protected]; contact form here
Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors
๐ Toronto, Canada, +1 416 598-0288
โ๏ธ Complicity; Killings; Security issues and conflict zones
๐ผ๏ธ HudBay Minerals lawsuits (re Guatemala)
๐ฅย Murray Klippenstein, [email protected],
๐ป http://www.klippensteins.ca/
Trudel Johnston
๐ Montreal, Canada, +1 514 871 8385
โ๏ธ Complicity; Killings; Security issues and conflict zones; Class actions
๐ผ๏ธ Anvil Mining lawsuit (re Dem.Rep. of Congo)
๐ฅ Bruce W. Johnston, [email protected]
๐ป https://tjl.quebec/en/
Andrew E. Cleland
๐ Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
โ๏ธ Transnational corporate accountability; Civil litigation; Beatings and violence; Torture and ill-treatment; Killings; Rape and sexual abuse; Human trafficking; Child labour; Forced labour and modern slavery; Workplace conditions, health and safety; Forced displacement; Environmental: general; Health: general
๐ผ๏ธ Anvil Mining lawsuit (re Dem.Rep. of Congo)
๐ฅ Andrew E. Cleland, [email protected]
๐บ๐ธ USA
Akeel Valentine
๐ Troy, Michigan, USA, +1 248 996 1286
โ๏ธ Discrimination; Labour; Security issues and conflict zones; Torture and ill-treatment
๐ผ๏ธ Abu Ghraib lawsuits against CACI, Titan (now L-3)
๐ฅ Shereef Akeel, [email protected]
๐ป https://www.akeelvalentine.com/
Burke PLLC
๐ Baltimore, Maryland, USA, +1 410 733 5444
โ๏ธย Discrimination; Environment; Labour; Health; Illness; Rape and sexual abuse; Torture and ill-treatment
๐ผ๏ธ Abu Ghraib lawsuits against CACI
๐ฅ Susan Burke, [email protected]
๐ป burkepllc.com
Center for Constitutional Rights
๐ New York, NY, USA, +1 212 614 6464
โ๏ธ Complicity; Killings; Security issues and conflict zones; Torture and ill-treatment
๐ผ๏ธ Abu Ghraib lawsuits against CACI; Blackwater USA lawsuits (re 16 Sep 2007 Baghdad incident); Chevron lawsuit (re Nigeria); Shell lawsuit (re Nigeria - Kiobel & Wiwa)
๐ฅ Baher Azmy, Legal Director, [email protected]; Katherine Gallagher, Senior Staff Attorney, [email protected]; Maria LaHood, Deputy Legal Director, [email protected]
๐ป https://ccrjustice.org/home/what-we-do/issues/corporate-human-rights-abuses
Cohen Milstein
๐ Washington, DC, USA, +1 202 408 4600
โ๏ธ Complicity; Human trafficking; Killings; Security issues and conflict zones
๐ผ๏ธ Chiquita lawsuits (re Colombia); ExxonMobil lawsuit (re Aceh); KBR lawsuit (re human trafficking in Iraq)
๐ฅ Benjamin Brown, [email protected]; Agnieszka Fryzman, [email protected]
Corporate Accountability Lab
๐ Chicago, IL, USA, +(1)773 346 5545
โ๏ธ Human rights, contract, trade
๐ฅ Charity Ryerson, [email protected]; Allie Brudney, [email protected]; Avery Kelly, [email protected]
๐ป https://legaldesign.org/
๐ Read Charity Ryerson's insights here
EarthRights International
๐ Washington, DC, USA, +1 202 466 5188
โ๏ธ Environment; Health; Illness; Indigenous Peoples; Killings; Security issues and conflict zones
๐ผ๏ธ Chevron lawsuit (re Nigeria);Chiquita lawsuits (re Colombia); Union Carbide/Dow lawsuit (re Bhopal); Unocal lawsuit (re Myanmar); Shell lawsuit (re Nigeria - Kiobel & Wiwa)
๐ฅ Rick Herz, Chief Litigation Attorney, [email protected]; Katie Redford, Co-founder and Director, [email protected]; Marco Simons, General Counsel, [email protected]
๐ป www.earthrights.org
Environmental Defender Law Center
๐ Bozeman, Montana, USA, +1 406 586 8294 & Brazil
โ๏ธ Human Rights & environment; Indigenous Peoples; Health; Illness
๐ผ๏ธ Monterrico Metals lawsuit (re Peru); Boliden lawsuit (re Chile)
๐ฅ Lewis Gordon, Senior Counsel, [email protected]
๐ป https://edlc.org/
See also contact in Brazil, in Latin America section
George Washington University Law School
๐ Washington, DC, USA, +1 202 994 5739
โ๏ธ Alien Tort Claims Act; Complicity; Torture and ill-treament
๐ผ๏ธ Shell lawsuit (re Nigeria - Kiobel & Wiwa)
๐ฅ Ralph Steinhardt, [email protected]
๐ป https://www.law.gwu.edu/ralph-g-steinhardt?id=1749
Harvard Law International Human Rights Clinic
๐ Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, +1 617 495 5202
โ๏ธ Alien Tort Claims Act (USA); Security issues and conflict zones
๐ผ๏ธ Abu Ghraib lawsuits against CACI, Titan (now L-3); Apartheid reparations lawsuits (re So. Africa); Shell lawsuit (re Nigeria - Kiobel & Wiwa); Unocal lawsuit (re Myanmar)
๐ฅ Susan Farbstein, [email protected]
๐ป https://hrp.law.harvard.edu/clinic/
Hausfeld
๐ Washington, DC, USA, +1 202 540 7200 and London, UK
โ๏ธ Complicity; Health; Illness; Torture and ill-treament
๐ผ๏ธ Apartheid reparations lawsuits (re So. Africa); Union Carbide/Dow lawsuit (re Bhopal)
๐ฅ Michael Hausfeld, [email protected]
๐ป http://www.hausfeldllp.co.uk/
See also contact in UK, in Europe section
Human Trafficking Legal Center
๐ Washington, DC, USA, +1 888 373 7888
โ๏ธย Complicity; Health; Illness; Torture and ill-treatment
๐ฅ Martina Vandenberg, [email protected]
๐ป https://www.htlegalcenter.org/
International Lawyers Assisting Workers (ILAW) Network
๐ Washington DC, USA, +1 (202) 974-8385
โ๏ธย Labour
๐ฅ Monika Mehta, [email protected]; [email protected]
๐ป https://www.ilawnetwork.com/
International Rights Advocates
๐ Washington, DC, USA, +1 202 543 5811
โ๏ธ Killings; Labour; Security issues and conflict zones
๐ผ๏ธ Chiquita lawsuits (re Colombia); Coca-Cola lawsuit (re Colombia); Drummond lawsuit (re Colombia); ExxonMobil lawsuit (re Aceh); Nestlรฉ, Cargill, Archer Daniels Midland lawsuit (re Cรดte d'Ivoire); Occidental lawsuit (re Colombia)
๐ฅ Terry Collingsworth, [email protected]
๐ป http://www.iradvocates.org/
Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman & Zeldes, LLP
๐ Venice, California, USA, +1 310 396 0731
โ๏ธ Complicity; Environment; Killings; Security issues and conflict zones; Torture and ill-treament
๐ผ๏ธ Apartheid reparations lawsuits (re So. Africa); Unocal lawsuit (re Myanmar); Shell lawsuit (re Nigeria - Kiobel & Wiwa)
๐ฅ Paul Hoffman, [email protected]
๐ป https://www.losangelesemploymentlawyer.com/
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