EarthRights is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that takes legal action against perpetrators of earth rights violations. Its team comprises community leaders, campaigners, and legal strategists who rise in defense of communities and the planet. They focus on climate justice, corporate accountability, and the protection of environmental defenders, working with Indigenous and frontline communities to support their resistance to climate-destroying fossil fuel projects and with earth rights defenders to demand corporate accountability.
Their 2020-2024 Strategic Plan (available for download in the button above) emphasizes protecting people, their rights, and the environment through litigation, advocacy, and capacity building. This organization combines the power of law with the power of people through local-to-global collaboration and networks. Their Theory of Change outlines the long-term process they seek to foster. It is rooted in a conviction to strengthen community leaders and activists, advocate for the law as a tool for justice, and leverage public opinion to shift power from corporate actors to the people.
If interested in learning more about EarthRights’ work, their website provides detailed information on legal actions, campaign victories, challenges faced by human rights defenders and frontline communities, and training opportunities.
