The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) is a unique non-profit organisation that works with affected  communities to pursue innovative legal actions across borders, challenging states and other powerful actors involved with systemic injustice. Our vision is justice across borders.

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Who are we?

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GLAN is an independent organisation made up of lawyers and investigators that identifies and pursues legal actions that tackle power actors involved in serious human rights violations and environmental harms by working in partnership with other international and local grassroots organisations. Our commited team is spread across muliple countires and we have offices in Ireland and the UK. ​

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WhAT we DO

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Our global economic system is composed of two distinct realities. When it comes to generating profits for the powerful, commodities and capital move across borders with ease, especially when this concerns the extraction of wealth from the Global South. Poorer communities face a completely different set of circumstances, characterized by immobility, where things like pollution, violence and injustice stubbornly haunt their everyday space. Our international systems, be they economic, political or legal, do very little to stop this. In fact, they assist. This is what is contributing to the human and ecological catastrophes that we find ourselves facing.

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GLAN was established to counter the impunity enjoyed by powerful states and corporations who leverage borders and international systems to their advantage, as they hide their wealth, evade responsibilities and dodge accountability. This is why we are supporting affected communities to fight for justice across borders. GLAN provides the necessary platform to identify and develop legal strategies by combining legal and investigatory expertise.

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