Legal action can be a useful tool to secure justice. But legal action is often just one part of a larger campaign, and is often not the only tool available to achieve your objectives. Campaigning can be another powerful and complementary tool to secure justice.
Content type: Going to court: Q and A
Legal Topic: Public interest litigation (general),
How do you find out about your rights to demand that public authorities in your country disclose information to you? In this section we describe the principal sources of Freedom of Information (FoI) laws.
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Right to information,
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is an international partnership of 183 countries, international institutions, civil society organizations and the private sector set up in 1992 to address global environmental issues. The GEF provides grants and mobilises additional funding for thousands of environmental projects in 170 countries worldwide. Projects cover goals relating to climate change, land degradation, […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Environment,
The US Endangered Species Act of 1973 required federal agencies to ensure that any authorised actions did not jeopardize endangered or threatened species or destroy natural habitats. A 1986 amendment to the act limited it scope to actions in the United States or on the high seas. The court case concerned US funding of development […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal citations,
Legal Topic: Environment,
Indigenous Cambodian communities are fighting to establish legal rights to their ancestral lands. So far, thousands have succeeded in establishing legal titles to traditional community land, thanks to a movement spearheaded by a range of organisations. The United Nations, civil society and donor agencies are working together to assist indigenous communities to claim land ownership […]
Content type: News
Legal Topic: Land rights,
The indigenous people of Cambodia are facing increasing threat to their customary lad rights. This video provided insight into this development and how the Cambodian Indigenous Rights Organisation is helping local communities to fight back.
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Useful organisations,
Legal Topic: Land rights,
On 8 February 2017, the Constitutional Court of Colombia has found in favour of the Embera Chamí people in a centuries-old fight for their territory. The court granted the petition for the protection of constitutional rights requested by the of the Indigenous Resguardo Cañamomo Lomaprieta, in western Colombia. The Colombian Constitutional Court is the final […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Constitutional rights, Land rights,
Ruling by the Constitutional Court of Colombia on the right of indigenous peoples to participate through consultations in decisions that may affect them. The court ruled on Feb 3 1997 that consultations with indigenous people on economic and development projects affecting their land are fundamental rights of the peoples concerned. The Colombian Ministry of Environment […]
Content type: Resource Bank
Data type: Legal references,
Legal Topic: Civil and political rights, Land rights,
What are your legal rights to demand information held by public authorities? In this section we summarise the types of information that you may be entitled to demand, and the principal types of objection that may be raised in response. It is worth bearing in mind: that countries have very different approaches to the […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Right to information,
In this section we explain the international legal definitions of refugees. We also review the difference between the terms «refugee» and «asylum seeker», as well as «internally displaced person» and «stateless person».
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Migration and refugee rights,
