Lawyer Directory
This international directory of lawyers working on cases of human rights abuse involving companies aims to help victims of abuse find legal assistance in a range of countries – 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 & human rights cases, in their own countries and further afield.
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Africa
Lawyers in Côte d'Ivoire, DRC, Guinea, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania
Asia & 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 UK
Latin America
Lawyers in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru
Middle East & North Africa
Lawyers in Egypt, Jordan and Palestine
North America
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AFRICA
🇨🇮 CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Les OSCARS Société Civile Professionnelle d'Avocats
🌍 Abidjan Cocody boulevard de France, Immeuble Charlemagne RDC Appt no.1, +225 22446708
⚖️ Civil law; Labour law; Business law ; Administrative law; Mediation and Criminal law
💼️ Impacts of manganese mining on local communities
👥 Geneviève Diallo Sissoko, gasdiallo14@gmail.com, +225 05921296 / +225 49050325
🇨🇩 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Afrewatch
🌍 Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo, +243 818577577 / 858255718
⚖️ Displacement; Land rights; Environnment; Access to water
💼️ Anvil Mining lawsuit (re Dem.Rep. of Congo)
👥 Emmanuel Umpula Nkumba, emmanuelumpula@afrewatch.org; afrewatch@gmail.com
💻 www.afrewatch.org
📝 Read Emmanuel Umpula Nkumba's insights here
Association Africaine de Défense des Droits de l'Homme (ASADHO)
🌍 Dem. Rep. of Congo, +243 811 729 908
⚖️ Environment; Health
💼️ Anvil Mining lawsuit (re Dem.Rep. of Congo)
👥 Jean Claude Katende, jckatende@yahoo.fr
💻 blog.asadho.org
Centre pour la Justice et la Réconciliation (CJR)
🌍 Lubumbashi, Dem. Rep. of Congo, +243 818 153 407
⚖️ Environment; Health; Beatings & violence
💼️ Complaint against mining companies (re pollution & health impacts)
👥 Freddy Kitoko Nyembo, fkitoko@cjrrdc.org
🇬🇳 GUINEA
Les Mêmes Droits pour Tous (MDT)
🌍 Conakry (+224 622 334 619/+224 669 648 622); Kankan (+224 664 33 58 53/664 57 27 57/655 97 40 60) & N'Zérékoré (+224 64 37 51 36), Guinea
⚖️ Arbitrary detention; Displacement; Environnement; Land rights;
💼️ Lawsuit against Société Minière de Dinguiraye (re alleged damages of gold mining); Lawsuit before ECOWAS Court (re alleged diplacements & acts of violence by Société guinéenne de palmier à huile et d'hévéa (SOGUIPAH))
👥 Foromo Frédéric Loua, fredericloua@gmail.com; Mamadou Alpha Mariam Diallo, alphakokouma@hotmail.com; Pépé Antoine Lama, pepeantoine@yahoo.fr
💻 http://www.worldcoalition.org/fr/Mmes-droits-pour-tous-MDT.html
📝 Read Foromo Frederic Loua's insights here
🇳🇬 NIGERIA
Environmental Rights Action / Friends of the Earth Nigeria
🌍 Benin City, Nigeria, +234 8023649890; 8059402385
⚖️ Environment (national & trans-national experiences); Health
💼️ Gas flaring lawsuit (re oil companies in Nigeria); Shell lawsuit (re oil pollution in Nigeria)
👥 Prince CHIMA Williams Esq., princewchima@yahoo.co.uk
LawEdge Enviro-Advocacy Project
🌍 Nigeria, +2348037235955
⚖️ Environment law - gas flaring, oil pollution, granite mining pollution
💼️ Gas flaring lawsuit (re oil companies in Nigeria)
👥 George Ogara, lawedge94@yahoo.com; Emeka Eze; Christie Omeke; Godrey Okonkwo; Charles Menkiti
🇿🇦 SOUTH AFRICA
Abrahams Kiewitz Inc.
🌍 Cape Town, So. Africa, +27 21 914 4842
⚖️ Land rights; Right to food
💼️ Apartheid reparations lawsuits (re So. Africa);Gold miner silicosis litigation (re So. Africa); Class action against bread companies (re alleged price fixing)
👥 Charles Abrahams, charles@ak.law.za
Centre for Applied Legal Studies
🌍 Johannesburg, So. Africa, +27 11 717 8600
⚖️ Environment; Housing; Access to water; Gender discrimination; Access to information; Financial institutions
👥 Louis Snyman, louis.snyman@wits.ac.za
💻 https://www.wits.ac.za/cals/
Keerom Street Chambers
🌍 Cape Town, So. Africa, + 27 21 424 9695
⚖️ Discrimination
💼️ South African Airways lawsuit (re HIV discrimination)
👥 Anton Katz
💻 antkatz@capebar.co.za
Legal Resources Centre
🌍 Cape Town (+27 21 879 2398), Johannesburg (+27 11 038 9709), Durban (+27 31 301 7572), & Makhanda (+27 46 622 9230); So. Africa
⚖️ Land; Natural resources; Education
💼️ 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).
👥 Wilmien Wicomb, wilmien@lrc.org.za; Sharita Samuel, sharita@lrc.org.za
💻 www.lrc.org.za
📝 Read Wilmien Wicomb's insights here
Richard Spoor Inc. Attorneys
🌍 Johannesburg. So. Africa, +011 482 6081
⚖️ Health
💼️ Gold miner silicosis litigation (re So. Africa)
👥 Richard Spoor, info@rsinc.co.za
💻 http://goldminersilicosis.co.za/
🇹🇿 TANZANIA
Legal & Human Rights Centre
🌍 Dar es Salaam (+255 22 2773038/48) & Arusha (+255 27 2544187), Tanzania
⚖️ Environment; Land rights; Labour; Discrimination
💼️ Vilima Vitatu lawsuit (re land rights); African Barrick Gold lawsuit (re Tanzania)
👥 Flaviana Charles, flaviacharlz@gmail.com; George Masud, gmasud@humanrights.or.tz; Shilinde Ngalula, ngalula71@gmail.com
💻 https://www.humanrights.or.tz/
ASIA & PACIFIC
🇦🇺 AUSTRALIA
Human Rights Law Centre
🌍 Melbourne, Australia, +61 (03) 8636 4450
⚖️ General business & human rights; International human rights law; Constitutional law; Civil litigation
💼️ OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises Specific Instance – G4S Australia Pty Ltd
👥 Keren Adams, keren.adams@hrlc.org.au
💻 https://www.hrlc.org.au/
Kristen Roy
🌍 Sydney, Australia
⚖️ Environment; Access to justice; Class action; Personal injury law; General business & human rights; International human rights law; Civil litigation
💼️ Trafigura lawsuits (re Côte d’Ivoire); Shell lawsuit (re oil spills & Bodo community in Nigeria); Vedanta Resources lawsuit (re water contamination, Zambia); Sanda v PTTEP (Montara oil spill in West Timor)
👥 Kristen Roy, pearlroy@hotmail.com
🇰🇭 CAMBODIA
AMRIN Law and Consultants Group
🌍 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, +855 12 71 23 71
⚖️ International human rights; Criminology; Fair trial rights
👥 Piseth Duch, pisethduch168@gmail.com; Sam Oeun Sok, samoeunsok@gmail.com
BBC Law Firm
🌍 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, +855 12 606 101
⚖️ human rights; international human rights; criminal law; fair trial rights
💼️ human rights defenders' cases
👥 Sokong Sam, samsokong@yahoo.com; lawfirmbbc@gmail.com
Center for Alliance of Labor & Human Rights
🌍 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, +855 93 556 603
⚖️ Labour law; human rights law; criminal law
💼️ Union leaders and labour activists
👥 Sunrith Ham, protection@central-cambodia.org ; Sambo Chhen, info@central-cambodia.org or consultant@central-cambodia.org
💻 https://www.central-cambodia.org/
Daun Penh Law Firm
🌍 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, +855 12 680 233
⚖️ Criminal law; human rights law; fair trial rights
💼️ Environmental activists and human rights defenders
👥 Chamroern Sam, chamroernsam@gmail.com
💻 http://www.daunpenhlawfirm.com/
Rights & Business Law Office
🌍 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, +855 12 890 289
⚖️ Criminal law; international human rights; business and human rights; indigenous rights; land law
💼️ Communities’ land cases
👥 Sophorn Sek, seksophorn11@gmail.com; sophornsek@hotmail.com
💻 https://www.rightsbusinesslaw.com/
📝 Read Sophorn Sek's insights here
Sachak Law Office and Associates
🌍 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, +855 17 666 710
⚖️ Civil law; Criminal law; Land rights; Environment; Natural resources
💼️ Public interest cases, earth rights cases concerning vulnerable communities and Indigenous People and private case work
👥 Someta Menh, metamenh20@gmail.com
💻 https://www.facebook.com/sachakassciatesandlawoffice.01.08.2021
Samreth Law Group
🌍 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, +855 23 99 69 58
⚖️ Environment; Land rights; Labour
💼️ Complaints against development company (re land & indigenous people); Lawsuit against Sinohydro (re impact of dam)
👥 Ith Mathoura, thoura@samrethlawgroup.com; Ly Ping, ping@samrethlawgroup.com; Hong Chansokha, Chansokha@samrethlawgroup.com
💻 http://www.samrethlawgroup.com/
SNB & Association Law Group
🌍 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, +855 23 220 572, +855 12 698 059
⚖️ Civil litigation; Criminal litigation; Corporate law
👥 SEK Sovanna, sovanna.sek@snblaws.com
💻 http://www.snblaws.com/
Solidarity Center
🌍 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, , +855 23 881 202
⚖️ Labor law; criminal law; human rights rights
💼️ Union leaders
👥 Sambath Hong, sambathhong@solidaritycenter.org; Bon Heng, hengbon@solidaritycenter.org
💻 https://www.solidaritycenter.org/
SON CHUM CHUON & Associates Law Office
🌍 Phnom Penh, Cambodia, +855 11/96 724 583
⚖️ International human rights; Indigenous peoples; Minority rights; Civil law; Criminal law
💼️ Human Right Activists’ cases, Communities’ land cases, fair trail rights’ cases and right to freedom of expression and freedom of press
👥 SON Chum Chuon, chumchuons@gmail.com
🇨🇳 CHINA
ACTogether
🌍 Guangzhou, China, +86 27 34179797
⚖️ Discrimination
💼️ Lawsuit against company (re pregnancy discrimination)
👥 Guo Bin, zhongyixing2013@gmail.com
💻 http://www.actcn.org/
🇮🇳 INDIA
Human Rights Law Network
🌍 New Delhi, India +91-11-24374501
⚖️ Public interest litigation; Labour rights; Anti-trafficking; Environment
👥 Colin Gonsalves, Harsh Dobhal, Sanjai Sharma, contact@hrln.org
💻 https://hrln.org/
Jananeethi
🌍 Kerala, India
⚖️ Public interest litigation; Equality; Anti-trafficking; Environment; Consumer Protection; Right to Information; Right to Service
👥 Adv.George Pulikuthiyil, pulikuthiyil@gmail.com; Adv.P.Sunilkumar, sunilkumar@jananeethi.org; Adv.C.P.Maya, maya@jananeethi.org
💻 http://www.jananeethi.org/
🇮🇩 INDONESIA
"Erik" - Desriko Malayu Putra
🌍 Jakarta, Indonesia
⚖️ Private Law, Civil Law, Adminitrative, Human Rights, etc
👥 Desriko, desriko.greenjustice@gmail.com; ecerik88@gmail.com
💻 www.pbhi.or.id
LBH Jakarta (Jakarta Legal Aid Institute)
🌍 Jakarta, Indonesia, +62 21 31 45 518
⚖️ Freedom of Expression; Privacy; Unfair trial; Access to water
👥 Febi Yonesta, lbhjakarta@bantuanhukum.or.id; febionesta@gmail.com
💻 https://bantuanhukum.or.id/
📝 Read Febi Yonesta's insights here
Legal Aid Center for the Press (LBH Pers)
🌍 Indonesia, +62 821-4688-8873
⚖️ Indonesia Media/Press Law, Criminal Law, Civil Law, Administrative Law, Constitutional Court and Human Rights
💼️ Internet shutdown lawsuit, other strategic litigation regarding freedom of expression and the press
👥 Ade Wahyudin, adewahyudin@lbhpers.org
💻 www.lbhpers.org
📝 Read Ade Wahyudin's insights here
🇲🇾 MALAYSIA
Bar Council Environment & Climate Change Committee
🌍 Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, +603 2050 2099, Officer in charge: Ms. Shegi shegi@malaysianbar.org.my
⚖️ Public interest environmental law, constitutional law, administrative law, human rights
💼️ No ongoing cases at the moment.
👥 i) Saha Deva (saha.associates@gmail.com), Co-Chairperson ii) Jia Yaw, Co-Chairperson iii) Roger Chan (chengyijustice@gmail.com) Deputy Chairperson
💻 www.malaysianbar.org.my/environment_and_climate_change/
📝 Read Jia Yaw Kiu's insights here
📝 Read Roger Chan Weng Keng's insights here
🇲🇲 MYANMAR
Legal Clinic Myanmar
🌍 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
⚖️ Human trafficking; Children; Labour; Torture; Migrant women; Beatings & violence
👥 Click here for detailed contact list
Dawei Probono Lawyer Network
🌍 Dawei City, Tanintharyi Division, Myanmar, +95 -9 450 990 238
⚖️ Land rights; Access to water; Environment
💼️ Myanmar Pongpipat lawsuit (re environmental & health impact of Heinda tin mine)
👥 Daw Aye Mon Thu, advocate045@gmail.com; Daw Tin Tin Thet, tintinthet2012@gmail.com; Daw Naw Pa Saw Phaw, Daw Mi Mi Soe; dawei.lawyer.network@gmail.com
💻 https://www.facebook.com/daweilawyers/?fref=ts
🇳🇵 NEPAL
Lawyers’ Association for Human Rights of Nepalese Indigenous Peoples (LAHURNIP)
🌍Anamnagar, Kathmandu Nepal, +997 1 5795510 (Cell No. +977-9851007932)
⚖️ Criminal, Civil, Human Rights Law, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
👥Shankar Limbu, shan-sub@protonmail.com
💻 www.lahurnip.org
📝 Read Shankar Limbu's insights here
🇵🇭 PHILIPPINES
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE CENTER (ELAC)
🌍 Puerto Princesa City, 5300 Palawan, Philippines
⚖️ Environment; Human Rights
💼 Mining, coal, monocrop plantations, infrastructure, forestry, fisheries
👥 Grizelda Mayo Anda, gerthie1987@gmail.com; Raffy Pajares, raffypajares@gmail.com; Regina Bella Dioso, reginadioso@gmail.com; Jansen Jontila, jijontila@gmail.com; Julius Concepcion, justifiedmaderighteous@yahoo.com
💻 www.elacphilippines.org
📝 Read Grizelda Mayo Anda's insights here
IDEALS
🌍 Quezon City, Philippines, +63-2-436547
⚖️ Business & Human Rights, Tax, International Trade, & Labor
👥 Antonio Salvador, Melissa Jane Comafay, ideals05@yahoo.com
SALIGAN
🌍 Quezon City, Philippines, +632 4266001 loc. 4858-4860
⚖️ Land rights; Labour; Environment
💼️ Aerial spraying ban lawsuit (re banana companies in Philippines)
👥 Marie Hazel E. Lavitoria, saligan@saligan.org; hazellavitoria@gmail.com
💻 https://saligan.org/
🇰🇷 SOUTH KOREA
GongGam Human Rights Law Foundation
🌍 3F, 29-6, Changdeokgung-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03058, Rep. of Korea (Tel: 82-2-3675-7740)
⚖️ 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
💼️ Constitutional appeal on the statute criminalizing 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)
👥 Please kindly understand that we do not provide individual contact information on our lawyers. Please direct your requests to our official email address (gonggam@gmail.com), and the case will be referred to the lawyer member best suited to handle such cases.
💻 https://www.kpil.org
🇹🇭 THAILAND
Community Resource Centre
🌍 Bangkok, Thailand, +66 817 725 843
⚖️ Environment; Indigenous peoples; Health
💼️ Lawsuit against Electric Generating Authority of Thailand (re purchase of electricity from Xayaburi dam in Laos)
👥 Sor Rattanamanee Polkla, sorrattana1@gmail.com; crcthai@gmail.com
💻 http://crcthai.blogspot.com/
📝 Read Sor Rattanamanee Polkla's insights here
EUROPE
🇧🇪 BELGIUM
Avocats Sans Frontières/Advocaten Zonder Grenzen
🌍 Brussels, Belgium (with offices & projects worldwide, including: DRC, Tunisia, Burundi, Uganda, Morocco, Chad, Nepal, Myanmar), +32 2 223 36 54
⚖️ Economic, social & cultural rights; international crimes; torture; displacement; sexual & gender-based violence; legal empowerment; access to information; land rights & environment
💼️ Lawsuit against Tunisian companies over wrongful dismissal of workers; Logging & human rights abuses in DRC
💻 https://www.asf.be/
🇫🇷 FRANCE
Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l'homme (FIDH)
🌍 Paris, France, +33 1 40 62 99 60
⚖️ Complicity; Torture & ill-treatment; security issues & conflict zones; French due diligence law; climate litigation
💼️ Amesys lawsuit (re Libya); Qosmos lawsuit (re Syria); Nexa lawsuit (re Egypt); BNP lawsuit (re Sudan); Suez due diligence lawsuit (re Chili)
👥 Clémence Bectarte, clemencebectarte@orange.fr
💻 https://www.fidh.org/fr
Sherpa
🌍 Paris, France, +33 1 42 21 33 25
⚖️ Labour; Supply Chain; Complicity; Security issues & conflict zones;
💼️ 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)
👥 Sandra Cossart, sandra.cossart@asso-sherpa.org
💻 www.asso-sherpa.org
🇩🇪 GERMANY
European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)
🌍 Berlin, Germany, +49 (0)30 400 485 90
⚖️ Labour; Complicity; Privacy; Torture & ill-treatment
💼️ Danzer Group lawsuit (re Dem. Rep. of Congo); Lidl lawsuit (re working conditions in Bangladesh); Nestlé lawsuit (re Colombia); Gama criminal complaint (re spy software in Bahrain)
👥 Wolfgang Kalek, kaleck@ecchr.eu; Annelen Micus, micus@ecchr.eu; Miriam Saage-Maaß, saage-maasz@ecchr.eu
💻 https://www.ecchr.eu/
🇮🇪 IRELAND
Global Legal Action Network
🌍 Galway, Ireland; London, UK; +4447521203427
⚖️ Supply chains; Environmental & economic justice; War & occupation; Migration & border violence; Complicity; Torture & ill-treatment
💼️ Uzbek forced labour cotton lawsuit; Dutch Shipping company criminal complaint (re use of forced labour)
👥 Gearóid Ó Cuinn, gocuinn@glanlaw.org; Gerry Liston, gliston@glanlaw.org; Dearbhla Minogue, dminogue@glanlaw.org;
💻 https://www.glanlaw.org/
📝 Read Gearóid Ó Cuinn's insights here
🇮🇹 ITALY
Studio Legale Bona Oliva e Associati
🌍 Turin, Italy +390115111005
⚖️ Personal Injury, Fatal Accidents & Human Rights Litigation
💼️ 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)
👥 Marco Bona, bona@mbolaw.it ; Giulia Oberto oberto@mbolaw.it
💻 www.mbolaw.it
🇳🇱 NETHERLANDS
Climate Counsel
🌍 the Hague, Netherlands & London, UK, +44 (0)7484822740
⚖️ Ecocide, Intl. Criminal Law, International Human Rights Law
👥 Richard J Rogers, richardrogers@globaldiligence.com
💻 https://www.climatecounsel.org/
📝 Read Richard Roger's insights here
Greenpeace International
🌍 Amsterdam, Netherlands, +31 20 718 2000
⚖️ Environment; Climate change; Access to information; Complaint mechanisms; Complicity; Divestment; Freedom of expression; Project financing; Protests; Shareholder activism; Supply chain
💼️ Trafigura lawsuits (re Cote d'Ivoire)
👥 Jasper Teulings, jasper.teulings@greenpeace.org; Kristin Casper, kristin.casper@greenpeace.org; Daniel Simons, daniel.simons@greenpeace.org
💻 https://www.greenpeace.org/nl/
Prakken d’Oliveira
🌍 Amsterdam, Netherlands, +31 20 344 62 00
⚖️ Complicity; Environment; Access to water; Health
💼️ Shell lawsuit (re oil pollution in Nigeria)
👥 Channa Samkalden, csamkalden@prakkendoliveira.nl; Liesbeth Zegveld, lzegveld@prakkendoliveira.nl
💻 https://www.prakkendoliveira.nl/en/home/
📝 Read Channa Samkalden's insights here
🇨🇭 SWITZERLAND
TRIAL : Track Impunity Always
🌍 Geneva, Switzerland, +41 22 321 61 10
⚖️ Complicity; Security issues & conflict zones
💼️ Argor-Heraeus investigation (re Dem. Rep. of Congo); Caterpillar lawsuit (re alleged participation in destruction of Palestinians' houses by Israeli Defense Forces)
👥 Benedict de Moerloose, info@trial-ch.org
💻 https://trialinternational.org/
🇬🇧 UNITED KINGDOM
Brick Court Chambers
🌍 London, UK, +44 20 7379 3550
⚖️ General Business and Human Rights; Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence; Public International Law; Public Law; Corporate Law
💼️ Vedanta v Lungowe; Okpabi v Shell
👥 Robert McCorquodale, robert.mccorquodale@brickcourt.co.uk; Tim Johnston, tim.johnston@brickcourt.co.uk; Paul Bowen, paul.bowen@brickcourt.co.uk
💻 https://www.brickcourt.co.uk
ClientEarth
🌍 London, UK (and other countries worldwide), +44 (0)20 7749 5970
⚖️ Environment; Climate change; Access to information; Complaint mechanisms; Shareholder activism; Corporate reporting
👥 Sophie Marjanac, smarjanac@clientearth.org; Johnny White, jwhite@clientearth.org
💻 https://www.clientearth.org/
📝 Read Johnny White's insights here
Climate Counsel
🌍 London, UK & the Hague, Netherlands, +44 (0)7484822740
⚖️ Ecocide, Intl. Criminal Law, International Human Rights Law
👥 Richard J Rogers, richardrogers@globaldiligence.com
💻 https://www.climatecounsel.org/
📝 Read Richard Roger's insights here
Deighton Pierce Glynn Solicitors
🌍 London, UK, +44 207 407 0007
⚖️ Beatings & violence; Environment; Health; Housing; Human trafficking; Privacy; Security issues & conflict zones; Torture
💼️ Lawsuit against BP (re complicity kidnap & torture of trade unionist in Colombia); OECD complaint against Formula 1 race organisers (re human rights impact in Bahrain)
👥 Daniel Carey, DCarey@dpglaw.co.uk; Adam Hundt, AHundt@dpglaw.co.uk; Sue Willman, SWillman@dpglaw.co.uk; Zubier Yazdani, ZYazdani@dpglaw.co.uk
💻 https://dpglaw.co.uk/
Doughty Street Chambers
🌍 London, UK, +44 20 7404 1313
⚖️ Displacement; Environment; Health; Illness; Deaths; General Business and Human Rights; OECD Guidelines complaints; Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence
💼️ Koh Kong sugar plantation lawsuits (re Cambodia); Shell lawsuit (re oil spills & Bodo community in Nigeria); Trafigura lawsuits (re Côte d’Ivoire)
👥 Tim Cooke-Hurle, t.cooke-hurle@doughtystreet.co.uk; Elise Groulx Diggs, Associate Tenant, elisegroulx@gmail.com; Krishnendu Mukherjee, t.mukherjee@doughtystreet.co.uk
💻 https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/
📝 Read Krishnendu Mukherjee's insights here
Global Diligence
🌍 London, UK, +44 7484 822 740
⚖️ Land rights; Complicity; Human rights impact assessments & stakeholder engagement in complex environments
💼️ Koh Kong sugar plantation lawsuits (re Cambodia); ICC complaint against ruling elite (re Cambodia land grabbing)
👥 Richard Rogers, richardrogers@globaldiligence.com
💻 https://www.globaldiligence.com/
📝 Read Richard Roger's insights here
Global Legal Action Network
🌍 Galway, Ireland; London, UK; +4447521203427
⚖️ Supply chains; Environmental & economic justice; War & occupation; Migration & border violence; Complicity; Torture & ill-treatment
💼️ Uzbek forced labour cotton lawsuit; Dutch Shipping company criminal complaint (re use of forced labour)
👥 Gearóid Ó Cuinn, gocuinn@glanlaw.org; Gerry Liston, gliston@glanlaw.org; Dearbhla Minogue, dminogue@glanlaw.org; Valentina Azarova; vazarova@glanlaw.org
💻 https://www.glanlaw.org/
📝 Read Gearóid Ó Cuinn's insights here
Global Rights Compliance
🌍 London, UK, +44 7767 326 881 & +33 6 77 51 82 35
⚖️ International criminal law; Environmental law; Security issues & conflict zones
💼️ Koh Kong sugar plantation lawsuits (re Cambodia)
👥 Wayne Jordash, waynejordash@globalrightscompliance.co.uk
💻 https://www.globalrightscompliance.com/
Hausfeld
🌍 London, UK, +44 207 665 5000 & Washington, DC, USA, +1 202 540 7200
⚖️ Discrimination; Environnment; Health; Deaths; Illness; Injuries; Security issues & conflict zones; Forced labour
💼️ Apartheid reparations lawsuits (re So. Africa); Union Carbide/Dow lawsuit (re Bhopal)
👥 Ingrid Gubbay (UK), igubbay@hausfeldllp.com, Michael Hausfeld (USA), mhausfeld@hausfeldllp.com
💻 http://www.hausfeld.com/
See also contact in the North America section
Leigh Day
🌍 London, UK, +44 20 7650 1200
⚖️ Complicity; Injuries; Killings; Access to water; Environment; Security issues & conflict; Beatings & violence; Denial of freedom of movement; Intimidation & threats; Protests; Rape & sexual abuse; Torture & ill-treatment; Health; Illness
💼️ African Barrick Gold lawsuit (re Tanzania); BP lawsuit (re Colombia); Cape/Gencor lawsuits (re So. Africa); Monterrico Metals lawsuit (re Peru); Shell lawsuit (re oil spills & Bodo community in Nigeria), Trafigura lawsuits (re Cote d'Ivoire)
👥 Martyn Day, mday@leighday.co.uk; Daniel Leader, dleader@leighday.co.uk; Sapna Malik, smalik@leighday.co.uk; Gene Matthews, gmatthews@leighday.co.uk; Richard Meeran, rmeeran@leighday.co.uk; Oliver Holland, oholland@leighday.co.uk
💻 https://www.leighday.co.uk/
Matrix Chambers
🌍 London, UK, +44 20 7404 3447
⚖️ Complicity; Access to water; Environment; Security issues & conflict zones; Health
💼️ BP lawsuit (re Colombia); Shell lawsuit (re oil pollution in Nigeria)
👥 Richard Hermer, richardhermer@matrixlaw.co.uk; Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh, blinnenighralaigh@matrixlaw.co.uk
💻 https://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/
PGMBM
🌍 London, UK, +44 3330 155 900
⚖️ Transnational litigation & group litigation/arbitration in business & human rights; Environment; Private international law; Consumer law & data protection; Competition law
💼️ BHP & Vale lawsuit (re dam collapse in Brazil, filed in the UK); TÜV SÜD civil lawsuit (re Brumadinho dam collapse filed in Germany)
👥 Pedro Henrique C. A. Martins, pmartins@pgmbm.com
💻 www.pgmbm.com
LATIN AMERICA
Latin America (general)
Environmental Defender Law Center
🌍 Brazil; USA (see also listing under North America)
⚖️ Environment; Land rights
💼️ Boliden lawsuit (re Chile)
👥 Fernanda Venzon, fernanda@edlc.org
💻 https://edlc.org/
🇦🇷 ARGENTINA
Abogados y abogadas del Noroeste argentino en derechos humanos y estudios sociales (ANDHES)
🌍 San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, +5411 4334 4200
⚖️ Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Criminal Justice & Security, Social Protest, Women's rights, and Indigenous Peoples' rights
💼️ Investigation and lawsuits re
👥 Fernanda Marchese, andhes@andhes.org.ar
💻 https://andhes.org.ar/
Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS)
🌍 Buenos Aires, Argentina, +5411 4334 4200
⚖️ Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Criminal Justice & Security, Social Protest, Migrants rights, and Drug Policy
💼️ Investigation and lawsuits re companies and military dictatorship
👥 Diego Morales, dmorales@cels.org.ar
💻 https://www.cels.org.ar/web/
Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN)
🌍 Buenos Aires, Argentina, +5411 4865 1707
⚖️ Environmental law (access to information, participation, environmental damage) in varied issues such as: watershed management and pollution, extractive activities, biodiversity protection, climate and energy
💼️ Matanza Riachuelo lawsuit (re Argentina)
👥 justicia@farn.org.ar
💻 https://farn.org.ar/
🇧🇴 BOLIVIA
CEDLA
🌍 La Paz, Bolivia, +591 79153605
⚖️ Labour law; Land rights; Indigenous peoples’ rights; Inter-American system
💼️ Indigenous peoples affected by dam & road constructionsin the Amazon region
👥 Rubén Pinto Vargas, rubenpintovargas@gmail.com
💻 https://cedla.org/
CEDIB
🌍 La Paz, Bolivia, +591-76988257
⚖️ Labour law; Land rights; Indigenous peoples’ rights; Environmental rights
👥Jorge Campanini, difusion@cedib.org
💻 http://www.cedib.org
Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)
🌍 Cochabamba, Bolivia
⚖️ Environmental law, Fracking
👥 Ariel Pérez Castellón, aperez@aida-americas.org
💻 https://aida-americas.org/
[see also entries for Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru]
🇧🇷 BRAZIL
Conectas
🌍 São Paulo, Brazil, +55 11 3884 7440
⚖️ Human rights & financial institutions; Forced labour; Modern slavery
👥 Julia Neiva, julia.neiva@conectas.org
💻 https://www.conectas.org/en
Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (APIB)
🌍 Brasilia, Brazil, +55 61 3034-5548
⚖️ Indigenous peoples; Environment
💼️ ADPF 709 (re government obligation to protect indigenous communities from covid-19) & other cases
👥 juridico@apiboficial.org; Lucas Cravo, cravo.lucas@gmail.com; Luiz Eloy Terena, adv.luizeloy@gmail.com
💻https://apiboficial.org/?lang=en
Justiça nos Trilhos
🌍 Açailândia, Maranhão, Brazil, +55 99 35380901
⚖️ Environment; Land Rights; Indigenous peoples
💼️ Lawsuits against Vale, associated companies & state actors over abuses associated with the Carajás mining project in Brazil's Amazon region
👥 Danilo Chammas, ddchammas@gmail.com
💻 https://justicanostrilhos.org/
📝 Read Danilo Chammas' insights here
🇨🇱 CHILE
Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)
🌍 Santiago, Chile
⚖️ Environmental law, international financial institutions
👥 Florencia Ortúzar, fortuzar@aida-americas.org
💻 https://aida-americas.org/
[see also entries for Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru]
Observatorio Ciudadano
🌍 Santiago de Chile, Chile, +56 (45) 2213963
⚖️ Labour law; Land rights; Inter-American system
💼️ Indigenous peoples affected by dam & road constructionsin the Amazon region
👥 José Aylwin, jaylwin@observatorio.cl; Felipe Guerra, felipe.guerra.schleef@gmail.com; Marcel Didier, marcel.didier.hundt@gmail.com
💻 https://observatorio.cl/
🇨🇴 COLOMBIA
Alirio Uribe Muñoz
🌍 Bogotá, Colombia, +57 312 587 49 58, +57 382 44 84
⚖️ Criminal law; Labour rights; Human rights
👥 Rosa María Mateus Parra, abogadareparacion@gmail.com
Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo - CAJAR
🌍 Calle 16 No. 6-66 Piso 25, Bogota, Colombia, +57 1 7421313 / +57 3143750761 / +57 312 5874958
⚖️ Human rights law; economic, social and cultural rights; peace and armed conflict
👥 Luis Carlos Montenegro Almeida, agendaexigibilidad@cajar.org; Alirio Uribe Muñoz, aliriouribe@gmail.com
💻 https://www.colectivodeabogados.org/
Dejusticia
🌍 Bogotá, Colombia, +571 6083605
⚖️ Indigenous peoples; Environment
👥 Diana Guarnizo, dguarnizo@dejusticia.org
💻 https://www.dejusticia.org/
Francisco Ramírez
🌍 Bogotá, Colombia, +57 317 3478695 / +57 3505362
⚖️ International law; Labour rights; Human rights
👥 Francisco Ramirez Cuellar, corpotratierra@gmail.com
💻 https://corpotratierra.org/noticias/
Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)
🌍 Bogota, Colombia, +57 1 232 4246
⚖️ Environmental law, Human rights law
👥 Liliana Ávila, lavila@aida-americas.org; Rosa Peña Lizarazo, rpena@aida-americas.org
💻 https://aida-americas.org/
[see also entries for Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru]
🇨🇷 COSTA RICA
Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)
🌍 San José, +506 2283 7080
⚖️ Environmental law, Marine protection
👥 Haydée Rodríguez: hrodriguez@aida-americas.org; Gladys Martínez, gmartinez@aida-americas.org
💻 https://aida-americas.org/
[see also entries for Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru]
🇪🇨 ECUADOR
Fromboliere Abogados
🌍 Quito, Ecuador, +593 0993977811
⚖️ Environment; Human rights
💼️ Texaco/Chevron lawsuits (re Ecuador)
👥 Pablo Fajardo Mendoza, pablofajardom@gmail.com
Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
🌍 Quito, Ecuador, +593 2 2991700 ext. 1427
⚖️ Environment; Human rights
💼️ Lawsuit by Kichwa indigenous people of Sarayaku against Ecuador (re oil concession)
👥 Mario Melo Cevallos, memelo@puce.edu.ec
💻 https://www.puce.edu.ec/centros-de-investigacion.php#
🇭🇳 HONDURAS
Red de Abogadas Defensoras de Derechos Humanos (Network of Women Human Rights Lawyers and Defenders)
🌍 Choluteca, Honduras, +504 2780-0654
⚖️ Human rights; Gender & sexual violence; Economic, social & cultural rights; Criminal law
💼️ Choluteca communities re Scatec Solar’s solar megaproject “Los Prados”
👥 Nidia Castillo, ncastillo@reddeabogadas.hn; Denia Castillo, dcastillo@reddeabogadas.hn
💻 reddeabogadas.hn
🇲🇽 MEXICO
Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)
🌍 Mexico City, +52 55 5212 0141
⚖️ Environmental law, Human rights, Climate change
👥 Andrea Rodriguez, arodriguez@aida-americas.org; Haydée Rodríguez: hrodriguez@aida-americas.org; Gladys Martínez,gmartinez@aida-americas.org
💻 https://aida-americas.org/
[see also entries for Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru]
🇵🇪 PERU
Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)
🌍 Lima, Peru
⚖️ Environmental law, Human rights law
👥 María José Veramendi Villa, mveramendi@aida-americas.org
💻 https://aida-americas.org/
[see also entries for Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico]
Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL)
🌍 Lima, Peru
⚖️ Indigenoups Peoples' rights, Environmental law, Human rights law
👥 Juan Carlos Ruiz Molleda, jruiz@idl.org.pe
💻https://www.idl.org.pe/
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
🇪🇬 EGYPT
Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
🌍 Cairo, Egypt, +(202) 27960158 or 27960197
⚖️ Environment; Access to information
💼️ Lawsuit against TITAN cement (re air pollution, Egypt)
👥 Hoda Nasralla, hoda@eipr.org
💻 https://www.eipr.org/
El Seidi Law Firm
🌍 Cairo, Egypt, (+202)- 01203777537, (+202)- 24539855
⚖️ Environment; Climate Change; Right to water
💼️ Lawsuit against Lafarge & Suez Cement
👥 Ahmed ElSeidi, elseidi.lawyer@gmail.com
💻 http://www.elseidilawfirm.com/index.php/en/
📝 Read Ahmed ElSeidi's insights here
🇯🇴 JORDAN
Tamkeen Center for Legal Aid and Human Rights
🌍 Amman, Jordan, +962 6 5539501
⚖️ Migrant workers
👥 Linda Kalash, linda@tamkeen-jo.org; info@tamkeen-jo.org
💻 http://www.tamkeen-jo.org/about_us.htm
🇵🇸 PALESTINE
Al-Haq
🌍 Ramallah - West Bank, Palestine, +972 (2) 2954646/7/9
⚖️ Displacements; Land rights; Housing; Human Rights Defenders; Natural resources
💼️ Lawsuit against Green Park Intl. (re Bil’in villagers' land grabbing); Criminal complaint against Riwal (re complicity in war crimes & crimes against humanity through construction of Annexation Wall)
👥 Please use the contact form here
💻 https://www.alhaq.org/
NORTH AMERICA
🇨🇦 CANADA
Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman LLP
🌍 Vancouver, Canada, +1-604-689-7555
⚖️ Civil Litigation, General business & human rights
💼️ Nevsun lawsuit (re Bisha mine, Eritrea); Tahoe Resources lawsuit (re Guatemala)
👥 Joe Fiorante (Partner), JFiorante@cfmlawyers.ca ; Matt Eisenbrandt (Director of Transnational Investigations), meisenbrandt@cfmlawyers.ca
💻 https://www.cfmlawyers.ca/
James Yap
🌍 Toronto, Canada, +1 416 992 5266
⚖️ General business & human rights; Beatings & violence; Deaths; Genocide; Injuries; Killings; Rape & sexual abuse; Slavery; Torture & ill-treatment; Environment: General; Forced labour & modern slavery; Mining
💼️ Texaco/Chevron lawsuits (re enforcement of Ecuador decision in Canada); Nevsun lawsuit (re Bisha mine, Eritrea)
👥James Yap, james.yap@gmail.com
Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors
🌍 Toronto, Canada, +1 416 598-0288
⚖️ Complicity; Killings; Security issues & conflict zones
💼️ HudBay Minerals lawsuits (re Guatemala)
👥 Murray Klippenstein, murray.klippenstein@klippensteins.ca, Cory Wanless, cory.wanless@klippensteins.ca
💻 http://www.klippensteins.ca/
Trudel Johnston
🌍 Montreal, Canada, +1 514 871 8385
⚖️ Complicity; Killings; Security issues & conflict zones; Class actions
💼️ Anvil Mining lawsuit (re Dem.Rep. of Congo)
👥 Bruce W. Johnston, bwjohnston@trudeljohnston.com
💻 www.trudeljohnston.com
Andrew E. Cleland
🌍 Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
⚖️ Transnational corporate accountability; Civil litigation; Beatings & violence; Torture & ill-treatment; Killings; Rape & sexual abuse; Human trafficking; Child labour; Forced labour & modern slavery; Workplace conditions, health and safety; Forced displacement; Environmental: general; Health: general
💼️ Anvil Mining lawsuit (re Dem.Rep. of Congo)
👥 Andrew E. Cleland, andrew@clelandavocat.ca
🇺🇸 USA
Akeel Valentine
🌍 Troy, Michigan, USA, +1 248 918 4542
⚖️ Discrimination; Labour; Security issues & conflict zones; Torture & ill-treatment
💼️ Abu Ghraib lawsuits against CACI, Titan (now L-3)
👥 Shereef Akeel, shereef@akeelvalentine.com
💻 https://www.akeelvalentine.com/
Burke PLLC
🌍 Baltimore, Maryland, USA, +1 410 733 5444
⚖️ Discrimination; Environment; Labour; Health; Illness; Rape & sexual abuse; Torture & ill-treatment
💼️ Abu Ghraib lawsuits against CACI
👥 Susan Burke, sburke@burkepllc.com
💻 burkepllc.com
Center for Constitutional Rights
🌍 New York, NY, USA, +1 212-614-6464
⚖️ Complicity; Killings; Security issues & conflict zones; Torture & ill-treatment
💼️ Abu Ghraib lawsuits against CACI; Blackwater USA lawsuits (re 16 Sep 2007 Baghdad incident); Chevron lawsuit (re Nigeria); Shell lawsuit (re Nigeria - Kiobel & Wiwa)
👥 Baher Azmy, Legal Directory, BAzmy@ccrjustice.org; Katherine Gallagher, Senior Staff Attorney, KGallagher@ccrjustice.org; Maria LaHood, Senior Staff Attorney, MLahood@ccrjustice.org
💻 https://ccrjustice.org/home/what-we-do/issues/corporate-human-rights-abuses
Cohen Milstein
🌍 Washington, DC, USA, +1 202 408 4600
⚖️ Complicity; Human trafficking; Killings; Security issues & conflict zones
💼️ Chiquita lawsuits (re Colombia); ExxonMobil lawsuit (re Aceh); KBR lawsuit (re human trafficking in Iraq)
👥 Benjamin Brown, bbrown@cohenmilstein.com; Agnieszka Fryzman, afryszman@cohenmilstein.com
Corporate Accountability Lab
🌍 Chicago, IL, USA, +(1)773 346 5545
⚖️ Human rights, contract, trade
👥 Charity Ryerson, charity.ryerson@corpaccountabilitylab.org, Alicia Brudney, Avery Kelly
💻 https://legaldesign.org/
📝 Read Charity Ryerson's insights here
EarthRights International
🌍 Washington, DC, USA, +1 202 466 5188
⚖️ Environment; Health; Illness; Indigenous peoples; Killings; Security issues & conflict zones
💼️ Chevron lawsuit (re Nigeria);Chiquita lawsuits (re Colombia); Union Carbide/Dow lawsuit (re Bhopal); Unocal lawsuit (re Myanmar); Shell lawsuit (re Nigeria - Kiobel & Wiwa)
👥 Rick Herz, Litigation Coordinator, rick@earthrights.org; Katie Redford, Co-founder & Director, Katie@earthrights.org; Marco Simons, Legal Director, marco@earthrights.org
💻 www.earthrights.org
Environmental Defender Law Center
🌍 Bozeman, Montana, USA, +1 406 586 8294 & Brazil
⚖️ Human Rights & environment; Indigenous peoples; Health; Illness
💼️ Monterrico Metals lawsuit (re Peru); Boliden lawsuit (re Chile)
👥 Lewis Gordon, Director, lewis@edlc.org
💻 https://edlc.org/
See also contact in Brazil, in Latin America section
George Washington University Law School
🌍 Washington, DC, USA, +1 202 994 6261
⚖️ Alien Tort Claims Act; Complicity; Torture & ill-treament
💼️ Shell lawsuit (re Nigeria - Kiobel & Wiwa)
👥 Ralph Steinhardt, rstein@law.gwu.edu
💻 https://www.law.gwu.edu/ralph-g-steinhardt?id=1749
Harvard Law International Human Rights Clinic
🌍 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, +1 617 495 5202
⚖️ Alien Tort Claims Act (USA); Security issues & conflict zones
💼️ 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)
👥 Tyler Giannini, giannini@law.harvard.edu; Susan Farbstein, sfarbstein@law.harvard.edu
💻 https://hrp.law.harvard.edu/clinic/
Hausfeld & Co. LLP
🌍 Washington, DC, USA, +1 202 540 7200 & London, UK
⚖️ Complicity; Health; Illness; Torture & ill-treament
💼️ Apartheid reparations lawsuits (re So. Africa); Union Carbide/Dow lawsuit (re Bhopal)
👥 Michael Hausfeld, mhausfeld@hausfeldllp.com
💻 http://www.hausfeldllp.co.uk/
See also contact in UK, in Europe section
Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center
🌍 Washington, DC, USA
⚖️ Human trafficking, modern slavery
👥 Martina Vandenberg, martina@htprobono.org
💻 https://www.htlegalcenter.org/
International Lawyers Assisting Workers (ILAW) Network
🌍 Washington DC, USA, +1 (202) 974-8385
⚖️ Labour
👥 Monika Mehta, mmehta@solidaritycenter.org; admin@ilawnetwork.com
💻 https://www.ilawnetwork.com/
International Rights Advocates
🌍 Washington, DC, USA, +1 202 543 5811
⚖️ Killings; Labour; Security issues & conflict zones
💼️ Chiquita lawsuits (re Colombia); Coca-Cola lawsuit (re Colombia); Drummond lawsuit (re Colombia); ExxonMobil lawsuit (re Aceh); Nestlé, Cargill, Archer Daniels Midland lawsuit (re Côte d'Ivoire); Occidental lawsuit (re Colombia)
👥 Terry Collingsworth, tc@iradvocates.org
💻 http://www.iradvocates.org/
Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman
🌍 Venice, California, USA, +1 310 396 0731
⚖️ Complicity; Environment; Killings; Security issues & conflict zones; Torture & ill-treament
💼️ Apartheid reparations lawsuits (re So. Africa); Unocal lawsuit (re Myanmar); Shell lawsuit (re Nigeria - Kiobel & Wiwa)
👥 Paul Hoffman, hoffpaul@aol.com
💻 https://www.losangelesemploymentlawyer.com/