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After 34 years at ELAW, I'll be retiring at the end of June. ELAW is in great shape, and it's time for me to pass the torch.

Communities across Africa face enormous challenges protecting themselves from polluting industries, mines, fossil fuel development, and much more.

More than 60 ELAW partners gathered last month in Santa Marta, Colombia, for the 2025 ELAW Annual Meeting, followed by the International Meeting on Environmental Law.

Chile’s Court of Appeals has unanimously upheld the acquittal of five defenders who were unjustly criminalized for peacefully opposing a high-voltage transmission project in La Campana-Peñuelas.

The Congolese Ministry of the Environment ordered the closure of a battery recycling plant in Pointe Noire due to pollution concerns.

Please join us in welcoming our new ELAW Fellows, Shahinaz Adel (Egypt) and Pascal Mirindi (Democratic Republic of Congo).

Protecting Fresh Water; ELAW Global Exchange Fellow Samadhi Hansani; Inside ELAW; Pressing Forward with Determination and Hope;

We are pleased to introduce our new ELAW Fellow, Viridiana Maldonado who is an attorney and Co-Coordinator at TerraVida.