Provide legal representation to civil society organizations, as well as international human rights bodies, around the world, in partnership with leading law firms on a pro bono basis.
Finds lawyers for environmental defenders. Identifies appropriate cases and enlists top American and European lawyers and firms to perform the work pro bono.
We help the voice of ordinary people and communities to be heard on matters affecting the environment in which they live. In many cases, a little informal guidance is all that is wanted and required.
FIDH, under the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, work includes: trial observation and defense; litigation before judicial and quasi-judicial bodies at regional or international level.
Friends of Nature is the earliest national wide grassroots environmental NGO in China. It’s officially registered in 1994 as a private non-enterprise organization under Beijing Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau.
