Ali Forder has joined Global Witness in the role of Interim CEO following the announcement that Mike Davis has decided to ...

As Western companies return to Venezuela’s oil and mining sectors, satellite data reveals pollution, deforestation and environmental devastation ...

Global Witness is hiring a Deputy Director of Campaigns to lead strategic advocacy, embed innovation, and maximise campaign ...

Global Witness’s co-founders – Patrick Alley, Charmian Gooch and Simon Taylor – have come to the end of their term as members ...

I could tell you that, around the world, three people are killed every week while trying to protect their land, their environment, from extractive forces. I could tell you that this has been going on ...

As civic space shrinks worldwide, this briefing explains why the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) must strengthen protections for civil society and adopt concrete measures to safeg ...

Until now the jade sector’s worth has been almost impossible to determine. But on the basis of new research and analysis, Global Witness estimates the value of jade production to have been as much as ...

Minerals extracted by hand from the African Great Lakes region are in huge demand. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda produce nearly half the world’s coltan, the main ore of ...

This report, and our campaign, is dedicated to all those individuals, communities and organisations that are bravely taking a stand to defend human rights, their land and our environment. Last year, ...

Early one October morning, trustees of a San Diego pension fund gathered at their headquarters on the outskirts of town to hear a pitch for an investment with an unusually high rate of return: 20-25%.