EarthRights International

What EarthRights International does

EarthRights International is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization founded in 1995 that combines legal advocacy, community organizing, strategic campaigns, and training programs to advance human rights and environmental protection. Its core services include litigation and legal advocacy (including Alien Tort Statute and Torture Victim Protection Act work, legal analysis, and amicus briefs), training programs such as the EarthRights Mekong School and The Global School, and three campaign pillars: Climate Justice, Earth Rights Defenders, and Corporate Accountability. The organization also operates the "Faces of Change" storytelling initiative, launched in 2014.

The organization serves frontline communities, Earth Rights Defenders, and Indigenous and tribal peoples in Southeast Asia (Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia), Latin America (Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru), and the U.S./global contexts. It does not develop proprietary technology; its core capability rests on legal expertise, a 30-year precedent library, and an alumni/community ecosystem built through its training programs and coalition work.

EarthRights International generates revenue through donations, monthly giving programs, and grants consistent with its nonprofit status. It is governed by a Board of Directors with Katie Redford, co-founder, serving on the Legal Committee. Its current strategic direction is set by a published 2025-2029 Strategic Plan, and it operates with a small global team of 51-100 staff spanning multiple regional offices.

Name

EarthRights International

Legal name

EarthRights International

Website

https://earthrights.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

EarthRights International is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that uses litigation, training, and campaigns to defend frontline communities, Earth Rights Defenders, and Indigenous peoples against human rights and environmental harms across Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the U.S.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Rights and Environmental Legal Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental Justice & Community Environmental Health (BPAGAGAL), Environmental Education & Outreach (BPAGAGAH), Human Rights Monitoring, Documentation & Advocacy (BPADAGAK)

Keywords

• Human rights advocacy
• Environmental legal services
• Corporate accountability
• Climate justice advocacy
• Activist training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Support: As a nonprofit organization, EarthRights International generates revenue through donations from supporters and supporters. The website features donation options including monthly giving programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

EarthRights International provides strategic litigation and legal advocacy to hold corporations accountable for human rights abuses and environmental destruction, offers training programs (EarthRights Mekong School and The Global School) to build the capacity of environmental defenders, and runs strategic campaigns focused on Climate Justice, Earth Rights Defenders, and Corporate Accountability. Its work also includes research, publications, and human rights storytelling (Faces of Change) to amplify frontline community voices.

Product overview

EarthRights International is a non-profit organization, not a technology product company. Its offerings consist of advocacy programs and services including: Legal Work (litigation and legal advocacy with case work and legal analysis), Training programs (EarthRights Mekong School, The Global School, and other training/networks), Campaigns (Climate Justice, Earth Rights Defenders, Corporate Accountability), Publications (research reports and annual reports), and Faces of Change (a human rights storytelling initiative launched in 2014). These are social impact programs, not software products or technology platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Faces of Change: A human rights storytelling initiative launched in 2014 that amplifies stories from earth rights defenders, community partners, students, alumni, and staff through film, animation, photography, audio, and prose.

Products and services

• Legal Advocacy and Litigation Services Strategic litigation and legal advocacy services that hold corporations accountable for human rights abuses and environmental destruction, including case work, legal analysis, legal strategies and tools, and amicus briefs in significant cases. Provided to affected communities, environmental defenders, and indigenous peoples.
• EarthRights Mekong School Training program for activists and defenders in the Mekong region (covering Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, and Cambodia) focused on environmental protection and human rights capacity building.
• The Global School Global training initiative for earth rights defenders, providing capacity building on environmental and human rights advocacy beyond the Mekong region.

Quantifiable outcome

• The organization celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2026, demonstrating long-term organizational sustainability and impact

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Various NGOscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025EarthRights International collaborates with various NGOs and human rights organizations on advocacy campaigns, including the appeal to stop U.S. Export-Import Bank's disbursement of funds for the Mozambique LNG project.
• Indigenous, Rural and Afro-descendant Communities and OrganizationscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023EarthRights International worked together with 25 indigenous, rural and afro-descendant communities and organisations from Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, the United States, Guatemala, Honduras and Peru to present an Amicus Curiae to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on climate emergency and human rights.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• 350.org: Climate-focused advocacy organization with overlapping grassroots mobilization and fossil fuel resistance campaigns. Comparable community-led climate justice framing and global campaign footprint.
• Human Rights Watch: Direct peer in international human rights research and advocacy. Both organizations conduct investigations, publish reports, and engage in litigation strategy, though HRW is larger and more research-focused while EarthRights emphasizes community organizing and training.
• Global Witness: Highly comparable peer investigating and campaigning against environmental and human rights abuses linked to corporate and government conduct. Strong overlap in campaigns against extractive industries and protection of environmental defenders.
• Rainforest Action Network: Direct peer in corporate accountability campaigning focused on extractive industries, fossil fuels, and deforestation. Comparable campaign methodology targeting frontline communities and corporate behavior change.
• Indigenous Environmental Network: Indigenous-led organization working at the intersection of indigenous rights and environmental protection. Strong overlap with EarthRights' indigenous peoples climate campaign and frontline community work in the Americas.
• Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL): Direct peer working at the intersection of human rights and environmental law. Both organizations use international legal mechanisms to advance environmental and human rights objectives, and both engage in corporate accountability work.
• ClientEarth: Environmental law charity using strategic litigation and legal advocacy to address environmental harms. Direct peer in the use of legal mechanisms for environmental and human rights protection, with comparable corporate accountability focus.

Broad incumbents

• Greenpeace: Global environmental advocacy organization with substantial overlap in climate, fossil fuel resistance, and corporate accountability work. Significantly larger and broader in scope but operates in the same advocacy category.
• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): Established environmental organization with comparable climate and environmental advocacy work. Significantly larger and more U.S.-focused, but pursues overlapping climate justice and corporate accountability objectives through legal and policy channels.
• Amnesty International: Global human rights organization with similar legal advocacy, research, and campaigning functions. Comparable in its focus on holding governments and corporations accountable for human rights abuses, though broader in scope and significantly larger.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• TikToktiktok.com/@earthrightsintl
• Xx.com/EarthRightsIntl
• Facebookfacebook.com/EarthRightsIntl
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/earthrights-international

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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