Organizations Filed Purposes:
The Environmental Defender Law Center (EDLC) works to protect the human rights of individuals and communities in developing countries who are fighting against harm to their environment.
The Environmental Defender Law Center (EDLC) helps people in the Global South who are confronting threats or harm to their environment and human rights. EDLC assists these environmental defenders by developing and supporting lawsuits on their behalf, including through the provision of strategic advice, legal resources, and other forms of support. In 2020, EDLC staff worked with over thirty-five law firms and NGOs, several volunteer scientists, and numerous lawyers acting in conjunction with EDLC and its partners on over forty-five matters in nearly two dozen countries. The number of individuals helped in each case ranged from one to tens of thousands, with the majority of cases being brought on behalf of communities of hundreds or thousands of individuals. In addition to other forms of assistance--including strategic guidance, drafting legal briefs, and recruiting pro bono lawyers and scientistsEDLC provided funding for litigation expenses through agreements with individuals and groups in seventeen countries. The objective of all of these efforts was to assist environmental defenders by helping to: 1) influence or stop resource development projects that threaten the health, way of life, and environment of affected communities; 2) obtain redress from corporations and governments for harms caused to communities by such projects; 3) support lawsuits fighting climate change; and 4) defend against violations of civil and political rights resulting from unfounded criminal charges and civil lawsuits, while seeking to end the culture of impunity for such violations.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Nicholas Hesterberg | Exec Dir / Pres | 40 | $145,000 |
| Conniel Malek | Treasurer | 0.5 | $0 |
| Lewis Gordon | Secretary | 0.5 | $0 |
| Anuradha Mittal | Vice President | 0.5 | $0 |
| Durwood Zaelke | Vice President | 0.5 | $0 |
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