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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Environment, International, International Environment, Population & Sustainability, International Human Rights, Promotion of International Understanding
Mission: FIND THE FACTS | EXPOSE THE STORY | CHANGE THE SYSTEM
Results: At Global Witness, we protect human rights and the environment by fearlessly confronting corruption and challenging the systems that enable it. When founded in 1993, we were pioneers in seeing the link between natural resources, conflict and corruption. Since our very first campaign to shut down the Khmer Rouge’s illegal logging industry we’ve uncovered the truth about blood diamonds and helped bring trillions of oil, gas and mining revenues into the open. We’ve shone a spotlight on the brutal killings of those defending their land from forced seizure by corporations and governments alike, campaigned for an end to the use of anonymous companies, and much more. In early 2022, recognizing our unique expertise in conflict finance, we launched a campaign to expose how the EU, UK and US fossil fuel industry was helping to fund Putin's war in Ukraine.
Target demographics: the global community, at risk of catastrophic systems failure due to the fossil fuel-driven climate crisis; Indigenous and traditional communities who disproportionately face threats to their lives and land; electorates influenced by hate speech, false climate solutions, and election misinformation
Geographic areas served: critical areas across the globe at heightened risk of deforestation, natural resource exploitation, or human rights abuses, such as Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar, Ukraine, and many more.
Programs: Global Witness exposes the corrupt exploitation of natural resources and international trade systems, to drive campaigns that end impunity, resource-linked conflict, and human rights and environmental abuses. Illustration credits: Neil Webb/Global Witness