Jan 27, 2025 · Challenging abuses of power to protect human rights and secure the future of our planet Investigations and advocacy to achieve climate justice and safeguard civic freedoms. Find out more about our work

Global Witness exposes the hidden links between demand for natural resources, corruption, armed conflict and environmental destruction.

Find out how we achieved systemic change last year and in previous years - by downloading or viewing our annual reviews online.

Oct 6, 2023 · Find out about how we shifted our direction as an organisation towards dismantling the powers of polluters, and defending the power of people

From alerting the world to blood diamonds to halting forest destruction deals, Global Witness investigations have changed the world.

Find out how we exposed the truth and achieved systemic change in 2019, thanks to the generosity of those who share our vision - and what lies ahead for our campaigns.

Our campaigns focus on some of the most urgent issues facing humanity: the climate emergency and attacks on civic space.

Monday 13 September, 2021 – A report released today reveals that 227 land and environmental activists were murdered in 2020 for defending their land and the planet. That constitutes the highest number ever recorded for a second consecutive year. As the climate crisis deepens, forest fires rampage across swathes of the planet, drought destroys farmland, and floods leave thousands dead, the ...

The United States once paved the way for groundbreaking anti-corruption and international transparency standards, but has backtracked significantly in recent years. We continue to campaign in the US for increased transparency, accountability, and the protection of human rights and the environment ...

Mar 15, 2024 · As we head into our fourth decade of exposing, investigating and ending abuses of power, we want to take a moment to look back at our past 30 years of investigations.