Information related to investigations currently being conducted by GLAN can be submitted. 

We will usually use this portal as a means of receiving information from individuals and groups we are already in discussions with or where we have made an open call. If you consider that you may have information relevant to one of our work areas, please contact: submissions@glanlaw.org. 

If your situation requires immediate or anonymous submission, please proceed to use the portal. The  ubmission portal accepts any file type but is limited to 1000 files with a maximum size per file of 2GB and a total size of 4GB. If data exceeding these limits requires submission, please contact a member of GLAN to determine how the information should be submitted.

Submissions will undergo a series of checks during the review process to determine its relevance and value to ongoing legal action. If your submission is found to be relevant, further communication with a member of GLAN may be required to better understand the information that has been submitted and determine next steps. 

If information is found to be potentially valuable to future investigations it will be retained with your permission. If you submit the information anonymously, it will be necessary for you to show that you are the owner of the content if and when you revoke permission. If information is not relevant to any current or future work it will be deleted.

If you are in contact with a member of GLAN, the submission usage will be communicated with you, and any questions or concerns discussed. If you are submitting anonymously or unilaterally, you should assume that we could use the material in any legal process, which could include correspondence with governments and companies involved in the violation in question. 

Evidence filed in court will be seen by the Defendant and any other interested parties – and sometimes even the public – unless there are reasons to emphasise confidentiality. 

You should therefore make it very clear in your submission if you are NOT happy for any of the above, in particular any risks to yourself or others that might flow from your identity being made known through legal proceedings. A decision can then be taken to make the necessary application in court to hide your identity.

Submissions made anonymously are subject to the same process as normal submissions but may not have the same value if further corroborative material cannot be located. This means that it may not be as useful if we do not have other evidence of the incident that your submission relates to. 

No personal identifiable information related to you as the submitter will be stored if a submission is created anonymously.

All data is stored securely within the EU and access is limited. Data retention times are dependent on case requirements. Information that has no requirement to be retained will be destroyed. GLAN’s privacy and GDPR policies can be found on our main website. 

Justification under the EU General Data Protection Regulation for the processing of personal information will be – if not consented to – in GLAN's legitimate interest in promoting accountability for grave crimes.