HUMAN RIGHTS AT HOME

Amnesty International believes that human rights leadership starts at home. Consistent, principled action to better protect human rights in Canada will show other countries that Canada is ready and willing to lead on the world stage. Amnesty International believes that human rights abuses anywhere are the concern of people everywhere. Amnesty International members work to ensure that Canada upholds rights guaranteed in national and in international laws and that it takes action to protect the human rights of all Canadians.

Canada: Keep your promise to Indigenous peoples Urge the government of Canada to keep its promise to fully uphold the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. TAKE ACTION

But there are a number of longstanding human rights issues and new concerns that require leadership and action by the Canadian government. There are continuing systematic violations of the rights of Indigenous Peoples.  There are persistent failures to provide adequate assistance to women and girls living in poverty in Canada and to address violence against aboriginal women. Canada has also introduced legislation that include lengthy mandatory detention and other measures that violate international norms. Canada has consistently avoided accountability for the practice of transferring battlefield detainees when there are serious risks of torture. It also failed to defend the rights of many citizens detained abroad, such as Omar Khadr, in the context of the “war on terror”.

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CANADA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD

Read Amnesty's "Report Card' for 2016: A Human Rights Assessment of Year One of the Trudeau Government 

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INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

Over centuries, Indigenous peoples have been denied their basic human rights in Canada and around the world. 

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TAKE ACTION NOW FOR INDIGENOUS' RIGHTS Canada: Indigenous rights harmed by Mount Polley disaster Call on Canada to ensure the rights of Indigenous peoples are respected in the context of resource development. TAKE ACTION     Canada: Protect Indigenous girls and women Intensive resource development projects put the lives of indigenous women and girls at risk. Tell Canada to put the rights of Indigenous women and girls first when approving resource development projects. TAKE ACTION     Canada: Don’t Gamble with Inuit Lives Tell the federal and provincial governments to make good on their promises to protect Inuit health and culture before the Muskrat Falls Dam is completed. TAKE ACTION       Pledge to Stand with Indigenous Women and Families to End Violence Take the pledge to stand with indigenous women and families to end the violence TAKE ACTION

REFUGEE RIGHTS

Advocate for the rights of refugees in Canada and globally, in order to ensure that governments live up to their human rights obligations to protect refugees.

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CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY

Human rights abuses at Canadian-owned mining and oil and gas sites around the world are widespread and well documented.  

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