In response to Israel cutting off the electricity supply to a desalination plant for drinking water in the occupied Gaza Strip a week after it blocked the entry of vital […]

Responding to Switzerland’s cancellation of a conference by the High Contracting Parties (HCP) to the Geneva Conventions, requested by a 2024 UN General Assembly resolution, on the implementation of the […]

In response to the executive order announced today by President Trump imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said: “This reckless action sends […]

Reacting to President Donald Trump’s comments that the USA will “take over the Gaza Strip”, advocating again for the forcible transfer of around 2 million Palestinians from Gaza to neighbouring […]

On March 8, people around the country will come together to celebrate International Women’s Day 2025 in Canada. It’s an annual global day that recognizes and celebrates women’s social, economic, cultural, and political achievements.

This year people around the world continued to prove that change is possible. From changing laws to ensuring justice prevails, here are Amnesty's human rights successes of 2024.

Crimes under international law Over the last three months, Amnesty International has investigated crimes under international law committed in the context of Israel’s Operation Northern Arrows, which began on September […]

The Amnesty International Canada Media Awards honour reporting by Canada-based journalists and Canadian journalists reporting abroad.

Reacting to the news that the Israeli parliament has passed a law to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) from operating […]

DONATE PHILIPPINES Victory for Leila de Lima as bogus criminal charges are dismissed READ MORE GOOD NEWS Amnesty International’s Urgent Action Network has been on of our most effective campaign […]

What is a crime against humanity?  Crimes against humanity refer to certain crimes committed as part of widespread or systematic attacks against a civilian population. They shock the conscience of humanity […]

UN Member States should support a resolution to promptly begin formal negotiations of a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity, with the aim of strengthening the […]