Ottawa, November 1, 2017 – The interim report released today by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls makes recommendations for immediate action, many of which were […]

Ottawa — Days after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s state visit to Mexico, nine leading Mexican human rights experts are in Ottawa to seek strengthened Canadian support for their efforts to […]

Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, We are writing this Open Letter to you on behalf of the 400,000 supporters of Amnesty International across Canada to share a number of urgent recommendations […]

Photo: via www.jacobinmag.com – Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM): an alliance of lesbian and gay men in London (1984/85) who came out in solidarity of the British miners (in Wales) who were […]

  The rape of a teenage girl ordered by a village council in ‘revenge’ for a rape allegedly committed by her brother is the latest in a long series of […]

The Tunisian government must demonstrate its commitment to human rights by accepting recommendations on combating torture, ending discrimination and protecting women and girls from sexual and gender based violence, said […]

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Sixteenth Session Thursday April 27, 2017 Agenda Item 4 Speaker: Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild Joint Statement by: Confederacy of Treaty No. 6; Amnesty International; […]

SUMMARY OF BILL C-279 AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S POSITION ON THE PROPOSED LAW Bill C-279, An Act to Amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and Criminal Code (Gender Identity) was a […]

17 MAY 2010 SUMMARY OF BILL C-389 AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S POSITION ON THE PROPOSED LAW Bill C-389, An Act to Amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code […]

SUMMARY OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S SUBMISSIONS TO THE UN COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS Canada underwent its sixth review of its compliance to the International Covenant on Economic, Social […]

SUMMARY OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S SUMISSIONS TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE Canada underwent its sixth review of its compliance to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights before the […]

SUMMARY OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S SUMISSIONS TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ON CANADA’S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW Canada underwent its second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the UN Human Rights Council […]