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Students take part in a protest against climate change in Hong Kong on March 15, 2019, as part of a global movement called #FridaysForFuture. - Thousands of young people marched through cities in Asia on March 15, kicking off a global day of student protests that aims to spark world leaders into action on climate change. Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images.

UDHR 75 and Generation 2048: time to resist, disrupt and transform

2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Born from the ashes of World War...

A mural of the river says: Save the Magdalena

Stories of Water: A guest blog by Colombian defender Yuvelis Morales

Yuvelis Morales is a young Black Colombian social leader and defender of water, life and territory. She works with the...

Yuly Velasquez travels in a boat on the river

‘We continue to risk our lives defending Colombia’s rivers and wetlands’

By Colombian water defender Yuly Velásquez Briceño * Rivers and wetlands have always held great significance for me. They are a...

April 2023: Shabnam Salehi testifies in Canada's Parliament in support of bill C-41, a legislation enabling humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. Shabnam placed emphasis on specific aid to prioritize women's empowerment and equal access (Photo: Shabnam Salehi)

Breaking Silence: Transnational Advocacy and Gender Based Violence in Afghanistan

Shabnam Salehi is a fellow and researcher at the University of Ottawa a former professor at Kabul University, and a...

AIUSA members call on the United States to support an immediate ceasefire by all parties in the occupied Gaza strip and Israel

Call on the United States to support an immediate ceasefire by all parties in the occupied Gaza Strip and Israel

We are witnessing horror unfolding on an unimaginable scale in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Write to US President...

Women protest holding signs that read "Gender-Based Violence is a Pandemic" and "Say Their Names"

TAKE ACTION DURING THE #16DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

Join Amnesty International Canada in taking action during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence that starts on November...

Geraldina Lopez holds up photos of women she represents

Wendy Geraldina López: “In Guatemala, women are under attack”

Wendy Geraldina López Rosales is a Maya Kaqchikel lawyer and human rights defender. She has worked with the Human Rights...

It’s hunting season against justice officials in Guatemala

By Adeline Neau and Josefina Salomon* Guatemalan lawyer Flor de María Gálvez Álvarez still struggles to see herself as a...

Canada: support an immediate ceasefire by all parties in the occupied Gaza Strip and Israel KHAN YUNIS, GAZA - OCTOBER 19: Palestinian emergency services and local citizens search for victims in buildings destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip on October 19, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Gazans are evacuating to the south as advised by the Israeli government, ahead of an expected Israeli ground offensive (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images).

Call on Canada to work towards an immediate ceasefire by all parties in the occupied Gaza Strip and Israel

We are witnessing horror unfolding on an unimaginable scale in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Write to the Prime...

A circular room with a brightly coloured mural on the ceiling and eight concentric semi-circles of seats on the floor.

Amnesty International Canada in Geneva for Canada’s Universal Periodic Review

Amnesty International Canada will present to the Universal Periodic Review about the poor state of Canada’s relations with Indigenous Peoples....
Supreme Court of Canada

Supreme Court of Canada Reiterates Importance of International Law

In September, the Supreme Court of Canada reiterated the importance of international law in administrative decision-making. In Mason v. Canada...

home destroyed by rising sea levels, Comunidad del Bosque, Tabasco

We may be the first people displaced by climate change in Mexico, but we won’t be the last

By Guadalupe Cobos Pacheco As a member of the El Bosque community in Tabasco, Mexico, I face an uncertain future....

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