Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Australian government must end state-sponsored racially discriminatory measures - 18 November 2009

Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan has warned the Australian government not to squander a unique opportunity to right historic wrongs.

Haiti government must eradicate child slavery - 18 November 2009

Authorities in Haiti must enact legislation to protect children working as domestic help in conditions that amount to slavery, said Amnesty International ahead of Universal Children’s Day.

Women, violence and poverty - breaking out of the gender trap - 25 November 2009

Why is it that more than two thirds of the world's poor are women, although women are only half of the world's population?

Protect residents of Cairo living in 'unsafe areas' - 17 November 2009

Egyptian authorities are developing plans to address problems in Cairo’s ‘unsafe areas’ without adequately consulting affected communities.

Cairo's poorest risk being buried alive in their homes - 17 November 2009

The Egyptian authorities must take immediate and inclusive steps to protect Cairo's poorest inhabitants living in "unsafe areas", according to a new Amnesty International report.

Amnesty International welcomes decision to not transfer Côte d'Ivoire toxic waste compensation - 6 November 2009

Amnesty International has welcomed the decision of a Côte d’Ivoire court not to transfer $45 million in compensation owed to victims of the toxic waste dumping in Abidjan in 2006 to the account of an organization which was falsely claiming to represent all 30,000 of them.

Scores made homeless by house demolitions in Nigeria - 6 November 2009

Scores of Nigerians lost their homes on Friday morning when Rivers state authorities began bulldozing buildings in Port Harcourt, Amnesty International has learned.

Tunisia releases prisoners held over Gafsa protests - 6 November 2009

Sixty-eight people held in connection with protests against unemployment and high living costs in the resource-rich Gafsa region have been released.

Nicaragua's Constitutional Court must decide on legality of new abortion law - 6 November 2009

Amnesty International has expressed concern that the Nicaraguan Supreme Court continues to delay its judgment on the legality of new criminal laws on abortion which entered into force in 2008.

Côte d'Ivoire authorities must ensure toxic waste compensation reaches victims - 5 November 2009

Amnesty International has urged that $45 million compensation paid by an oil trading company to victims of one of the worst toxic dumping scandals in recent years must reach the people to whom it is owed.