There were concerns about governmental responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, Indigenous land defenders, climate change and past cases of forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous women and girls.

Environmental defenders are at the forefront of the struggle for climate justice in the Americas, but – due in part to the region’s colonial history, racism and inherent inequality – they are not sufficiently recognized or meaningfully included in decisions on environmental and climate issues,...

This report highlights the work, achievements and proposals of human rights defenders, groups and organizations that are key actors in providing concrete responses to the serious challenges posed by the climate crisis across the Americas and beyond. These groups include Indigenous Peoples,...

Ahead of the next round of trials slated to begin for land defenders from the Wet’suwet’en Nation and their supporters, Amnesty International is calling on the government of British Columbia to immediately drop all the charges.  “Indigenous peoples who have engaged in peaceful actions to defend the...

The Indigenous Wet’suwet’en Nation is protecting its ancestral lands and waterways against the construction of a gas pipeline. Wet’suwet’en land defenders and their supporters who oppose the construction of the pipeline are experiencing surveillance, harassment and intimidation at the hands of the...

Amnesty International delivers this statement on the occasion of the presentation of the visit report to Canada of the Special Rapporteur to the 54th session of the Human Rights Council.

This document contains suggested recommendations to be made to the states under review at the 44th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in November 2023. The countries covered are Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Germany, Russian Federation,...

Responding to warnings that the smoke from more than 400 wildfires burning across Canada poses risks to the health of tens of millions of people in North America, Marta Schaaf, Amnesty International’s Director of Climate, Economic and Social Justice, and Corporate Accountability Programme, said:...

In response to the Biden administration’s announcement of new regional migration measures upon the end of Title 42 on 11 May, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International, said: “Once again the United States is embracing a misguided carrot and stick approach to respond to the...

In this submission Amnesty International assesses the national human rights framework with regards to international human rights instruments, particularly in relation to the rights of Indigenous Peoples, refugees’ and migrants’ rights, and gender rights. In terms of the human rights situation on...

On Thursday 30 March, Air Canada staff denied Ketty Nivyabandi, the Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada’s English-speaking section, permission to board a flight from Ottawa to Mexico City, without justification. Ketty Nivyabandi is a permanent resident of Canada and holds a refugee...

Background As we begin yet another year, the Wet’suwet’en land defenders are still under continued surveillance and criminalization by the British Columbia (B.C.) provincial government and the Canadian federal government. At the source of the struggle is, the Coastal GasLink’s (CGL) pipeline...