Education
Brazil
Killings and Disappearances
Participants will learn about the struggles and resilience of Ana Maria Santos Cruz, a mother who is seeking justice for the unlawful killing by the police of her son Pedro Henrique, a young Brazilian activist who advocated for racial justice and human rights. As part of the activity, participants...
September 22, 2023
Education
United States of America
Death Penalty
Participants will learn about the death penalty through practical exercises that allow them to understand why it is a violation of the right to life and why it should be abolished. Through the story of Rocky Myers, a Black man sentenced to death in the USA, participants will be encouraged to write...
September 22, 2023
Education
Australia
Climate change
Participants will learn about Uncle Pabai and Uncle Paul, two community leaders from the Torres Strait Islands in Australia. They are fighting against the impacts of climate change on their livelihood, community and culture and the failure of the Australian government to reduce greenhouse gas...
September 22, 2023
Education
South Africa
Human Rights Defenders and Activists
Participants will learn about the concept of access to adequate housing as a fundamental human right and the struggles faced by human rights defenders through the real story of Thapelo Mohapi and his community in South Africa. As part of the activity, participants are encouraged to write a letter...
September 22, 2023
Education
Kyrgyzstan
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Participants will learn how the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly are fundamental to the work of human rights defenders, through the real story of Rita Karasartova who was arrested and charged for speaking up against the government in Kyrgyzstan. As part of the activity,...
September 22, 2023
Education
Poland
Human Rights Defenders and Activists
Participants will learn about the challenges faced by women human rights defenders, the right to health and the importance of access to safe abortion services through the real story of Justyna Wydrzyńska who has been convicted for helping another woman access abortion pills. As part of the...
September 22, 2023
Education
United Arab Emirates
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Participants will learn about freedom of expression and what happens when this right is violated, through the real case of Ahmed Mansoor who is being arbitrarily detained in dire conditions and in prolonged solitary confinement that amounts to torture. As part of the activity, participants are...
September 22, 2023
Research
France
International Organizations
These submissions are presented on behalf of Amnesty International (the Intervener) pursuant to the leave to intervene granted by the President of the Fifth Section on 27 August 2021, in accordance with Rule 44 § 3 of the Rules of Court. The Intervener has extensive experience researching state...
August 31, 2023
Research
France
Discrimination
On 28 June 2023, Amnesty International filed written submissions to the European Court of Human Rights in the case of CCIF v France. Amnesty International’s submission is motivated by a longstanding concern that freedom of association is subject to excessive restriction in many country contexts,...
June 28, 2023
Research
Lithuania
Asylum
On 26 April 2023, Amnesty International submitted a third-party intervention to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of C.O.G.G and Others v Lithuania. Amnesty International’s written submissions focus on Article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights and the principle of...
April 26, 2023
News
Africa
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Meta must reform its business practices to ensure Facebook’s algorithms do not amplify hatred and fuel ethnic conflict, Amnesty International said today in the wake of a landmark legal action against Meta submitted in Kenya’s High Court. The legal action claims that Meta promoted speech that led to...
December 14, 2022
Research
South Korea
Discrimination
Amnesty International provided a submission to the Supreme Court in South Korea on international legal standards with regard to the right of legal gender recognition. The right to legal gender recognition is derived from a number of fundamental rights protected in both domestic and international...
November 24, 2022