News
Africa
Business and Human Rights
The Gambian government must take all necessary steps to eliminate illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing (IUUF), combat overfishing, and increase the transparency of fishing agreements to protect local communities in The Gambia, Amnesty International said today in a new report. The new...
May 31, 2023
Research
Africa
Business and Human Rights
Fish is an essential resource for Gambia and Gambians. The communities in coastal towns in Gambia such as Sanyang rely heavily on pelagic fishes for their daily protein intake, as well as their economic activities. However, the fishing industry in the country has been subjected to increasing...
May 31, 2023
Research
Africa
Business and Human Rights
Nigeria’s new government under President Bola Tinubu will be sworn in on 29 May 2023. In this new report, Amnesty International explains why the incoming administration must ensure that the oil multinational, Shell and the planned divestment of its onshore oil interests in the Niger Delta does not...
May 26, 2023
News
Africa
Business and Human Rights
Nigeria’s new government, which will be sworn in on 29 May, must ensure that Shell’s planned sale of its operations in the Niger Delta, does not lead to a further deterioration in human rights in a region blighted by decades of oil pollution
May 26, 2023
News
East Asia
Business and Human Rights
Responding to the US Supreme Court’s judgment in two cases aimed at holding social media platforms liable for third-party content and its decision not to revisit internet law Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, Pat de Brún, Deputy Director of Amnesty Tech, said: “While these judgements...
May 19, 2023
Research
Europe and Central Asia
Business and Human Rights
The European Unions’ Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is a ground-breaking opportunity to close a legislative gap which has allowed companies operating in the EU to escape accountability for widespread rights abuses around the world. As the EU enters final negotiations on the...
May 15, 2023
News
Europe and Central Asia
Asylum
Ahead of the European Parliament’s vote on the AI Act in May, the European Union (EU) has a significant opportunity to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in order to protect and promote human rights, said Amnesty International in an open letter to Members of Parliament’s leading...
April 26, 2023
News
Europe and Central Asia
Arms Trade
Reacting to reports that proposed EU business legislation will exempt companies from addressing the human rights risks linked to how their products are used, including arms, tools of torture or surveillance equipment, Amnesty International’s Policy Advisor on Business and Human Rights Hannah Storey...
March 31, 2023
News
Americas
Corporate Accountability
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...
March 30, 2023
News
Africa
Business and Human Rights
Thousands of workers have been unable to obtain compensation for horrific abuses linked to the World Cup. FIFA must not seek to kick their claims for remedy into the long grass with a lengthy re-examination of well-established facts. Workers have already waited far too long for justice.
March 16, 2023
News
Africa
Business and Human Rights
FIFA has been handed a letter supported by over one million petition signatures — and custom-designed football shirts — demanding that it provide compensation to migrant workers who suffered horrific human rights abuses while working on the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar. The items were...
March 13, 2023
News
Saudi Arabia
Business and Human Rights
The US$161.1 billion annual profit posted today by the Saudi Arabian state-backed oil company Saudi Aramco, the most ever disclosed by a company in a single year, should be used to fund a human rights-based transition to renewable energy, Amnesty International said. Agnès Callamard, Amnesty...
March 12, 2023