The Wet’suwet’en Nation, under the governance of its Hereditary Chiefs, is defending its ancestral, unceded territory against the construction of the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline. Wet’suwet’en land defenders and their supporters are intimidated, harassed, unlawfully surveilled and criminalized...

A new report by Amnesty International traces the years-long campaign of violence, harassment, discrimination, and dispossession against Indigenous Wet’suwet’en land defenders resisting the construction of Coastal GasLink (CGL) liquified natural gas pipeline through their unceded ancestral territory...

The signatory organisations call on the government of Kenya to immediately cease all evictions in the Mau Forest, as they are in violation of Kenyan law, as well as the judgements of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in the Ogiek case.

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,...

The climate emergency is an unprecedented global human rights crisis. Fossil fuel combustion is the primary cause of climate change, which has been settled science for decades. This briefing provides examples of how the production, transformation and use of fossil fuels – enabled and prolonged by...

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...

Amnesty International has worked for decades to document cases of widespread forced evictions and lack of effective remedies for victims. Considering the seriousness and scale of forced evictions in the context of conservation in Africa, Amnesty International encourages the African Commission to...

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Cambodia scheduled for 8 May 2024. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Cambodia in its previous UPR.

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Chile in May 2024. In it, Amnesty International analyses the human rights situation in Chile and the measures taken to comply with the recommendations made to Chile in its previous review, including in relation to human rights...

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...

Responding to referendum results in Australia that failed to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the country’s constitution, Uncle Rodney Dillon, Palawa Elder and Amnesty International Australia First Nations Rights spokesperson said: “The efforts for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in...

Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against the judicial actions initiated against key actors of the recent electoral process, among them electoral authorities and members of the elected party. They are calling for the resignation of the Attorney General and other members of...