Despite its reputation as a refugee-welcoming and multicultural country, Canada incarcerates thousands of people on immigration-related grounds every year, including people who are fleeing persecution, those seeking employment and a better life, and people who have lived in Canada since childhood....

This is the easy-to-read version of the report “I Didn’t Feel Like a Human in There”: Immigration Detention in Canada and its Impact on Mental Health [AMR 20/4195/2021]. Despite its reputation as a refugee-welcoming and multicultural country, Canada incarcerates thousands of people on...

Amnesty International submits this briefing to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee, in advance of the adoption of the List of Issues Prior to Reporting for Canada’s 7th periodic report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, in June-July 2021. This submission is...

Amnesty International and Amnesty International Canada expresses deep concern about the sequence of events that led to the Faculty of Law’s decision not to appoint Dr Valentina Azarova as International Human Rights Law Program (IHRP) Director. As a result, Amnesty International and Amnesty...

Amnesty International submitted this input to the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, in order to provide an overview on selected patterns of unlawful pushbacks of migrants and refugees in the Americas region – particularly in the United States of America, Mexico, Canada, and...

In this latest ‘No Safe Haven’ report, Amnesty International systematically reviews Canada’s efforts to implement its obligations to combat impunity for the most serious offences under international criminal law and makes several recommendations to the Canadian government, including on improving...

Amnesty International submits this briefing to the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, its Causes and Consequences, Ms. Dubravka Šimonović, in response to her request to receive all relevant information on the increase of gender-based violence against women and domestic violence in the...

Amnesty International presents the attached responses to the questionnaire on criminalization and prosecution of rape in Canada. This submission has been prepared in response to the call for contributions issued by the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and...

Amnesty International opposes the detention of all children – whether accompanied or unaccompanied, whether migrants or asylum-seekers – solely for migration-related purposes, since such detention can never be in the child’s best interests. Amnesty International takes the position that a...

Amnesty International is calling on you to take this action on behalf of people in immigration detention across the Americas, to remind them that they are not forgotten during these incredibly trying times. Help us light the lamp of hope across the region – from the tip of North America all the way...

In its 2018 review of Canada, the UN Committee against Torture identified four areas of concern to be included in an interim report by Canada within one year. That report was submitted on February 21, 2020. Amnesty International is providing this submission with respect to the four areas identified...

This brief outlines Amnesty International’s concerns and associated recommendations with respect to violations of the rights of children in Canada for consideration in relation to the upcoming adoption of the list of issues and subsequent review of Canada by the Committee on the Rights of the...