Amnesty International joins more than 850 civil society organizations, indigenous peoples’ groups, social movements and local communities in calling on the United Nations Human Rights Council to recognize the universal human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. The open...

Edney da Cunha Samias es un orgulloso indígena kukami-kukamiria de casi cuarenta años de edad que vive en la selva tropical amazónica de Brasil. El pueblo kukami-kukamiria vive en varias regiones de la Amazonía brasileña, desde la cuenca alta del río Solimões a las zonas urbanas de Manaos. También...

This briefing gives recommendations to G20 Environment and Energy Ministers ahead of their meetings in September 2020. It calls on them to make common plans to address the climate emergency including by ensuring a just recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, to bring about a better future for all...

An alarming number of new fires have been detected in Brazil’s Amazon, Amnesty International has warned, as authorities fail to protect land and human rights in the endangered rainforest.  Ahead of Amazon Day on September 5, an estimated 63,000 fires have already been detected this year (up to...

An alarming number of new fires have been detected in Brazil’s Amazon, Amnesty International has warned, as authorities fail to protect land and human rights in the endangered rainforest.  Ahead of Amazon Day on September 5, an estimated 63,000 fires have already been detected this year (up to...

This document contains Amnesty International’s suggested recommendations to Bulgaria, that is coming up for review in the 36th session of the UPR Working Group, on 2- 13 November 2020, aimed at addressing human rights challenges and improving respect for human rights.

The Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon and across the Americas have centuries of experience facing deadly threats. For over 500 years we have faced invasions, the loss of our ancestral lands, ethnic and socioeconomic discrimination that has led to displacement, illnesses, death, and the constant...

A group of Indigenous Ecuadorian women from the Amazon rainforest is calling for more protection from death threats and attacks as they continue to fight to defend their homelands. The Mujeres Amazonicas, or Amazonian Women, have been protesting for many years against the pillaging of their lands...

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Jamaica in November 2020. Originally published in October 2019, it was updated in August 2020 due to the delay in the review caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In it, Amnesty International raises concerns about unlawful killings...

Bernardo Caal Xol has been wrongfully imprisoned for almost two and a half years for defending the rights of the Qeqchi’ Maya communities affected by the construction of a hydroelectric project on the sacred Cahabón River in the department of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. On 16 July 2020, Amnesty...

UPDATE – 7 October 2020: On 23 September, JBS announced it would introduce a new system to monitor its cattle suppliers, including its indirect suppliers, by 2025. Amnesty International considers this timeline too far removed. JBS has been aware of the risks that cattle illegally grazed in...

UPDATE – 7 October 2020: On 23 September, JBS announced it would introduce a new system to monitor its cattle suppliers, including its indirect suppliers, by 2025. Amnesty International considers this timeline too far removed. JBS has been aware of the risks that cattle illegally grazed in...