Using strategic litigation to support victims of human rights violations and human rights defenders, and to achieve systemic change.
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How many French missiles, tanks, fighter jets have been involved in war crimes in Yemen❓ We have been fighting a legal battle together with @Disclose_ngo and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights for more than 5⃣ years to answer this question.
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Today, @amnesty added its name to a complaint filed against FedEx Belgium alleging the unlawful transit of arms through Belgium to Israel without so much as a lawful licence, including parts for F-35 fighter jets.
Belgium: @amnesty joins complaint against FedEx for unlawful arms transit to Israel
"It’s unacceptable that multinationals like FedEx can ignore the rules when it suits them. They are not above the law," says @thibaut_carine director of @amnestybe amn.st/6018B8my4Q
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Nous appelons à un embargo sur les armes à destination d’Israël.
Il faut rappeler aux entreprises qu’elles ont une responsabilité concernant l’impact de leurs activités sur les droits humains.
Les détails de l'affaire 👉amn.st/6010B8Yd60
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In a disappointing outcome, the Ontario appeals court decided this week to dismiss a lawsuit against Barrick Gold concerning alleged use of excessive force by police hired to provide security at the Canadian company’s North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania coadecisions.ontariocourts.c…
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Amnesty International Canada is disappointed by the Ontario appeal court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit against Barrick Gold connected to violent deaths and assaults in and around the Canadian resource company’s North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania.
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.@AmnestyNow intervened in the case arguing that where people experience human rights abuses connected to Canadian companies’ operations overseas, access to justice and the right to an effective remedy must be considered when courts determine where a claim should be heard.
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Read the full statement from Amnesty International Canada here: amnesty.ca/human-rights-news…
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How many French missiles, tanks, fighter jets have been involved in war crimes in Yemen❓ We have been fighting a legal battle together with @Disclose_ngo and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights for more than 5⃣ years to answer this question.
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...of the right of the public to receive the information necessary for the exercise of a legitimate public debate.
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See statement by @amnestyfrance 👇amnesty.fr/actualites/opacit…
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.@Amnesty is in the ECOWAS 🏛️ Court of Justice today for the hearing of Centre for the Protection of Human Rights and Social Justice of Amnesty International & 2 Ors v. The Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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By failing to genuinely and effectively investigate and prosecute those responsible, the Nigerian gov’t has violated its int’l and regional human rights obligations and has failed victims.
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We welcome that victims & survivors are now getting their day in court as a first step towards realising their right to effective remedy. Read our related report here 👉 amnesty.org/fr/wp-content/up…
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🔔Great News!!🔔 The Supreme Court of Canada 🇨🇦 has issued an important and unprecedented decision recognising that families seeking asylum may be eligible for subsidized childcare for their children.
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@Amnesty filed a third-party intervention in the case, submitting that the exclusion of Kanyinda based on her immigration status resulted in compounded discriminatory outcomes, disproportionately affecting her on the basis of intersecting, prohibited grounds of discrimination.
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@Amnesty welcomes the 🇨🇦Supreme Court’s decision, which is even more symbolic as it came on the eve of International Women’s Day, as women are often the most economically affected by the lack of access to childcare services.
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