Discover Amnesty International’s reports on human rights issues and social inequalities below.
Stop burning our rights! What governments and corporations must do to protect humanity from the climate crisis: report
The climate emergency is a human rights crisis of unprecedented proportions. It is already wreaking havoc on the lives of millions of people, deepening inequalities and discrimination, threatening the enjoyment of most of our rights and the future of humanity. States’ efforts to tackle climate change remain far below what is required to avoid the most devastating impacts for people and the planet. Despite their duties under international law, the vast majority of wealthy industrialized countries are failing to phase out emissions fast enough and to provide sufficient financing and support to developing countries for a just transition to zero-carbon economies and resilient societies.
Click on this link to read the full report in English.
Write for Rights Campaign
Click on this link to find the toolkit for the Write for Rights campaign. In it you’ll find everything you need to join Write for Rights: our global letter-writing marathon which celebrates its 20th birthday this year and remains the world’s biggest human rights event.
Amnesty Academy
Want to learn more about Amnesty and human rights? Amnesty has set up a selection of courses to teach you about human rights and social justice issues. Click on this link to learn more.
Urban Gardening For Climate Justice Slideshow
Thank you for all who have joined us at our collaborative event with Veg and The City and Zollfrei Zerowaste Ladencafé. If you could not join us, you can also click on the link below to check out our presentation on the importance of urban gardens in climate justice and human rights.
Urban gardening & social justice.pptx
Amnesty is built on the stories of people who believe in equal human rights and justice. We are always open to hearing these stories. If you would like to share your story with Amnesty, feel free to click on this link.
Amnesty International’s Call Against Fossil Fuel
In this public statement Amnesty International calls on states to phase out of fossil fuels and says that the oil and gas price rises resulting from Russia’s invasion should not be used as an excuse to increase fossil fuel exploration, use and production, but rather is an additional reason to move to renewables and energy efficiency. It also announces and explains Amnesty’s support for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty.
Read the report here.
Climate Change and Human Rights Free Online Course
The Global Human Rights Education team is excited to share with you that the new free online course “Climate Change and Human Rights” will be launched on the 22nd of April 2022 to tie in with Earth Day.
The course will be available in English on Amnesty’s Human Rights Academy and it will be translated to other languages later in the year.
Created with academic experts, the course takes an in-depth look at the relationship between climate change and human rights. The course tackles a multidisciplinary topic from a variety of angels using activities, stories, visuals, and self-directed learning materials to ensure learners are actively engaged throughout the course. The course features 4 inspiring environmental human rights defenders and their stories of activism. The course should take roughly 3 hours to complete. It is a self-paced course, interspersed with videos, real world examples, and motivation to take action to address the climate emergency and defend their human rights.
For information about the online course on “Climate Change and Human Rights” please reach out to allie.cockburn@amnesty.org. If you would like to explore the option of translating the course into your local language, please reach out to ruth.zaldibargarcia@amnesty.