Leaders have catastrophically betrayed humanity at large by failing to protect people most affected by the climate crisis and instead caving into the interests of fossil fuel and other powerful corporations, Amnesty International said today as the climate conference, COP26, concludes for another year. Following two weeks of negotiations by world leaders in Glasgow, Amnesty’s …
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Climate change is threatening our human rights
The climate crisis is one of the most significant human rights issues to date, threatening the enjoyment of a full range of human rights, for present and future generations. Despite the impact that climate change is already having on human rights, and that it will continue to accelerate in the future, Australia’s policies are exacerbating …
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Submission: Climate Change Bills 2020
Amnesty International has submitted to the inquiry into the Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) Bill 2020 and Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2020. The climate crisis is one of the most significant human rights issues to date, threatening the enjoyment of a full range …
Letter to the Prime Minister Ahead of Climate Ambition Summit
Amnesty International recommends that Australia enhances its climate ambition and submits a revised NDC that is human rights and 1. 5°C compliant
Solomon Islands blocks bauxite mine in victory for Wagina islanders who feared for livelihoods
The Solomon Islands Minister of the Environment has upheld a decision that had refused the development of an open-cast bauxite mine on Wagina Island. “This is a hard-won victory for Wagina Island residents who rely on their island and waters around the proposed mining site for their livelihoods,” said Richard Pearshouse, Amnesty International’s Head of …
South Africa: Mining gathering must confront human rights violations
Mining companies and their stakeholders, including investors, governments and politicians, must confront the human rights abuses that are rife in the industry, Amnesty International said today, as the world’s biggest mining investment conference begins in Cape Town. Known as Mining Indaba, the conference brings together investors from around the world to discuss mining interests in …
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Climate change the leading human rights concern for young Australians
According to one of the largest global surveys Amnesty International has ever undertaken, young Australian adults echoed the concerns of their counterparts in 22 countries by nominating climate change as the most important issue for the global community. Amnesty’s polls asked young adults to give their views on the current state of human rights in …
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World Human Rights Day
It’s World Human Rights Day! Human Rights are the basic freedoms and protections that belong to every single one of us. To coincide with this years theme “Youth standing up for human rights”, we surveyed young people aged 18 – 25 in 22 different countries, about their opinions on human rights and the state of …
Brazil: Halt illegal cattle farms fuelling Amazon rainforest destruction
Cattle farming is the main driver of illegal land seizures on Reserves and Indigenous territories in Brazil’s Amazon, fuelling deforestation and trampling on the rights of Indigenous and traditional people living there, Amnesty International said in a new report today. Fence off and bring cattle: Illegal cattle farming in Brazil’s Amazon was released as Amnesty …
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