On 17.03.2025 and 19.03.2025, oral hearings will take place before the Hamm Higher Regional Court in the groundbreaking case brought by Peruvian farmer Saúl against the energy company RWE. These proceedings are the first to deal with possible liability issues of companies for their contribution to the climate crisis. Following the successful admission of the lawsuit to trial and the comprehensive gathering of evidence in the spring of 2022, the next significant stage in the proceedings will now follow. Weiterlesen
Colombia: Preventing the expulsion of FEDEPESAN members
On February 15, 2024, the Colombian fishing and environmental association FEDEPESAN announced that its members would be forced to collectively move away from the areas they inhabit in the lakes and rivers around the city of Barrancabermeja. In recent years and also in the first two months of 2025, members of FEDEPESAN have been subjected to numerous harassments, threats, robberies, extortions and even assassination attempts by armed groups seeking control of the waters for their own benefit or retaliating against FEDEPESAN for denouncing possible cases of pollution and corruption. Amnesty International is calling on the Colombian police to ensure the safety of FEDEPESAN members and prevent their displacement. Weiterlesen
EU: Catastrophic changes proposed to key sustainability laws would erode human rights and environmental protections
Reacting to today’s publication by the European Commission of a “simplification” Omnibus proposal which envisions damaging changes to key EU sustainability laws, including the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said: Weiterlesen
Amnesty International responds to B.C. court ruling in Indigenous land defenders’ trial
Amnesty International will consider prisoner-of-conscience designations in the cases of three Indigenous land defenders in Canada whose convictions were upheld by a British Columbia court. Weiterlesen
Global: Nigerian residents take Shell to UK High court following 10-year fight for justice
After a decade-long fight for justice, the Preliminary Issues Trial of Nigerian Law for Shell vs Ogale and Bille communities is set to take place at the UK High Court from 13 February to 10 March 2025. Weiterlesen
Just transition or ‘green colonialism’?
How mineral extraction and new energy projects without free, prior and informed consent are threatening Indigenous Sámi livelihoods and culture in Sweden, Norway and Finland. Weiterlesen
Colombia: Death threats against CREDHOS chairman
On 30 November 2024 and again on 2 January 2025, the civil society organization CREDHOS publicly denounced assassination plans by the armed group EGC against its president Iván Madero. Civil society organizations working for human rights, land rights and environmental protection in the northern Colombian region of Magdalena Medio, including CREDHOS and FEDEPESAN, have been Weiterlesen
USA: President Trump must respect human rights in his second term
On the day of the U.S. presidential inauguration, Amnesty International calls on President Donald Trump and his administration to respect human rights obligations in all their policies and governing approaches. Weiterlesen
Davos: Rich and powerful must uphold their responsibility to safeguard humanity
Ahead of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, which begins on 20 January, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said… Weiterlesen
Plenty to go around: Mobilizing finance for climate justice
On the eve of the World Economic Forum in Davos and following the disastrous outcome of negotiations on a new climate finance target at COP29 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Baku, Azerbaijan in November 2024, this document explains how fair taxation and responsible financing can play a key role in raising a significant amount of finance that is urgently needed to address the climate crisis, particularly for lower-income countries. Rapid progress must be made in 2025 at the Fourth Financing for Development Forum and in the development of the binding UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation. Weiterlesen