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How a toast to freedom brought a global community to life
How does a movement of over 10 million people get started? The answer is simpler than you might think.
09 May, 2024
Our Domestic Work
Prisons need to be transformed, not simply expanded
Building more beds does nothing to address the upstream causes of offending, nor does it address the harm occurring in our prison system today.
07 May, 2024
Human rights
Amnesty Researchers Share Their Biggest Human Rights Concerns in 2023-24
Meet some of the Amnesty International researchers working on the front lines of pressing human rights issues.
01 May, 2024
Our Domestic Work
NZ’s human rights record ‘tarnished’ at UN rights review
Yet again, the New Zealand Government has been called out for its failure to uphold the rights of children.
29 April, 2024
Human rights
The State of the World’s Human Rights report
Amnesty International’s report paints a dismal picture of alarming human rights repression and prolific international rule-breaking, all in the midst of deepening global inequality, superpowers vying for supremacy and an escalating climate crisis
24 April, 2024
Human rights
Five things I’ve learned as a human rights campaigner
Katja Phutaraksa Neef, political artist and activist, discusses the things they've learned being a human rights campaigner.
21 April, 2024
Our Domestic Work
Submission on the Fast-track Approval Bill
We are deeply concerned that this Bill overrides environmental protections, obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and public participation on projects affecting communities.
18 April, 2024
Our Domestic Work
Open Letter in Support of the New Zealand Bill of Rights (Right to Sustainable Environment) Amendment Bill
A clean, healthy, and sustainable environment is the bedrock upon which all other human rights depend.
09 April, 2024
Human rights
Ceasefire and aid routes into Gaza are urgently needed
The reality is that without a ceasefire, the safe and effective delivery of humanitarian aid remains at risk.
04 April, 2024
Human rights
UN Special Rapporteur report must spur international action to prevent genocide
The time to act to prevent genocide is now.
26 March, 2024
Human rights
UN resolution must pave way for enduring ceasefire
This resolution must be accompanied by a shift in political pressure, including an immediate and comprehensive arms embargo and to lead to a permanent halt in the fighting.
25 March, 2024
Our Domestic Work
NZ Government must grant visas for Palestinians
A coalition of charities, academics, and NGOs are calling on the Government to urgently provide emergency evacuation and humanitarian visas to allow Palestinians in Gaza to re-settle in New Zealand.
21 March, 2024
Our Domestic Work
Human rights concerns raised on global stage
Read Amnesty International's presentation on Aotearoa New Zealand's Universal Periodic Review.
07 March, 2024
Our Domestic Work
Urgently axing the Māori Health Authority undermines Te Tiriti partnership
If there’s one thing that the Government must do urgently, it’s to commit to upholding Te Tiriti and tino rangatiratanga of Māori that Te Tiriti guarantees.
28 February, 2024
Human rights
Israel defying ICJ ruling to prevent genocide
Israeli authorities have failed to ensure sufficient life-saving goods and services are reaching a population at risk of genocide and on the brink of famine.
26 February, 2024