By Ashfaq Khalfan, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Policy Coordinator, Demand Dignity and ESCR Programme
On 30 September, the UN Human Rights Council affirmed for the first time that the human right to water and sanitation is legally binding.
Th…Continue Reading
By Kathryn Achilles, Nigeria campaigner for Amnesty International
On World Habitat Day earlier this week, a group of non-governmental organisations in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, arranged to mark the day with a demonstration and march, pro…Continue Reading
As world leaders attend the Millenium Development Goals summit in New York, Amnesty International launches its Maternal Death Clock, which keeps track of the total number of maternal deaths worldwide.
“The maternal death clock is a stark reminder to …Continue Reading
By Jose Luis Diaz Head of Office and Representative at the UN
The Millennium Development Goals review summit next week in New York will take place amid the ritual – and logistical-security headache – that usually surrounds the opening of the annual…Continue Reading
By Gergana Halpern, Millennium Development Goals Campaign Organizer for Amnesty International
The voice of thousands of Amnesty International supporters from across the world was heard at the United Nations in New York on Thursday.
Over 25,000 activist…Continue Reading
By Lucy Macnamara, Demand Dignity Campaign Co-ordinator at Amnesty International
Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Salil Shetty, got to quickly say hello to U2 with Hanim Tosun, prior to the band taking the stage in Istanbul on 6 Septe…Continue Reading
By Ashfaq Khalfan, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Policy Coordinator
Amnesty International has launched a campaign digest describing one of the key themes of its Demand Dignity campaign: ‘Make our rights law: Enforce economic, social and cultur…Continue Reading
Fotis Filippou, Campaigner in the EU Team and Barbora Cernusakova, Researcher in the EU Team are blogging from Bratislava, Slovakia
We have been in Bratislava, Slovakia since the beginning of the week, in preparation for the launch of the new phase in …Continue Reading