Amnesty International Strategic Litigation

Using strategic litigation to support victims of human rights violations and human rights defenders, and to achieve systemic change.

[Amnesty International Strategic Litigation @AILitigation]

How many French missiles, tanks, fighter jets have been involved in war crimes in Yemen❓ We have been fighting a legal battle together with @Disclose_ngo and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights for more than 5⃣ years to answer this question.

[Amnesty EU @AmnestyEU]

Today, @amnesty added its name to a complaint filed against FedEx Belgium alleging the unlawful transit of arms through Belgium to Israel without so much as a lawful licence, including parts for F-35 fighter jets.

[Amnesty Belgique FR ✊ @amnestybe]

Nous appelons à un embargo sur les armes à destination d’Israël.
Il faut rappeler aux entreprises qu’elles ont une responsabilité concernant l’impact de leurs activités sur les droits humains.
Les détails de l'affaire 👉https://t.co/WvVmehfvrv

[Amnesty International Strategic Litigation @AILitigation]

Read the full statement from Amnesty International Canada here: https://t.co/0qABYIeJOW

[Amnesty International Strategic Litigation @AILitigation]

In a disappointing outcome, the Ontario appeals court decided this week to dismiss a lawsuit against Barrick Gold concerning alleged use of excessive force by police hired to provide security at the Canadian company’s North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania https://t.co/QWZ1MNB27X

[AmnestyCanada @AmnestyNow]

Amnesty International Canada is disappointed by the Ontario appeal court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit against Barrick Gold connected to violent deaths and assaults in and around the Canadian resource company’s North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania.
https://t.co/K01S84ORrU

[Amnesty International Strategic Litigation @AILitigation]

.@AmnestyNow intervened in the case arguing that where people experience human rights abuses connected to Canadian companies’ operations overseas, access to justice and the right to an effective remedy must be considered when courts determine where a claim should be heard.

[Amnesty International Strategic Litigation @AILitigation]

See statement by @amnestyfrance 👇https://t.co/JWV6Cwka7D

[Amnesty International Strategic Litigation @AILitigation]

How many French missiles, tanks, fighter jets have been involved in war crimes in Yemen❓ We have been fighting a legal battle together with @Disclose_ngo and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights for more than 5⃣ years to answer this question.

[Amnesty International Strategic Litigation @AILitigation]

...of the right of the public to receive the information necessary for the exercise of a legitimate public debate.

[Amnesty International Strategic Litigation @AILitigation]

We welcome that victims & survivors are now getting their day in court as a first step towards realising their right to effective remedy. Read our related report here 👉 https://t.co/rqOxxvXn9C

[Amnesty International Strategic Litigation @AILitigation]

.@Amnesty is in the ECOWAS 🏛️ Court of Justice today for the hearing of Centre for the Protection of Human Rights and Social Justice of Amnesty International & 2 Ors v. The Federal Republic of Nigeria.

[Amnesty International Strategic Litigation @AILitigation]

By failing to genuinely and effectively investigate and prosecute those responsible, the Nigerian gov’t has violated its int’l and regional human rights obligations and has failed victims.

[Amnesty International Strategic Litigation @AILitigation]

@Amnesty welcomes the 🇨🇦Supreme Court’s decision, which is even more symbolic as it came on the eve of International Women’s Day, as women are often the most economically affected by the lack of access to childcare services.

[Amnesty International Strategic Litigation @AILitigation]

🔔Great News!!🔔 The Supreme Court of Canada 🇨🇦 has issued an important and unprecedented decision recognising that families seeking asylum may be eligible for subsidized childcare for their children.

[Amnesty International Strategic Litigation @AILitigation]

@Amnesty filed a third-party intervention in the case, submitting that the exclusion of Kanyinda based on her immigration status resulted in compounded discriminatory outcomes, disproportionately affecting her on the basis of intersecting, prohibited grounds of discrimination.