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U.S. Encourages Companies to Undertake Heightened Human Rights Due Diligence Under Increasingly Repressive Rule in Hong Kong
The U.S. continues to call for Chinese authorities to “respect Hong Kong’s promised high degree of autonomy,”
September 12, 2024
Press Release
Tanzania: Private Business Complicit in Forced Evictions of Maasai Communities by Authorities
Private businesses have been complicit in forced evictions of Maasai Indigenous communities from their ancestral lands in Loliondo by Tanzanian…
August 7, 2024
Report
Business as Usual in Bloodied Land? Role of Businesses in Forced Evictions in Loliondo, Tanzania
This Amnesty International report calls on businesses operating in Loliondo in Tanzania to respect the human rights of the Maasai…
August 6, 2024
Press Release
Global: Saudi Arabia Bid for the 2034 FIFA World Cup Whitewashes Human Rights Record While Joint Bid for 2030 Leaves Key Gaps
Saudi Arabia has failed to meet FIFA’s own human rights requirements in its bid for the 2034 men’s World Cup.
August 1, 2024
Press Release
Global: FIFA Must Protect Human Rights by Securing Binding Safeguards from 2030 and 2034 World Cup Bidders - New Report
FIFA must rigorously and transparently ensure that bids to host the 2030 and 2034 men’s World Cup tournaments fully safeguard…
June 5, 2024
Report
Playing a Dangerous Game? Human Rights Risks Linked to the 2030 and 2034 FIFA World Cups
This report highlights risks to the hosting of World Cups that must be addressed if FIFA and bidding countries are…
June 5, 2024
Press Release
Europe: New EU Due Diligence Law Governing Big Business Is a Groundbreaking Advance for Human Rights
A vote by ministers of the 27 EU member states today to pass a law requiring big businesses to identify…
May 24, 2024
Press Release
Global: FIFA Must Publish Its Review into Compensation for Workers Harmed Delivering the World Cup in Qatar
Ahead of its annual congress next week FIFA should make public the review it ordered into the organization’s responsibilities to…
May 9, 2024
Press Release
Bangladesh: Garment Workers Must Receive Rights-Based Compensation and Justice Immediately
Bangladesh must immediately end the repression of worker rights and ensure that workers are paid fair wages and can exercise…
May 1, 2024
Press Release
FIFA Sponsorship Deal with Saudi Aramco Covering World Cups Raises Human Rights Concerns
World football could be dogged by human rights violations unless action is taken to address Saudi Arabia's atrocious human rights…
April 26, 2024
Press Release
Global: Dow’s Failure to Offer Remedy for Bhopal Disaster Has Created a Sacrifice Zone
This catastrophe remains immediate and urgent for people whose own health is ruined, or whose children were born with disabilities…
March 28, 2024
Press Release
Venture Capital Firms Funding Generative Artificial Intelligence Ignoring Duty to Protect Human Rights
Surveys with the ten largest venture capital funds and two largest start-up accelerators investing in Generative AI companies revealed hardly…
December 13, 2023