Welcome to AITO

TAKE ACTION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Find out how you can get involved and take action for human rights with AITO.

Welcome to AITO

(Amnesty International Toronto Organization)

We support Amnesty International groups, entities, networks, and members in the Greater Toronto Area.


UNITING OUR VOICES TO SPEAK UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Young adults smile at the camera on a sunny day in the park. They hold up an Amnesty International banner and signs reading "Free rights defenders," "Turkey: Free all human rights defenders," "Standing up for human rights".

Advocate and Mobilize: Join a Group or Team

Use your skills and make a difference as part of the global human rights movement.

Help build the world you’d like to see alongside like-minded activists in the Greater Toronto Area (and around the world!)

Upcoming Events

Events
Amnesty International Canada’s Toronto Office
Waniskahtan Exhibition
Amnesty International Canada’s Toronto Office

Join Amnesty International Canada and the Legacy of Hope for the “Waniskahtan Exhibition”, a powerful showcase taking place during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.

Amnesty International Canada’s Toronto Office
Write for Rights
Dec 7
Centre for Social Innovation, Annex
Write for Rights
Centre for Social Innovation, Annex

Join us on Saturday December 7th for Write for Rights - the world’s largest human rights event! We’ll have pens, paper and cards waiting for you.

Centre for Social Innovation, Annex

TAKE ACTION.

Together we can win. Through collective action, we can each do our part in convincing authorities to respect human rights.

4 people smile wearing Amnesty International pinnees. They hold up signs reading "Stop Torture"
Activists stand and sit around the Toronto Sign in front of Toronto City Hall. They hold up signs reading "Free Taner. 200 days too many"
Amnesty Activists at a protest holding signs that say "Stop violence against women," "Nasrin Sotoudeh, Iran"

Every day, Amnesty International publishes actions that empower you to write letters, send emails and sign petitions on the most pressing human rights issues around the world.

Large group of people smiling at the camera holding an Amnesty International banner and signs that read "Refugees welcome here"

10 MILLION ACTIVISTS AROUND THE WORLD AND GROWING.

We are a volunteer-run organization of passionate human rights activists from all walks of life who are doing vital human rights work right here in the Greater Toronto Area.

Activists smiling and standing in front of Queens Park parliament building. One holds a sign reading "Act on your conscience. Strike for climate"

TAKE ACTION NOW

2 women smile at the camera while embracing each other. One wears a shirt that says "Write for rights"

JOIN A GROUP

JOIN A SPECIALIZED TEAM

JOIN THE MOVEMENT

People like you are integral to the global human rights movement. By becoming a member, you are continuing to power the change in the face of human rights injustices.

Amnesty activists stand in front of Toronto City Hall at dusk. They hold signs reading "Justice for Bhopal"
3 post-secondary students smile at the camera. They hold signs reading "equality is humanity," "united against injustice!" "women's rights are human rights."