# International Emmy Award for Best Current Affairs

The International Emmy Award for Best Current Affairs is presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS) to the best current affairs programming produced and initially aired outside of the United States. The categories for international journalism are presented at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards alongside their American counterparts. It was first presented in 2007.

## Rules and regulations

According to the rules of the International Academy, the category is intended for "non-fiction story from a news magazine, news oriented talk-show, or an individual or continuing feature story in a regularly scheduled newscast".
In order to qualify for the category, the entry must be over ten minutes in length. The entry may cover a range of current news, investigative reports, and/or human interest topics, but they must be devoted to a single story, subject, or theme. If the submission is part of a program comprising multiple stories (i.e. each report has its own storyline and conclusion), each story must be submitted as a separate entry.

## Winners and nominees
### 2000s

| Year | Program (English Title) | Episode/Story | Production company/Network | Country |
| 2007 | Baghdad: A Doctor's Story | Baghdad: A Doctor's Story | Guardian Films / BBC Two | United Kingdom |
| 2007 | Hot Line | "The Candelária Slaughter" | TV Globo | Brazil |
| 2007 | La Liga | "The Path of the Cocaine Leaf" | Cuatro Cabezas | Argentina |
| 2007 | Special Reporter: Vyacheslav Grunskiy's Studio | "The Zone of Love" | TV Channel Russia | Russia |
| 2007 | Sunday Report | "Give Us a Hand! Help Us Lie!" | Television Broadcasts Limited | Hong Kong |
| 2008 | Peter R. de Vries: Natalee Holloway | Peter R. de Vries: Natalee Holloway | SBS Broadcasting / Endemol | Netherlands |
| 2008 | The Fifth Estate | "Cruel Camera" | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | Canada |
| 2008 | Hot Line | "Césio 137" | TV Globo | Brazil |
| 2008 | Witness | "Red Mosque" | Al Jazeera English / Midwinter Productions | Qatar |
| 2009 | Dispatches | "Saving Africa's Witch Children" | Red Rebel Films / Oxford Scientific Films / Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| 2009 | Witness | "Return to Nablus" | Al Jazeera English / Flashback Television / Teachers Television | Qatar |
| 2009 | ARD Exclusiv | "Kindersklaven" | Westdeutscher Rundfunk | Germany |
| 2009 | The Team: Babies Traffic | The Team: Babies Traffic | Eyeworks Cuatro Cabezas | Argentina |

### 2010s

| Year | Program (English Title) | Episode/Story | Production company/Network | Country |
| 2010 | Dispatches | "Pakistan's Taliban Generation" | October Film / Channel 4 | United Kingdom |
| 2010 | Tuesday Report | "Child Abduction" | Television Broadcasts Limited | Hong Kong |
| 2010 | Enquête | "The Ultimate Forgiveness" | Société Radio-Canada | Canada |
| 2010 | Telenoche | "Glaciers, The First Veto" | Artear / El Trece | Argentina |
| 2011 | Back from the Brink: Inside the Chilean Mine Disaster | Back from the Brink: Inside the Chilean Mine Disaster | NHK | Japan |
| 2011 | 21st Century | "Cambodia: A Quest for Justice" | UNTV | United Nations |
| 2011 | The Assassination of Jean Charles Meneses | The Assassination of Jean Charles Meneses | Discovery Networks Latin America | Brazil |
| 2011 | Unter Piraten | Unter Piraten | infonetwork GmbH | Germany |
| 2012 | Haiti's Orphans: One Year After the Earthquake | Haiti's Orphans: One Year After the Earthquake | CBC Television | Canada |
| 2012 | Profession: Reporter | "Children and Drugs: A Childhood Overtaken by Addiction" | TV Globo | Brazil |
| 2012 | China Dolls: Fragile Bodies, Strong Minds | China Dolls: Fragile Bodies, Strong Minds | Phoenix Satellite Television | Hong Kong |
| 2012 | Extra: The RTL Magazine | "The Merciless Traffic in the Flight from Africa" | infoNetwork GmbH | Germany |
| 2013 | Banaz: An Honour Killing | Banaz: An Honour Killing | Hardcash Productions / Fuuse Films / ITV | United Kingdom |
| 2013 | Globo Repórter | "Enawenê-nawê: The Spirit-Men" | TV Globo | Brazil |
| 2013 | i-Witness | "Alkansiya (Piggy Bank)" | GMA Network | Philippines |
| 2013 | ZDFzoom | "The Fukushima Lie" | ZDF German Television | Germany |
| 2014 | The Fifth Estate | "Made in Bangladesh" | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | Canada |
| 2014 | The Long Journey Home | The Long Journey Home | Antena 3 | Romania |
| 2014 | Journalism for All | "The Route of the K-Money" | Artear / El Trece | Argentina |
| 2014 | Sunday Report | "One Child Policy" | Television Broadcasts Limited | Hong Kong |
| 2015 | Dispatches | "Children on the Frontline: Children of Aleppo" | ITN Productions | United Kingdom |
| 2015 | 101 East | "Stray Bullets" | 101 East / Al Jazeera English | Malaysia |
| 2015 | ZDFzoom | "The Soccer Empire: The Dealings of FIFA" | ZDF German Television | Germany |
| 2015 | GloboNews Documentary | "Tower of David" | GloboNews | Brazil |
| 2016 | Dispatches | "Escape from ISIS" | ITN / Ronachan Films / Evan Williams Productions / Mediadante | United Kingdom |
| 2016 | 101 East | "Afghanistan: No Country for Women" | Al Jazeera English | Malaysia |
| 2016 | Reportage im Ersten | "Long Thanh Wants to Smile" | ARD / NDR | Germany |
| 2016 | GloboNews Documentary | "Syria on the Run" | GloboNews / Globo TV | Brazil |
| 2017 | Exposure | "Saudi Arabia Uncovered" | Hardcash Productions / ITV / WGBH / Frontline | United Kingdom |
| 2017 | 101 East | "Rodrigo Duterte: A President's Report Card" | Al Jazeera English | Malaysia |
| 2017 | Globo Repórter | "Art as Passport" | Globo Comunicação e Participações | Brazil |
| 2017 | Mission: Investigate | "The Panama Papers" | SVT / ICIJ / Süddeutsche Zeitung / Reykjavik Media / Yle / DR / NDR / RÚV / Première Lignes France | Sweden |
| 2018 | White Right: Meeting the Enemy | White Right: Meeting the Enemy | Fuuse Films / ITV | United Kingdom |
| 2018 | GloboNews | "Children of Maria da Penha" | GloboNews / TV Globo | Brazil |
| 2018 | Menschenschmuggler: Das Geschäft mit den Flüchtlingen | Menschenschmuggler: Das Geschäft mit den Flüchtlingen | DR TV / ZDF German Television | Germany |
| 2018 | Off the Grid | "Silent Death on a Syrian Journey" | TRT World | Turkey |
| 2019 | Mission: Investigate | "Deceptive Diplomacy" | Sveriges Television / Mission Investigate | Sweden |
| 2019 | BBC Africa Eye | "Sweet Sweet Codeine" | BBC World Service | Nigeria |
| 2019 | Exposure | "Iran Unveiled: Taking on the Ayatollahs" | ITV / Hardcash Productions | United Kingdom |
| 2019 | Fantástico | "11 Days in North Korea" | TV Globo / GloboNews | Brazil |

### 2020s

| Year | Program (English Title) | Episode/Story | Production company/Network | Country |
| 2020 | Exposure | "Undercover: Inside China's Digital Gulag" | Hardcash Productions / ITV | United Kingdom |
| 2020 | BBC Africa Eye | "Sex for Grades" | BBC Africa Eye | Nigeria |
| 2020 | GloboNews Documentaries | "Allies" | GloboNews / Globo TV | Brazil |
| 2020 | Mission: Impossible | "The Story of Swedbank and the World's Largest Money Laundering Scandal" | Mission Investigate / Sveriges Television | Sweden |
| 2021 | Exposure | "In Cold Blood" | Darlow Smithson Productions / ITV | United Kingdom |
| 2021 | Africa Eye | "The Baby Stealers" | BBC World Service | Kenya |
| 2021 | The Hunt for Gaddafi's Billions | The Hunt for Gaddafi's Billions | VPRO Television | Netherlands |
| 2021 | Profissão Repórter and Fantástico | "COVID-19: The Daily Routine of a Healthcare Team Inside a Public Hospital" | Globo | Brazil |
| 2022 | In Search of Monsters | In Search of Monsters | NDR Fernsehen | Germany |
| 2022 | Black Eye | Black Eye | BBC Africa Eye | Nigeria |
| 2022 | Exposure | "Fearless: The Women Fighting Putin" | Hardcash Productions / The Economist / ITV | United Kingdom |
| 2022 | Domingo Espetacular | "Parkinson's Research" | RecordTV | Brazil |
| 2023 | Off the Grid | "Ukraine Wartime Diaries" | TRT World | Turkey |
| 2023 | GloboNews Documentary | "Shelter: Innocents Under Fire" | GloboNews / Globo | Brazil |
| 2023 | Exposure | "The Crossing" | David Modell Productions | United Kingdom |
| 2023 | UVDA | "Last Stop Before Kyiv" | I.D UVDA / Keshet Media Group | Israel |
| 2024 | Sky News | "The Last Hospital: 30 Days in Myanmar" | Sky News | United Kingdom |
| 2024 | GloboNews Documentary | "Evel, Hazin: Days of Mourning" | TV Globo | Brazil |
| 2024 | The Trap: India's Deadliest Scam | The Trap: India's Deadliest Scam | BBC India Eye | India |
| 2024 | UVDA with Ilana Dayan | "Brother & Sister in Captivity" | UVDA Ltd. / Keshet Media Group | Israel |