As World Habitat Day focuses on the state of the housing rights situation across the globe, here are case studies from cities in Cambodia, Brazil, Italy, Israel and An
The choice of the Angolan capital Luanda to lead the global observance
of this year's World Habitat Day provoked controversy among housing and
human rights organizat
In order to achieve a more effective regulation of the international arms trade, all international transfers of conventional weaponry, munitions and equipment should be carried out in accordance with states’ legal obligations. All states have obligations under international human rights law applicable to transfers of conventional arms. The purpose of this document is to assist states and regional organisations in applying their human rights obligations. It proposes guidelines for assessing the risk of a proposed transfer being used for serious violations of human rights.
Tens of thousands of displaced people are still unable to return home after the Georgia-Russia conflict. Amnesty International collected eye-witness accounts from surv
Child soldiers are still being recruited to fight in the ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is also continuing physical and sexual abuse of women a
Some 150,000 Cambodians live at risk of being forcibly evicted in the
wake of land disputes, land grabbing and agro-industrial and urban
redevelopment projects in 20
Amnesty International confirmed on Friday that one of the seven
prisoners of conscience freed this week, U Win Htein, was re-arrested a
few hours after his release.
