Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60th anniversary

In the 60th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Amnesty International will focus and campaign on what must be done to make the promise of universal, indivisible human rights a reality for all.

 

 

Featured issues

The Beijing National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest for its architecture, is being built for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

What human rights legacy for the Beijing Olympics?

1 April 2008

Liu Jingmin, Vice-President of the Beijing Olympic Bid Committee, said In 2001 that allowing Beijing to host the Games would “help the development of human rights."
A protester stands in front of Federal police officers in Oaxaca city’s main plaza, Mexico, 1 November 2006.

Women unite to defend their rights

6 March 2008

On 8 March, International Women’s Day, women across the world will take to the streets to express their commitment to the defence of human rights, often at great risk to their safety.
Activists in Japan prepared Close Guantánamo cake on the sixth anniversary of Guantánamo.

The world shouts 'Close Guantánamo'

16 January 2008

Thousands join worldwide protests marking the sixth anniversary of the first transfers of detainees to Guantánamo on 11 January.

Stop the human rights meltdown: make human rights real

Message from Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day 2007.

Appeals for action

Hu Jia at home after being held in incommunicado detetion, Beijing, July 2006.

Hu Jia jailed for three and a half years

4 April 2008

Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia has been convicted of “inciting subversion of state power” and sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
Ye Guozhu

Permission denied - housing rights activist in prison

1 April 2008

Housing rights activist Ye Guozhu is serving a four-year prison sentence after he applied for permission to hold a demonstration against forced evictions in Beijing.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

Time to release Aung San Suu Kyi

25 March 2008

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is the best-known of more than 1,850 known political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in Myanmar. 
Poster: Safe Schoools for girls

International Women's Day 2008. Safe Schools: every girl's right!

6 March 2008

As the 100 year anniversary of International Women’s Day draws close, and 60 years after human rights were enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, girls across the world find a range of barriers to education.