The choice of which countries host the 2030 and 2034 FIFA Men’s World Cups is one of the most significant decisions that football’s global governing body can make. Hundreds of thousands of workers will be involved in delivering the tournaments, over a million fans will travel across borders to...

Survival International, Amnesty International, Minority Rights Group International (MRG) and Rainforest Foundation UK (RFUK) call on States to urgently reconsider their pledge to declare 30% of the planet as ‘Protected Areas’, set to be adopted at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP) of the...

This document contains suggested recommendations to be made to the states under review at the 42nd session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January/February 2023. The countries covered are Czech Republic, Argentina, Gabon, Ghana, Peru, Guatemala, Benin, Republic of Korea, Switzerland,...

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Amnesty International submits this document in advance of consideration by the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (hereinafter the Committee) of Belgium’s combined 20th-22nd periodic reports on the implementation of the International Convention on the...

Human rights defenders play a crucial role in promoting and defending the human rights of all people to live free from fear and free from want without discrimiantion, which are key for the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the context of the forthcoming High-Level...

Amnesty International’s research in multiple countries has demonstrated that laws, policies and practices that criminalise or punish women and girls’ sexual and reproductive actions and decisions, or ban or restrict health information and services, serve as serious barriers to the enjoyment of...

Open letter by Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to Co-facilitators on the follow up and review of the 2030 Agenda, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Joint statement endorsed by several NGO’s inc AI, AWID, Rutgers Centre for Women’s Global Leadership, Human Rights Caucus reaction to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

1) The Agenda 2) Up front: Journalism is not a crime 3) We can Stop Torture 4) Fighting torture since 1961 5) Stop Torture: Mexico: Standing up to Claudia’s torturers, together 6) Stop Torture: Uzbekistan: The long way home 7) Stop Torture: Morocco/Western Sahara: Picturing the pain 8) Stop...

1) The Agenda 2) Up front: The pure power of testimony: 3) ‘There are no human rights in Sri Lanka’ 4) The painful truth [torture] 5) Five ways to repress a journalist 6) Spotlight on a scandal: activist networks are working fast to expose illegal evictions, locally and globally 7)...

1) Up front: the night-crossing 2) Freedom of expression: China’s defiant heart 3) Human rights talk: ‘You can’t just stand there and not act’ 4) World Press Freedom Day: Under pressure 5) A life on hold (poster for film) 6) Policing in Europe: Keeping the peace, beating the...