Today, the UN Human Rights Council took a decisive step to address the spiraling human rights crisis in Venezuela. The global human rights body adopted a resolution renewing, for a period of two years, the mandate of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela (FFM), in addition to the mandate of the...

Girls and young women in north-east Nigeria suffered horrific abuses in Boko Haram captivity, with many survivors then arbitrarily detained and subsequently neglected by the Nigerian authorities. Now, these girls and young women are sending a clear message: they want to rebuild their lives. For...

In this submission, the three organisations examine the Government of Lao PDR’s compliance with its international human rights obligations to create and maintain a safe and enabling environment for civil society. Specifically, we analyse Lao PDR’s fulfilment of the rights to freedoms of...

This submission has been prepared in advance of the review of Iceland’s 6th periodic on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by the UN Human Rights Committee in October 2024. In particular, the submission provides information about harmful and unjustified...

Education activists Ahmad Fahim Azimi and Seddiqullah Afghan have been released after several months of arbitrary detention. Seddiqullah Afghan was released on 9 April 2024 as part of pardon for prisoners on Eid; Ahmad Fahim Azimi was released on 26 September 2024 by the Taliban court citing lack...

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Türkiye in April-May 2025. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Türkiye in its previous review, including in relation to independence of the judiciary, protection of freedom of...

Iraqi lawmakers must drop amendments to the Personal Status Law, which would violate women and girls’ rights, further entrench discrimination and could allow for girls as young as nine to be married, Amnesty International said today, ahead of an imminent parliamentary vote on the changes. “Iraqi...

Following the recent interactive dialogue with the UN expert on Haiti, where Amnesty International expressed its deep concern over gang-related violence, particularly against children, perpetrated in total impunity, Ana Piquer, Americas director at Amnesty International, stated: “We have documented...

Evacuation warnings issued by the Israeli military to residents of the southern suburbs of Beirut and south Lebanon were inadequate, and in some cases also misleading, said Amnesty International today, highlighting that these warnings do not absolve Israel of its obligations under international...

Responding to the resolution on Sri Lanka adopted yesterday at the 57th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which extends the mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) including the Sri Lanka Accountability Project by one year, Babu Ram Pant, Deputy...

Responding to the resolution on Afghanistan adopted yesterday at the 57th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), which extended the vital mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan but yet again failed to establish an independent international accountability mechanism...