•     The number of migrant children crossing the dangerous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama on foot hit an all-time high, with UNICEF counting 32,488 children from January to October.

For more than a decade, human rights organizations have warned that a persistent deterioration of respect for human rights and the rule of law was underway. Where does 2022 fit in that descent? Was it yet another disastrous year for human rights? Has the breakdown of international norms reached a...

This is Amnesty International’s annual report on the state of human rights in Iran during 2022/23, subdivided by key human rights themes. It is part of Amnesty International’s annual 2022/23 report on the state of the world’s human rights.

2022 saw new, renewed and protracted conflicts that led to appalling tragedies. Some of them amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity. Across the world, authorities continued their heavy-handed repression of universal freedoms. Economic crises led to rocketing price rises for food and...

This is Amnesty International’s Oral Statement on the consideration of India’s UPR report at the UN Human Rights Council’s 52nd Session from 27 February – 4 April 2023.

This is Amnesty International’s Oral Statement on the consideration of the UK’s UPR report at the UN Human Rights Council’s 52nd Session from 27 February – 4 April 2023.

This is Amnesty International’s Oral Statement on the consideration of the Philippines UPR report at the UN Human Rights Council’s 52nd Session from 27 February – 4 April 2023.

Amnesty International welcomes Ecuador´s support for 164 recommendations of the 174 directed to it during its fourth Universal Periodic Review. We encourage Ecuador to implement supported recommendations as soon as possible. We urge the government to submit a mid-term report on progress towards...

Responding to the apartment searches and the interrogation of around 100 Myanmar nationals, including children, in the border town of Mae Sot, Amnesty International’s Myanmar Researcher Nang Sein said: “Thai authorities must not deport Myanmar nationals back to a country where they could face...

Seventy-five years ago, the United Nations set out a vision for a set of universal human rights principles shared across countries and cultures: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Based on this foundation, in the last 75 years, the international community has agreed on a comprehensive...

A bill to amend Nepal’s transitional justice legislation does not fully meet the country’s domestic law or international legal obligations and will not provide justice for victims if adopted in its current form, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists...