There were allegations of torture and other ill-treatment in the context of policies implemented in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Indigenous Peoples continued to be overlooked in public policies, as did their rights to territory. Children and adolescents continued to face obstacles in...

In response to record fires across South America, with several millions of hectares burning across the Amazon basin and the entire continent, Amnesty International today published an Open Letter addressed to the presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru calling...

On Tuesday, 30 July, Amnesty International issued an urgent global action against the passage of a bill establishing the “control, transparency and accountability of non-profit organizations”. The action calls on the president of the Paraguayan Chamber of Deputies, Raúl Luis Latorre, as well as the...

Amnesty International wishes to express its grave concern about a bill approved by the Paraguayan Senate today which violates the right to freedom of association and could put the country’s civil society organisations at risk, jeopardising their autonomy and their ability to obtain the necessary...

Amnesty International is raising an alarm about the proliferation of legal initiatives to curtail the work of civil society organizations and seriously threaten their efforts to promote and defend human rights in the region. Taking cues from questionable, regressive and authoritarian measures that...

FIFA must rigorously and transparently ensure that bids to host the 2030 and 2034 men’s World Cup tournaments fully safeguard human rights and reject any offer that risks abuses once again tainting the world’s largest sporting event, Amnesty International said in a report issued today.

Paraguay’s Bill of Health report analyses the right to health in Paraguay from the perspective of the status of its public health system. Following international standards for access to health services, the report examines the gaps in access to health services. It focuses on the dimensions of...

Today, Amnesty International presented a document to the Paraguayan Senate expressing the organization’s concerns about the bill “prohibiting the promotion, encouragement or teaching of gender ideology in the country’s educational institutions,” introduced to the Senate on 6 July 2023. The bill...

Opinion poll commissioned by Amnesty International and conducted in 15 countries, showed that a majority of the public, 53%, believe human rights should be a critical consideration in deciding who hosts major international sporting events.

Reacting to the signing of a communiqué by more than 30 countries in Costa Rica today calling for international law including prohibitions and regulations in relation to the development and use of autonomous weapons systems, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard said: “The...

Human rights-aligned economic policies are desperately needed to change course Governments across Latin America and the Caribbean must urgently ramp up spending on the right to social protection and health in order to tackle the region’s obscene socio-economic inequality that has proven fatal...

Economic Impact of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) The region has accounted for 28% of all COVID-19 deaths in the world, despite having only 8.4% of the global population. Since the start of the pandemic, the number of people living in poverty remains 14 million higher compared to...

Girls who are survivors of sexual violence in Paraguay face a confusing path of obstacles to rebuilding their lives and obtaining justice in a country where authorities ignore their voices, force them to carry pregnancies resulting from rape to term, while failing to listen to the expert opinions...