The government response to COVID-19 raised human rights concerns, including in relation to health, immigration policies, domestic abuse and housing. Instances of racial discrimination and excessive force against protesters by the police were documented. Northern Ireland made progress on same-sex...

This report has been drafted by Amnesty International and the Runnymede Trust, who collated the information in this submission and organised roundtables with over 40 organisations to inform the examination of the 24th to 26th combined reports of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern...

Peaceful protest is a powerful and public way for people to make their voices heard. It has long been a vital means for advancing human rights around the world. However, in Europe, the right of peaceful assembly is increasingly coming under attack, with state authorities stigmatizing, impeding,...

Amnesty International is deeply frustrated by the significant hurdles that its staff and other observers have faced in their attempts to monitor the hearings in UK courts in the case of Julian Assange v USA. Amnesty International has called on the US government to drop all charges against Julian...

Amnesty International submits this information to the UN Human Rights Committee (the Committee) in advance of its consideration of the eighth periodic report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) at the 140th session of the Committee to be held between 4 to 28 March 2024.

The abuses suffered by migrant workers with closed permits, also known as “tied work visas”, cannot be solely attributable to the actions or failures of individual employers or recruitment agencies. On the contrary, across several countries, such abuses are intrinsically linked to systemic problems...

On 13 November 2023, Amnesty International submitted a third-party intervention to the Belfast High Court in a legal challenge brought by several victims of the Northern Ireland conflict to the UK Government’s Northern Ireland (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023. Martina Dillon, John McEvoy, and...

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.

Amnesty International submits the following response to the call to evidence by the Independent Commission on UK Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy and Practice. This submission is a select summary of Amnesty International’s work on counter-terrorism concerns in the UK since 2007. The past 15 years have...

This document contains suggested recommendations to be made to the states under review at the 41st session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in November 2022. The countries covered are Algeria, Bahrain, Brazil, Ecuador, Finland, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland,...

Workers who are sub-contracted to clean the offices of Meta (formerly known as Facebook) must all be guaranteed fair working conditions as part of their right to freedom of association, including the right to form and join a union and collectively bargain for decent conditions, without fear of...

This report examines law, policy and practice concerning homelessness in England from a human rights perspective and highlights gaps between the UK’s international human rights commitments and its approach to homelessness at the domestic level. It provides an overview of homelessness in England and...

In this submission, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to the UK in its previous Universal Periodic Review, including in relation to proposals to weaken domestic incorporation of international human rights law, rights abusive counter-terrorism legislation,...