Responding to Meta’s decision to lift the bans on Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts following a two-year suspension, Michael Kleinman, Senior Director of Technology and Human Rights at Amnesty International USA, said:  “Under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights,...

The Sri Lankan government should immediately end the arbitrary detention of Wasantha Mudalige, a student activist who was arrested on August 18, 2022, 7 human rights organizations said today. Since August 21, Mudalige, 29, has been held on orders signed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe under the...

A process to negotiate a new international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response is underway. This briefing outlines Amnesty International’s human rights concerns regarding pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, based largely on our documentation and campaigning...

Serbia’s Social Card law is an intrusive surveillance system that could harm the most marginalized members of society, including Roma communities, Amnesty International said today, as it submits a legal opinion as part of a review of the constitutionality of the law.  The law, which entered...

Suggested recommendations to Ghana for its review during the 42nd session of the UPR Working Group, 23 January–3 February 2023, including references for key Amnesty International documents on Ghana.

Climate change is not only the greatest environmental emergency of our time, but also an unprecedented human rights crisis. It threatens a wide range of human rights, including the rights to water, food, health, and life itself. The climate crisis disproportionately affects people who are already...

This short briefing provides an overview of why a global moratorium on the sale, transfer and use of targeted surveillance technology is urgently needed, and what form(s) this moratorium could take.

Amnesty International delivered this joint statement of 12 civil society organizations, including Amnesty International, Geneva Human Rights Platform (Geneva Academy), International Service for Human Rights and the NGOs comprising TB-Net, at a side event on the margins of the UN General Assembly....

The community of nations has adopted four international treaties providing for the abolition of the death penalty. One is of worldwide scope; the other three are regional. This document replaces the previous version published in 2015.

Responding to the acquittal of feminist activist and artist Yulia Tsvetkova, who was charged with “disseminating pornography” for creating body-positive illustrations of female sexual organs, a crime punishable by up to six years in prison, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for...

The human rights situation in ECOWAS countries varies from one country to another. However, despite these disparities, cross-cutting issues can help understand the pressing needs for human rights protection in the region.

Amnesty International welcomes the opportunity to provide comments on the draft Code of Practice for Interactive Computer Service Platforms/Internet Intermediaries which seeks to among other things, defining guidelines for digital interaction in line with international best practices, and set out...