Research
South Asia
Discrimination
This factsheet by Amnesty International gives a brief introduction to states, civil society organizations, community groups, activists, and concerned individuals on how to formulate more useful recommendations to address descent and caste-based discrimination when engaging with the Universal...
January 20, 2023
Research
Libya
Armed Conflict
The climate of impunity in Libya has fuelled horrific crimes by the Tariq Ben Zeyad armed group against thousands of Libyans and migrants since 2016 in areas under the control of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces. Libyan authorities, those in de facto control of territory and the international community...
December 19, 2022
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Ethiopia
Children
Since 2017, as part of a campaign to crackdown on undocumented migrants, Saudi authorities have arbitrarily arrested hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian migrants crossing the border from Yemen or residing in Saudi Arabia, held them in indefinite detention in inhuman and cruel conditions, subjected...
December 16, 2022
News
Africa
Armed Conflict
Ahead of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) meeting on South Sudan on 30 November, Amnesty International and the South Sudanese Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) have called on the African Union to speed up the formation of the Hybrid Court for South Sudan (HCSS). The...
November 23, 2022
Research
Africa
Armed Groups
It is seven years since the first peace deal was signed in South Sudan and with it a commitment made to set up a African Union-backed up Hybrid Court for South Sudan (HCSS) to investigate and prosecute war crimes and other human rights violations committed in the conflict since 2013. But the...
November 23, 2022
Research
Americas
COVID-19
By any international standards, the COVID-19 pandemic was a particular disaster for Brazil compared to most countries in the world. After Peru, the country amassed the 2nd position in the Americas and the nineteenth globally with the largest number of deaths per million inhabitants.
November 21, 2022
Research
Climate change
The Global Biodiversity Framework, to be negotiated at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), contains a proposal to commit states to declaring 30% of the Earth’s land and sea mass as protected areas for conservation purposes, by 2030. This is the...
November 4, 2022
Research
Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories
Children
On 5 August 2022, Israel launched a three-day offensive on occupied Gaza, visiting fresh trauma and destruction on a besieged population living under apartheid. Both Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups committed apparent war crimes. In one attack, an Israeli drone killed five children at a...
October 25, 2022
Research
Egypt
Climate change
This briefing updates an early briefing from May 2022. It highlights the bold measures states must take on emission reductions, climate finance, loss and damage, Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE), the global stocktake, guarantees for meaningful public participation and responding to the human...
October 17, 2022
Research
Egypt
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Egypt’s National Human Rights Strategy (NHRS) was launched one year ago by the Egyptian authorities to conceal their abysmal human rights record and deflect criticism. Amnesty International’s analysis reveals that the NHRS paints a deeply misleading picture of the human rights situation. The...
September 21, 2022
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Asia and the Pacific
International Organizations
Amnesty International urges the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), when it meets for its 51st session (12 September – 7 October 2022), to strengthen the existing Sri Lanka accountability project of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), that was established...
September 9, 2022
Research
India
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
In the three years since 5 August 2019, the Indian government has drastically intensified the repression of the people of Jammu & Kashmir, including journalists and human rights defenders by subjecting them to multiple human rights violations. These violations include restrictions on rights to...
September 2, 2022