This paper sets out Amnesty International’s key recommendations for the twenty-third session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, which we urge all states parties to consider and reflect in their interventions, and the Assembly to address. The recommendations focus on the plenary debates on the Assembly’s agenda, as well as other…
In the Netherlands, the police monitor peaceful protesters with highly advanced cameras such as drones and video surveillance cars. This practice violates the right to privacy, has a chilling effect on the right to peaceful assembly and may have discriminatory effects. Amnesty International calls for the prohibition of mass surveillance tools and for robust safeguards…
On 1 October 2019, mass protests erupted across Iraq, known as the Tishreen protests, with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets. In response, Iraqi security forces used excessive and unlawful lethal force against mostly peaceful demonstrators, killing hundreds. On the five-year anniversary of the protests, this briefing demonstrates a litany of broken promises by…
This submission has been prepared by Amnesty International in advance of the UN Human Rights Committee’s review of France’s sixth periodic report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the ICCPR). This submission focuses on France’s obligation to respect and ensure racial equality and the right to be free from racial discrimination and…
This submission has been prepared in advance of the review of Iceland’s sixth periodic report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the Covenant) by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the Committee) in September 2024.
Amnesty International submits this information to the UN Human Rights Committee (the Committee) in advance of its consideration of the second periodic report of Pakistan at the 142nd session of the Committee scheduled to be held between 14 October to 8 November 2024. This submission emphasizes human rights issues in relation to Pakistan’s obligations under…
Amnesty International provides the below information to the UN Human Rights Committee in advance of its consideration of the second periodic report of Türkiye at the 142nd session of the Committee to be held between 14 October and 8 November 2024.
This submission has been prepared ahead of the examination of Greece’s Sate party’s report, and of the adoption of the Concluding Observation and List of Issues for Greece by the UN Human Rights Committee in the context of its 142nd session, on 14 October – 7 November 2024.
Correction: This briefing was corrected on 20 September 2024 to reflect the fact that the revised media law received presidential assent on 12 July 2024. The briefing previously erroneously stated that the law was still in the process of being revised and yet to be considered by the Senate. Four years since the inauguration of…
Although the European Commission funded new reception centres for asylum seekers on the Aegean islands promising “better conditions”, racialized people on the move living in the Samos ‘Closed Controlled Access Centre’ face obstacles accessing basic services and experience systematic, arbitrary de facto detention. The EU must ensure that the implementation of the new EU Migration…
In light of the Hong Kong authorities’ continual use of national security as a pretext to violate human rights, this briefing paper sets out Amnesty International’s primary advocacy calls. It also provides the most updated information, based on our research and credible secondary sources, to underpin those calls, including arrest and prosecution figures, trial updates…
At the 2024 Olympic Games, the host country France has banned Muslim women from wearing a sports hijab or any other form of religious headgear when they compete for France. Such a ban is imposed in several sports in France, including football, basketball and volleyball, in competitions at all levels, including youth and amateur ones.…