We, nine international human rights organizations, have grave reservations about the Sri Lankan government’s proposed National Unity and Reconciliation Commission. Our concerns echo many of those already raised by victims of conflict-related abuses and their families.

Next week the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC) will decide whether to renew the mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (CHRSS) – presently the only credible mechanism to collect and preserve evidence of human rights violations and crimes under international law in...

Six months after President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud took office, his government has yet to make good on its promises to guarantee justice and security for the people of Somalia. Amnesty International is today presenting the Somali government with a 10-point plan, outlining the steps it must take to...

Amnesty International and Fat Rat Films have today released a new documentary that highlights the ongoing struggles faced by Yezidi former child soldiers who survived abduction by the Islamic State (IS) armed group. The 12-minute film, Captives on the Frontlines: Yezidi former child soldiers who...

This report examines the rapidly worsening situation for children in Niger’s Tillabéri region, which borders Mali and Burkina Faso. Armed groups have perpetrated war crimes and other human rights abuses. Their attacks have forced many schools to close, robbing tens of thousands of children of an...

Increasing numbers of children are being killed and targeted for recruitment by armed groups in conflicts raging at Niger’s borders with Mali and Burkina Faso, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. The 57-page report, ‘I Have Nothing Left Except Myself’: The Worsening Impact...

Speaking to the UN Security Council today, UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie cited an upcoming Amnesty International report on Yezidi child survivors of the armed group calling itself the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq. Highlighting the lack of services available for child survivors of sexual violence...

We, South Sudanese, regional and international civil society organizations, write ahead of the 21 July Peace and Security Council (PSC) session scheduled on South Sudan’s implementation of the 2018 Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (ARCSS) and...

Boko Haram abducted thousands of children as soldiers or ’wives’ Military subjects children to torture in prolonged, unlawful detention EU and other donors fund a flawed ‘rehabilitation’ programme Full report available in English, French and Hausa Nigeria must urgently address its failure to...

Boko Haram abducted thousands of children as soldiers or ’wives’ Military subjects children to torture in prolonged, unlawful detention EU and other donors fund a flawed ‘rehabilitation’ programme Full report available in English, French and Hausa Nigeria must urgently address its failure to...

This report examines the devastating impact that the conflict in Northeast Nigeria has had on children. Boko Haram has carried out widespread abductions of girls and boys and then subjected children in captivity to further atrocities; it has also wreaked havoc on communities across the region,...

On 22 February 2020, hours before the deadline for rival South Sudanese political groups to form another unity government, Chief Justice Chan Reec Madut swore in five vice presidents to deputize President Salva Kiir, including the president’s arch-rival Riek Machar. This step was an important one...