With this year’s World Habitat Day theme focusing on youth and urban futures, it is impossible to ignore one key factor – the climate crisis – and what it means for fulfilling the right to housing in both rural and urban contexts, including for young people, today and in the future.

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...

Protect the future of human rights Together, we can fight for human rights everywhere, for generations to come. Protect the future of human rights Together, we can fight for human rights everywhere, for generations to come. For more information about the 2048 commission, contact the Secretary...

Three years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, the undersigned organizations, remain alarmed that the international response to worsening Taliban human rights violations, especially against women and girls, is increasingly ineffective and sometimes even harmful.

Three out of five child and young human rights defenders face online harassment in connection with their activism, according to a new analysis of 400 responses to an Amnesty International questionnaire, distributed to young activists across 59 countries. More than 1400 young activists participated...

“It was hard growing up in the Philippines, especially when I was trying to figure out my life and my identity. When I was younger, we didn’t have the resources that other people have now, especially as a transperson. I wanted to start hormones, but I had no idea how to access them. I thought...

Selim Khan is an atheist blogger from Bangladesh. He was part of a private Facebook group for like-minded atheists where he expressed his views privately. Another member photographed his comment and shared it publicly, causing public agitation. A ruling party member then filed a case against him...

This report looks at the situation of people seriously injured by the forces of law and order during protests in Guinea since 2019, their emergency and long-term medical care needs, and the impunity of those responsible for excessive or otherwise unlawful use of force under the regimes of Alpha...

Tell me a little bit about yourself and your activism? Human Rights as a space of hope I grew up in Honduras, where I lived through the coup d’état, which took place in 2009. It was a difficult time where rights were non-existent, and people were constantly afraid. I thought it was something you...

On 5 April, the Zimbabwean authorities dropped the charges of “malicious damage to property” against University of Zimbabwe students, Benjamin Watadza, Emmanuel Sitima, Comfort Mpofu, Lionel Madamombe, Darlington Chigwena and Gamuchirai Chaburumunda. The students were arbitrarily detained and...

This workshop explores the crucial role of the right to protest in advancing climate justice. It delves into its significance for local organizing and mobilization efforts, alongside examining international legal protections. Participants will also discuss strategies to ensure safety during...

This is a submission to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in response to its call for input to inform the High Commissioner’s study on the solutions to promote digital education for young people and to ensure their protection from online threats.