This year, the state host for the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is the United Arab Emirates. To have a successful COP28 that takes humanity off the path of climate crisis, the conference requires open civic space for criticism and...

Responding to the news that President Yoweri Museveni assented to Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023, which criminalizes same-sex sexual acts between consenting adults, Flavia Mwangovya, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director said: “This is a desperately dark day for LGBTI rights and...

This submission sets out Amnesty International’s concerns and recommendations regarding the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by the government of Brazil. It highlights Brazil’s failure to address extrajudicial executions and other violations committed in...

Responding to the reserved verdict striking down sections of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018 by the Federal Shariat Court in Pakistan today, Rehab Mahamoor, research assistant at Amnesty International, said: “This verdict is a blow to the rights of the already beleaguered...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers and refugees living in one of Kenya’s biggest refugee camps routinely suffer hate crimes, violence, including rape, and other serious human rights abuses, the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) and...

This joint report by the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and Amnesty International documents the extremely dangerous situation of hate crimes, discrimination and other human rights violations suffered by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers and...

Slovak parliament should reject bill making legal gender recognition impossible

The Protection of Transgender Persons Act 2018 in Pakistan, widely considered a positive step to advance transgender rights, is in critical danger. At the time of writing, amendments to the bill are being tabled in Pakistan’s Senate, and National Assembly to undo key protections. These include...

On 2 May, Uganda’s Parliament passed the 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Bill and sent it back to President Yoweri Museveni. The President has until 31 May to either sign, veto or return the Bill back to Parliament. The Bill criminalizes consensual same-sex conduct and has retained the death penalty in...

This submission was prepared for the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Russian Federation on 13 November 2023. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Russia in its previous UPR, including in relation to counterextremism and counterterrorism...