Amnesty International and other human rights organisations welcome the draft resolution entitled “Protecting the human rights and improving the lives of sex workers and victims of sexual exploitation” (Doc. 16044), adopted by the Equality and Non Discrimination Committee of the Parliamentary...

What is a crime against humanity?  Crimes against humanity refer to certain crimes committed as part of widespread or systematic attacks against a civilian population. They shock the conscience of humanity itself. The first prosecution using the term occurred when Nazi leaders were tried at...

Amnesty International submits this report ahead of the review of Thailand by the UN Committee against Torture in October 2024. It sets out Amnesty International’s key concerns on various issues related to torture and other cruel, degrading and inhuman treatments in Thailand.

Humanitarian worker and civil society activist Pakhshan Azizi, from Iran’s oppressed Kurdish ethnic minority, is at risk of execution following a grossly unfair trial by a Revolutionary Court in Tehran. In July 2024, she was sentenced to death solely in relation to her peaceful humanitarian and...

Fernanda Doz Costa, Director of Gender, Racial Justice, Refugees and Migrants Rights Program at Amnesty International. Hate emails, stigmatization, death threats, stalking, burglaries, attacks, harassment at work and at home. Killings. This is what life is like for many who provide life-saving...

Responding to the announcement by Australia, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands during the UN General Assembly yesterday that they will initiate legal proceedings that could ultimately lead to action at the International Court of Justice against Afghanistan for numerous violations of the UN...

Ninety Afghan, regional and international non-governmental organizations have recently renewed their appeal to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to establish an independent investigative mechanism, complementary to the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in...

Amnesty International submits this information to the UN Human Rights Committee ahead of the adoption of the list of issues prior to reporting for Poland. It focuses on the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly, women’s rights, equality and non-discrimination, access...

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...

The deepening human rights crisis in Afghanistan requires international action to address the cycle of impunity in the country and demonstrates the urgent need for the United Nations (UN) to establish an independent international accountability mechanism for Afghanistan, with the mandate to...

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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.