Responding to the decision by the Appeals Chamber of the UN’s International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals to confirm the guilty verdicts for former Serbian state security officials Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović, and raise their prison sentences from 12 to 15 years each, Amnesty...

States agree landmark treaty to help deliver justice to victims of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes

The victims of the late Chadian President Hissène Habré have yet to receive court-ordered reparations, seven years after his landmark conviction in Senegal in 2016, seven Chadian and international organizations said today. Just days before the anniversary, two more victims’ leaders passed...

States must adopt a landmark treaty to strengthen international legal cooperation in the investigation of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes to improve victims’ access to justice and reparations, Amnesty International said before the start of a high-level conference on an accord.

Most of the recommendations raised in this paper, which revises and updates the 2020 Amnesty International Recommendations for a Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance, have already been addressed to the attention of states during the drafting process. Amnesty International encourages all states to...

On World Press Freedom Day 2023, Amnesty International and five other civil society organisations express their alarm at the increasing attacks against Bangladeshi journalists and online critics, exercising their right to freedom of expression.

Responding to the latest attacks by Russian forces in Ukraine, including reports of a missile attack on an apartment building which is reported to have killed at least 17 civilians, including two children, Marie Struthers, Regional Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia said: “Russian missiles...

Ahead of the European Parliament’s vote on the AI Act in May, the European Union (EU) has a significant opportunity to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in order to protect and promote human rights, said Amnesty International in an open letter to Members of Parliament’s leading...

On 26 April 2023, Amnesty International submitted a third-party intervention to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of C.O.G.G and Others v Lithuania. Amnesty International’s written submissions focus on Article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights and the principle of...

As the escalation in violence between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) spreads throughout Sudan, civilians in Darfur continue to suffer due to the country’s authorities failure to provide security, and their inability to deliver justice and accountability for war...

Today marks the second anniversary since ASEAN agreed on the Five Point Consensus in response to the military coup in Myanmar. The Myanmar military has ignored calls from the international community to stop the violence. Moreover, since the coup, the Myanmar military has committed war crimes and...

Zimbabweans are marking forty-three years of independence from colonial rule amid the reality of a rapidly shrinking civic space, including criminalization of dissent and targeting of political activists and human rights defenders, Amnesty International said today. “Forty-three years after...