Joint oral statement on behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and Amnesty International on Bangladesh delivered on 11 September 2024 at the 57th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council

Joint oral statement on behalf of Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Amnesty International and International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), delivered on 9 September 2024 at the 57th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council

By Agnès Callamard, Secretary General at Amnesty International Multiple wars, extreme inequality, a looming climate collapse, and new technologies capable of transforming our very existence have brought humanity to a crossroads. We have no time left for complacency or defeatism—only a shared...

A year on from Imran Khan’s conviction and sentencing, Amnesty International has found several fair trial violations under international human rights standards which have resulted in his arbitrary detention, denying his right to liberty. Amnesty International has reviewed key documents in Imran...

Afghanistan Open Letter

Responding to reports that Vladimir Putin plans to visit Mongolia on 3 September, Altantuya Batdorj, Executive Director of Amnesty International Mongolia, said: “If he travels, Mongolia’s international legal obligations are clear as a member state of the International Criminal Court (ICC). They...

In 2017, I fled the conflict in Myanmar at the age of 13 and lived in Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh for nearly six years. Life was difficult for us. We didn’t have enough income. We didn’t have enough space for eight family members. Only two rooms and one kitchen. The World Food Programme (WFP)...

Responding to the announcement that the Ukrainian parliament has voted to ratify the Rome Statute, paving the way for the country to join the International Criminal Court (ICC), Erika Guevara Rosas, Amnesty International’s Senior Director of Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns, said: “Amnesty...

Amnesty International sent an open letter to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, today calling for urgent action on the commission of crimes under international law in Venezuela. Regarding the matter, Erika Guevara-Rosas, senior director of research, advocacy, policy and...

Reacting to the continued failure to take meaningful steps by African and global human rights bodies since armed conflict erupted in Ethiopia’s Amhara region a year ago, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah said: “Millions of Ethiopians are being...

Responding to a Forbidden Stories-led investigation, supported by the Amnesty International’s Security Lab, on the government of Israel’s attempts to sway WhatsApp’s ongoing US lawsuit against spyware firm NSO Group, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, Head of the Security Lab at Amnesty International, said:  ...

This document outlines the recommendations that Amnesty International suggests for the Government of El Salvador as part of the 2025 Universal Periodic Review.