Governments use tax to ensure sustainable funding for social programmes, and for public investments to promote equitable growth and development. Taxation is thus an essential element of a government’s ability to implement its policies and programmes. Tax matters for human rights because taxes are...

Public statement on the adoption of the Terms of Reference for drafting a UN Framework Tax Convention.

New World Bank data in Lebanon reveal alarming figures of over 70 percent of the population experiencing multidimensional poverty. This highlights the failures of World Bank and EU-backed means-tested social security – which covers only about one-fifth of the population – to adequately address this...

Ahead of planned nationwide protests in response to food shortages and cost of living crisis, Amnesty International’s Nigeria Director, Isa Sanusi, said: “The Nigerian authorities must ensure that security agencies respect and facilitate the right to peaceful protest, as guaranteed by both the...

On 28 June, Argentina’s Congress approved the bill “Ley de Bases”, but removed the articles that threatened the right to social security and an adequate standard of living for older people.

Social assistance benefits are the ‘last social safety net’ in Austria – that is, financial support for those who do not have other means or sufficient income to secure their livelihood. They are crucial for alleviating poverty in Austria. In 2019, the government of Austria introduced the so-called...

This submission, coordinated by the Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ) with the support of the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad) and signed by over 220 civil society organizations – including Amnesty International – and trade unions, is a joint response to the zero draft Terms...

The choice of which countries host the 2030 and 2034 FIFA Men’s World Cups is one of the most significant decisions that football’s global governing body can make. Hundreds of thousands of workers will be involved in delivering the tournaments, over a million fans will travel across borders to...

A proposal bill seeking to eliminate the moratoriums pension can be approved by the Senate in coming days. It would impact older people’s rights, especially of women and informal workers. We call for human rights scrutiny and to reject alternatives harming equal access to pensions and the dignified...

Authorities in Nepal are failing to protect Dalits, particularly women and girls, from systemic and widespread caste-based discrimination. This report documents the experience of systemic caste-based discrimination in Nepal and the challenges they face in accessing justice as the Nepali...

Amnesty International welcomes the call for input to inform an expert workshop and the High Commissioner’s comprehensive study on the human rights dimension of care and support to be presented to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-eight session in 2025. This submission includes links to some...

Amnesty International welcomes the call for inputs by the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing as a Component of the Right to an Adequate Standard of Living, and on the Right to Non-discrimination in this Context, to inform his report to the General Assembly in October 2024, and for developing...