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Lebanon

Persons with Disabilities

Lebanon: “The Country is Dissolving and No One Cares”: Surging Need and Crashing Support for Social Security During Lebanon’s Economic Crisis

This report examines the impact of Lebanon’s financial and economic crisis on people’s right to social security. Rather than shoring up this crucial right when people desperately needed support, the government of Lebanon let the little support that did exist collapse. The government of Lebanon should work to establish a universal social protection system that…

December 2, 2024
News

Africa

Censorship and Freedom of Expression

Angola: No justice for years of police violence that left people dead, wounded and traumatized

Authorities in Angola must hold police officers accountable for killing, injuring or traumatizing dozens of people during protests between November 2020 and June 2023, Amnesty International said in a new report. Police must also stop attacking protesters and respect and uphold everyone’s right to freedom of assembly. The report, Broken promises: protesters caught between tear…

November 27, 2024
Research

Asia and the Pacific

Business and Human Rights

India: GANHRI must review the national accreditation status of the National Human Rights Commission of India: Joint Letter

We, the undersigned organizations, are writing to bring to your attention serious concerns regarding the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRCI) ahead of the 2025 review of its accreditation status by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA). In March 2024, several signatories to this letter wrote to…

November 27, 2024
News

Africa

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Côte d’Ivoire: Suspension of evictions in Abidjan must be followed with adequate support for the tens of thousands of affected residents

Responding to the Ivorian authorities’ decision to suspend eviction operations in the Autonomous District of Abidjan, Samira Daoud, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa, said: “Amnesty International welcomes with relief the Ivorian authorities’ decision to suspend the eviction operations that began in January 2024. These evictions were carried out without adequate consultation…

November 26, 2024
Campaigns

Africa

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

Côte d’Ivoire: Meet three farmers affected by forced evictions in Abidjan

Konima Doumbia 38-year-old Konima Doumbia had borrowed a substantial sum to launch her business. Since the demolitions, the entrepreneur has lost everything and is struggling to repay her loan. “I’m a woman entrepreneur. I’ve been raising livestock and fish for almost three years. My husband supports our family. I wanted to do something for myself,…

November 26, 2024
Research

Afghanistan

Armed Conflict

Afghanistan: Questions & answers on the establishment of an independent international accountability mechanism for Afghanistan

Since 2021, Afghan and international civil society organizations have emphasized the need for an independent international accountability mechanism with the mandate to investigate and collect, preserve and analyze evidence of grave violations and abuses in Afghanistan, with a view to advancing accountability. This document provides further details of the mandate such a mechanism should have,…

November 26, 2024
News

Africa

Discrimination

Sierra Leone: Authorities must repeal colonial vagrancy laws following historic ECOWAS ruling

The Sierra Leonean authorities must repeal vagrancy laws without delay, following a landmark ruling by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court that the colonial-era legislation discriminates against poor people and other marginalized groups, Amnesty International said. The ruling, made on 7 November, found that Sierra Leone’s vagrancy laws – which criminalize anyone…

November 13, 2024
News

Africa

Climate change

Africa: Richer countries must commit to pay at COP29 as climate change forcibly displaces millions across Africa

With millions of people already displaced by climate change disasters in Africa, the richer countries most responsible for global warming must agree at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan to fully pay for the catastrophic loss of homes and damage to livelihoods taking place across the continent, Amnesty International said. They must also fully…

November 4, 2024
News

Africa

Censorship and Freedom of Expression

Angola: US President Biden must demand immediate release of five arbitrarily detained government critics

During his visit to Angola in early December, US President Joe Biden must demand Angolan President João Lourenço and his government immediately release five government critics arbitrarily detained for more than a year, four of whom have been tortured through deliberate denial of medical care, Amnesty International said. President Biden must also demand President Lourenço…

October 8, 2024
Research

Pakistan

Armed Groups

Pakistan: Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee 142nd session, 14 October – 8 November 2024

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 human rights issues in relation to Pakistan’s obligations under…

September 23, 2024
Research

International Organizations

What’s Tax Got to Do with It: A Resource Guide on Tax and Human Rights

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 one of the key ways resources are raised to realize human…

September 17, 2024
Research

International Organizations

Oral Statement: Panel on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Within the Context of Addressing Inequalities – States Must Mobilize their Maximum Available Resources to Realize the Economic, SOcial and Cultural Rights of All, and Address Inequality

Amnesty International reiterates its calls on all states to mobilize maximum available resources to fulfil their human rights obligations and address inequality including through progressive taxation; debt relief; international assistance and cooperation and sufficient finance for climate-change related mitigation, adaptation and to respond to loss and damage.

September 11, 2024