Research
Migrants
This statement is made in respect of Amnesty International Limited, the entity which employs the staff of Amnesty International’s International Secretariat and conducts its global operations, for the financial year 1 January to 31 December 2022. It describes the actions that the International...
May 16, 2023
Research
Indonesia
Asylum
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...
April 24, 2023
Research
Europe and Central Asia
Discrimination
Amnesty International presents this submission in advance of the review of Spain’s ninth periodic report on measures taken to implement the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. It focuses on sexual and gender-based violence, including barriers to justice as...
April 14, 2023
Research
Iraq
Justice Systems
Experts and Non-Governmental Organisations welcomed the adoption by Iraq of the Yazidi Survivors Law on 1 March 2021, establishing an administrative reparation programme aimed at giving effect to survivors’ right to reparation. While the law is ground-breaking in many respects, there are serious...
April 14, 2023
News
Uzbekistan
Domestic Violence
Reacting to Uzbekistan’s upper house of Parliament passing legislation that criminalizes domestic violence, Heather McGill, Amnesty International’s Central Asia Researcher, said: “Women rights activists and human rights defenders in Uzbekistan have been campaigning for years for better protection...
April 6, 2023
News
Algeria
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Severe violations of human rights continue unabated in both Algeria and Morocco, while many laws in each country are far from aligned with international standards, Amnesty International said today, following the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Reviews (UPR) of each country’s human...
April 6, 2023
Research
Libya
Killings and Disappearances
The final report of the Fact-Finding Mission is a harrowing read. The Mission found that crimes under international law and other serious human rights violations continue unabated, including arbitrary detention, rape and other forms of torture, enslavement, sexual slavery, extrajudicial killings...
April 3, 2023
Research
Africa
Killings and Disappearances
Speaking during the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council’s (HRC) interactive dialogue on the report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on South Sudan today, Amnesty International expressed its concern about the continued perpetration of crimes under international law and the...
April 3, 2023
Research
South Africa
Business and Human Rights
This oral statement was delivered to the United Nations Human Rights Council on 28 March to highlight key human rights developments and concerns in South Africa from our submissions.
March 28, 2023
News
Americas
Asylum
• The number of migrant children crossing the dangerous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama on foot hit an all-time high, with UNICEF counting 32,488 children from January to October.
March 28, 2023
Research
Finland
Indigenous People
This is Amnesty International’s Oral Statement on the consideration of the Finland’s UPR report at the UN Human Rights Council’s 52nd Session from 27 February – 4 April 2023.
March 27, 2023
Research
Iran
Disappearances
Amnesty International welcomes the report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran at the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council. The organization further welcomes that the draft resolution on Iran at this session goes beyond a technical...
March 21, 2023