Responding to today’s decision by Switzerland’s National Council that amends current legislation and recognizes in law that ‘sex against the will of another person’ is rape, Cyrielle Huguenot, Amnesty International’s Head of Women’s Rights in Switzerland, said: “Today’s vote is a historic...

This submission sets out Amnesty International’s concerns and recommendations regarding the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by the government of Brazil. It highlights Brazil’s failure to address extrajudicial executions and other violations committed in...

After the Taliban seized control of Kabul in August 2021, the human rights situation of women and girls in Afghanistan deteriorated severely, despite the Taliban’s initial promise to respect women’s and girls’ rights. The Taliban have been increasingly introducing new restrictions with the apparent...

The GQUAL Campaign, the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT), REDRESS, the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) and Amnesty International call on States parties to...

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...

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Colombia on 7 November 2023. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Colombia in its previous UPR, including in relation to human rights defenders, rights of women and girls, freedom...

Amnesty International presents this document to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on the eve of the adoption of the list of questions in the third periodic report on Honduras regarding application of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The document emphasizes Amnesty...

Amnesty International publishes the following letter received from the Government of Iraq on 2 April 2023 in response to an open letter (ref: MDE 14/6433/2023) sent by the organization to Prime Minister Al-Sudani on 23 March 2023 titled “Open Letter to Prime Minister Al-Sudani: End Iraq’s Reign of...

This submission was prepared for the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Russian Federation on 13 November 2023. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Russia in its previous UPR, including in relation to counterextremism and counterterrorism...

Responding to the unanimous adoption of the resolution at the UN Security Council today demanding that the Taliban urgently lift restrictions that violate the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan in response to the latest ban on Afghan women working for the UN in the country, Joyce Bukuru,...

We, the undersigned, express our deepest concern regarding the Taliban’s systematic crackdown on dissent and deepening repression of human rights defenders in Afghanistan. This ongoing crackdown on critical voices has increased in scope and scale, sending a chilling effect that aims to stifle the...