In its first year in office, President Xiomara Castro’s government has not been decisive in fulfilling its international human rights obligations. Although it has taken some timely actions that advance its commitments in this area, the Honduran government will have to be more forceful to counteract...

Charges against an activist facing up to three years in prison accused of helping a pregnant woman access abortion pills in Poland must be dropped, said Amnesty International today ahead of the resumption of her trial in Warsaw tomorrow. In November 2021, the prosecutor charged human rights...

The Covid-19 pandemic, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and a pervasive focus on ‘traditional values’ have contributed to a deterioration in human rights and rising levels of domestic violence and other forms of gender-based violence in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Amnesty International said...

Sexual violence is a significant issue in Guinea. It is known for being the country with the second highest level of female genital mutilation in Africa. Forced marriage is also very common. Rape has long remained a taboo topic and little documented; in recent years, however, the silence has been...

In this submission Amnesty International assesses the implementation of recommendations made to Peru in its previous UPR and the national human rights framework with regard to the ratification of human rights instruments, sexual and reproductive rights, human rights defenders, the right to health...

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) on 26 January 2023. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to South Korea in its previous UPR, including in relation to anti-discrimination law,...

This submission was prepared for the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Argentina on 23 January 2023. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Argentina in its previous UPR in November 2017, assesses the national human rights framework and provides...

Charges against an activist facing up to three years in prison for helping a pregnant woman access abortion pills in Poland must be dropped said Amnesty International today ahead of the resumption of her trial in Warsaw tomorrow. In November 2021 human rights defender, Justyna Wydrzyńska, was...

In response to today’s Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Tarah Demant, interim national director for programs, advocacy and government affairs at Amnesty International USA, said: “Today marks a grim milestone in the history of the United States as the Supreme Court has overturned Roe...

In response to a court ruling in El Salvador that sentenced a woman to 30 years in prison for aggravated homicide after suffering an obstetric emergency, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International, said: “This sentence is a travesty of justice. Suffering an obstetric emergency...

In response to reports that the Supreme Court is preparing to overturn abortion rights in the United States, Agnes Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, said: “Overturning Roe vs. Wade would not only be the outcome of decades of hateful campaign against women’s rights; it would also...

An Amnesty International delegation met with President Gabriel Boric today to discuss the human rights situation in the country and to deliver a document setting out priority issues in the agenda for dialogue between the Chilean government and the organization. The delegation was led by Erika...