Research
Human Rights Defenders and Activists
Amnesty International delivered this statement to HRC54 in solidarity with Women Human Rights Defenders.
September 22, 2023
Research
Climate change
In this joint submission to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Amnesty International and 25 other NGOs demonstrate the important interlinkages between climate action and human rights, and especially how the first Global Stocktake has an important role in enhancing and strengthening the...
September 22, 2023
Research
Asia and the Pacific
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
The trial of Huang Xueqin and Wang Jianbing will begin on 22 September 2023, a few days after the second anniversary of their arrest. AI post the joint statement with other undersigned civil society groups, are deeply concerned about this case and call for the two activists’ immediate and...
September 21, 2023
News
Europe and Central Asia
EU
Eve Geddie is Director of Amnesty’s European Institutions Office. This opinion piece was originally published here by Politico Europe. As the representatives of so-called “Team Europe” were shaking Tunisian President Kais Saied’s hand this July, hundreds of refugees and migrants were stranded in...
September 21, 2023
Education
Africa
Human Rights Defenders and Activists
This report focuses on the work of Amnesty International’s human rights educators, their partners, and the communities they work with, which includes, amongst others, members of Indigenous communities, young LGBTI people and their allies, traditional leaders, teachers, school children, and local...
September 19, 2023
News
Africa
Armed Conflict
Member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) must renew the mandate of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE) and maintain international scrutiny on the country, Amnesty International said today, as the commission releases an alarming report on...
September 18, 2023
Research
Climate change
Amnesty International welcomes the opportunity to submit comments on the first full draft of the Ministerial Declaration of the Sixth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly, to be held in Nairobi, Kenya from 26 February to 1 March 2024.
September 18, 2023
News
Bahrain
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Maryam Al-Khawaja has been barred from boarding a British Airways flight to Bahrain for a visit that she had publicly announced to pressure the Bahraini authorities to release her detained father, Danish-Bahraini human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, Amnesty International, Front Line...
September 15, 2023
Research
Older People
Amnesty International co-sponsors the Oral Joint Statement led by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) delivered during the Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the Enjoyment of All Human Rights by Older Persons delivered under Item 3 at the 54th...
September 15, 2023
Research
Middle East and North Africa
Armed Groups
Over 200 civil society organizations from around the globe have signed a joint open letter calling on all governments attending the annual global conference on climate change, which is being held in Dubai this year, to address the UAE’s human rights record and destructive policies on climate change
September 13, 2023
Research
Africa
Armed Conflict
It is time for the UN Human Rights Council to prioritize addressing impunity in Sudan and act with urgency to prevent future violations, by establishing an independent investigative and accountability mechanism to monitor, collect and preserve evidence, identify perpetrators, and report serious...
September 12, 2023
Research
Afghanistan
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
In this statement Amnesty International notes the report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and additionally the report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, which recorded widespread human rights violations and crimes under international law. The...
September 12, 2023