Research
UN
In this submission Amnesty International provides comments in response to a call for input issued by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 54/22 in preparation for the upcoming report on “the human rights challenges in addressing and...
May 31, 2023
Research
Brazil
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
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...
May 29, 2023
Research
Torture and other ill-treatment
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...
May 25, 2023
Research
Egypt
Business and Human Rights
The climate crisis is a human rights crisis that is worsening day by day. Rapid and sustained action is needed if the increase in global average temperatures is to be kept within 1.5°C, a target likely to be breached by 2027 without course correction. At COP28, parties to the UNFCCC must take bold...
May 24, 2023
News
Middle East and North Africa
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
With millions of people impacted by the earthquake still dependent on UN cross-border aid for survival, the United Nations (UN) must continue to deliver aid through Bab al-Salam and Al-Rai border crossings after the 13 May expiry of the Syrian government’s authorisation, regardless of whether the...
May 12, 2023
Research
Syria
UN
The humanitarian response to the February 2023 devastating earthquakes exposed the extent to which the system for aid delivery into north-west Syria has been subjected to cruel political considerations that denies civilians access to essential aid. With the delivery of critical humanitarian aid to...
May 12, 2023
Research
Africa
Impunity
This oral statement was read at the UN Human Rights Council 36th special session. The Council must act with ambition, and in a manner complementary to other international, regional, and sub-regional efforts, to help break the cycle of impunity in Sudan. The Council should establish an independent...
May 11, 2023
Research
Climate change
Amnesty International submits this input in response to the call for contributions to inform the thematic report on “Multiple crisis, fiscal systems and human rights”, to be presented at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. Placing it within the wider context of a global debt crisis this...
May 9, 2023
Research
Americas
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
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...
May 5, 2023
Research
International Justice
Most of the recommendations raised in this paper, which revises and updates the 2020 Amnesty International Recommendations for a Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance, have already been addressed to the attention of states during the drafting process. Amnesty International encourages all states to...
May 4, 2023
Research
Europe and Central Asia
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
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...
May 3, 2023
News
Afghanistan
UN
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,...
April 27, 2023