Research
Disappearances
Amnesty International welcomes the opportunity to submit brief observations to the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) to inform the draft Statement on non-state actors and enforced disappearances and, on the specific question of whether acts under Article 3 of the Convention for the...
February 7, 2023
Research
Asia and the Pacific
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
In this submission Amnesty International sets out its concerns in relation to issues related to the constitutional framework, non-discrimination and equality between men and women, states of emergency and counter-terrorism measures, accountability for serious human rights violations and the right...
January 31, 2023
Research
Malaysia
Death Penalty
Amnesty International submits this document in advance of the adoption of the list of issues ahead of the upcoming review of Malaysia by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. It is based on the organization’s research report Fatally Flawed: Why Malaysia Must Abolish...
January 30, 2023
Research
Asia and the Pacific
Discrimination
In this briefing Amnesty International highlights six areas of concern. They include the lack of comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation; lack of access to safe abortion; government plans to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family; online gender-based violence; justice for...
January 29, 2023
News
Asia and the Pacific
UN
Ahead of Pakistan’s fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on 30 January, Rimmel Mohydin, regional campaigner at Amnesty International, said: “Pakistan’s fourth UPR arrives at a tumultuous time for human rights in Pakistan, with political upheaval, economic instability,...
January 26, 2023
Research
Egypt
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
This submission highlights Egypt’s deep-rooted and ongoing human rights and impunity crisis, characterized by an alarming regression of legal protections for human rights since 2013, and widespread violations of its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. It...
January 25, 2023
Research
South Asia
Discrimination
This factsheet by Amnesty International gives a brief introduction to states, civil society organizations, community groups, activists, and concerned individuals on how to formulate more useful recommendations to address descent and caste-based discrimination when engaging with the Universal...
January 20, 2023
Research
Argentina
Armed Conflict
This document contains suggested recommendations to be made to the states under review at the 42nd session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January/February 2023. The countries covered are Czech Republic, Argentina, Gabon, Ghana, Peru, Guatemala, Benin, Republic of Korea, Switzerland,...
January 19, 2023
Research
China
COVID-19
This submission sets out some of Amnesty International’s key concerns and recommendations related to the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights by China. It highlights the various crimes against humanity and other grave human rights violations committed...
January 17, 2023
Research
China
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
This submission sets out some of Amnesty International’s key concerns and recommendations related to the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights by the government of Hong Kong SAR. It highlights a crackdown on the city’s largest trade unions, severe...
January 17, 2023
Research
Asia and the Pacific
Detention
This submission has been prepared in advance of the consideration by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights at its 73rd session of the second periodic report on Cambodia’s implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The submission provides...
January 16, 2023
News
Middle East and North Africa
UN
Ahead of a vote at the United Nations Security Council today on whether to extend a cross-border mechanism that has allowed the UN to deliver lifesaving aid across the Turkish-Syrian border into north-west Syria, Aya Majzoub, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East and...
January 9, 2023