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 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...

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...

The climate of impunity in Libya has fuelled horrific crimes by the Tariq Ben Zeyad armed group against thousands of Libyans and migrants since 2016 in areas under the control of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces. Libyan authorities, those in de facto control of territory and the international community...

The Senegalese authorities must meet their obligations and take action to end violations of the rights of children often referred to as talibé ( studying in Quranic schools commonly known as daaras), Amnesty International said today in a new briefing. The economic exploitation of talibé children...

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Switzerland in 2023. It indicates the approximate state of implementation of recommendations made to Switzerland during previous UPR cycles. It then captures the state of play for each theme and formulates recommendations for...

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 2021. The International Secretariat has offices in 17...

In this submission, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to the UK in its previous Universal Periodic Review, including in relation to proposals to weaken domestic incorporation of international human rights law, rights abusive counter-terrorism legislation,...

This document contains suggested recommendations to be made to seven of the states under review at the 40th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January/February 2021. The countries covered are Iceland, South Sudan, Timor Leste, Togo, Uganda, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.

Sexual violence is a worldwide crisis and Nigeria is not exempt from it. Over the years, there have been reports made public by individuals, civil society organisations and the media of widespread sexual violence. Following the lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, there was an upsurge in...

This joint submission by The Icelandic Human Rights Centre, the Women’s Rights Association, Barnaheill – Save the Children Iceland, Humanists Iceland, the National Association of Intellectual Disabilities and Amnesty International addresses concerns about the Icelandic government’s...

Libya has long been unsafe for refugees and migrants. Both state and non-state actors subject them to a catalogue of human rights violations and abuses including unlawful killings, torture and other ill-treatment, rape and other sexual violence, indefinite arbitrary detention in cruel and inhuman...