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
Armenia
Armed Conflict
Covid-19, the Russian aggression against Ukraine, and widespread reliance on “traditional values” have compounded a deteriorating human rights situation and increasing levels of domestic violence in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. This report exposes institutional, social and cultural challenges...
December 14, 2022
Research
Business and Human Rights
A process to negotiate a new international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response is underway. This briefing outlines Amnesty International’s human rights concerns regarding pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, based largely on our documentation and campaigning...
November 29, 2022
Research
Americas
COVID-19
By any international standards, the COVID-19 pandemic was a particular disaster for Brazil compared to most countries in the world. After Peru, the country amassed the 2nd position in the Americas and the nineteenth globally with the largest number of deaths per million inhabitants.
November 21, 2022
News
Africa
Armed Conflict
Six months after President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud took office, his government has yet to make good on its promises to guarantee justice and security for the people of Somalia. Amnesty International is today presenting the Somali government with a 10-point plan, outlining the steps it must take to...
November 15, 2022
Research
Asia and the Pacific
COVID-19
The Covid-19 pandemic caused widespread, and often deeply damaging disruptions to the health, economic and social lives of millions of people across the world. But these impacts were not experienced equally. Transgender people – who were already subject to deep-rooted and persistent structural...
November 14, 2022
Research
Asia and the Pacific
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations, are writing to express our serious concern regarding the ongoing impact of the implementation of the Emergency Decree on Public Administration in Emergency Situation B.E. 2548 (“Emergency Decree”) in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in Thailand....
November 8, 2022
News
Americas
Asylum
In response to the Biden Administration’s announcement about a new process for Venezeulans seeking safety, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International said, “Within days of the Interagency Coordination for Refugees and Migrants R4V revealing that there are 7.1 million...
October 13, 2022
Research
Asia and the Pacific
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
Indonesia’s civil liberties have come increasingly under threat over the past few years. In carrying out their legitimate activities to promote human rights, human rights activists and human rights organizations face threats and attacks, either directly or in the digital sphere. This report...
October 7, 2022
News
Americas
Asylum
In order to fight inequality and discrimination, governments in the Americas must adopt all measures necessary to ensure full enjoyment of economic, social, and cultural rights in the region, Amnesty International said today in an open letter to the heads of state who will attend the 52nd General...
October 3, 2022
News
Americas
Asylum
US authorities have subjected Haitian asylum seekers to arbitrary detention and discriminatory and humiliating ill-treatment that amounts to race-based torture, said Amnesty International today in the new report, ‘They Did Not Treat Us Like People’: Race and Migration-Related Torture and Other...
September 22, 2022