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
News
Lebanon
Censorship and Freedom of Expression
The Lebanese authorities must immediately halt all prosecutions of journalists, human rights defenders, activists, and others who are critical of state officials, Amnesty International today, as the organization launches #MyOpinionIsNotaCrime, a new campaign that calls on the Lebanese Parliament to...
August 8, 2023
Research
Armed Conflict
Multiple crises – including armed conflict, climate change, economic instability and inequality, and the enduring impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic – have had catastrophic consequences on people’s economic and social rights. These crises also highlight the importance of international cooperation and...
June 5, 2023
Research
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
In a world facing multiple crises and increasingly vulnerable to climate shocks, the right to social security can play a critical role in protecting people from poverty and the violation of other human rights. Amnesty International joins a growing coalition of experts and civil society...
May 10, 2023
Research
Europe and Central Asia
Discrimination
The February 2023 earthquakes in southern Türkiye – the worst in the country’s modern history – devastated entire communities. More than 48,000 people were killed and over 100,000 others were injured. Many of them lost limbs and sustained other life-changing injuries. Amnesty International examined...
April 26, 2023
Research
Afghanistan
Armed Conflict
Amnesty International welcomes the opportunity to provide written input pertaining to the upcoming day of general discussion by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies. Over the past five years, Amnesty...
March 13, 2023
Research
Europe and Central Asia
Business and Human Rights
The catastrophic earthquakes that devastated southeastern Türkiye and northern Syria on 6 February and again on 20 February require a committed and sustained global humanitarian response. To date, the combined death toll is over 46,000 and climbing. Hundreds of thousands have been left homeless and...
February 23, 2023
News
Europe and Central Asia
Armed Conflict
Older people in Ukraine have been disproportionately impacted by death and injury during Russia’s invasion and are unable to access housing on an equal basis with others after being displaced, Amnesty International said in a new report today. The report, ‘I used to have a home’: Older people’s...
December 6, 2022
Research
Russia
Discrimination
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which has been marked by a flagrant disregard for civilian life, has had a devastating impact on older people. This report shows how older people have made up a disproportionate number of civilian deaths and injuries. It also shows how intersecting...
December 6, 2022
Campaigns
Ukraine
Discrimination
Olga Perekopaiko, a volunteer with Kyiv’s chat “Help to Ba and De” (short for babushka and dedushka – ‘granny’ and ‘grandpa’ in Russian) talked to Amnesty International in the early days of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, about the ways in which Russia’s war against Ukraine has...
June 21, 2022