Amnesty International delivered an oral statement before the UN Human Rights Council during the General Debate on Item 3 (Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development). The statement focuses on the rights of...

Governments use tax to ensure sustainable funding for social programmes, and for public investments to promote equitable growth and development. Taxation is thus an essential element of a government’s ability to implement its policies and programmes. Tax matters for human rights because taxes are...

The President Javier Milei vetoed on 2 September a bill that had been passed by Congress to improve pensions for the older people given the large loss of purchasing power they have suffered in recent months. We urge the Congress to insist on approving the law as a measure towards the guarantee of a...

Amnesty International submits this briefing in advance of the examination of Ukraine by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) during its 31st session from 12 August to 5 Sep 2024. In this document, Amnesty International sets out its concerns about the implementation of the...

In this submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Amnesty International highlights human rights concerns in care homes for older people during the Covid-19-pandemic and barriers limiting people with disabilities’ ability to live autonomous and independent lives. The...

On 28 June, Argentina’s Congress approved the bill “Ley de Bases”, but removed the articles that threatened the right to social security and an adequate standard of living for older people.

Amnesty International is campaigning for a UN convention on the rights of older persons. Human rights are protected through international legal treaties (often called conventions or covenants), which states become a party to, committing themselves to certain obligations. Amnesty International...

This submission, coordinated by the Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ) with the support of the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad) and signed by over 220 civil society organizations – including Amnesty International – and trade unions, is a joint response to the zero draft Terms...

Amnesty International has launched Age Loud! Demand a world where human rights last a lifetime, a new campaign calling on all of us to listen to the voices of older people and ensure respect for their fundamental rights. As a global human rights movement, Amnesty International is dedicated to...

A proposal bill seeking to eliminate the moratoriums pension can be approved by the Senate in coming days. It would impact older people’s rights, especially of women and informal workers. We call for human rights scrutiny and to reject alternatives harming equal access to pensions and the dignified...

Cecile de Ryckel, 78, Belgium Cecile is a lifelong activist working on anti-racism and climate change. Why did you become an activist? After a homelessness crisis amongst migrants in Belgium in 2015, my husband and I hosted two people from Ethiopia who the authorities had left to sleep in a city...

This document provides recommendations for parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and to the Paris Agreement which would help put human rights front and centre of all climate action and decision making at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan in November 2024. To do so will result in...