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...

This submission gives Amnesty International’s views on opportunities, best practices, actionable solutions, challenges and barriers relevant to the topic of the second dialogue under the UNFCCC United Arab Emirates Just Transition Work Programme (JTWP) on “ensuring support for people-centric and...

Public statement on the adoption of the Terms of Reference for drafting a UN Framework Tax Convention.

New World Bank data in Lebanon reveal alarming figures of over 70 percent of the population experiencing multidimensional poverty. This highlights the failures of World Bank and EU-backed means-tested social security – which covers only about one-fifth of the population – to adequately address this...

Marginalized groups, including women and LGBTI people, face threats to their human rights due to extensive and improper data collection practices that do not reflect their individual realities. Governments justify such data grab tactics as a cost-saving solution to roll-out automated systems in the...

Social assistance benefits are the ‘last social safety net’ in Austria – that is, financial support for those who do not have other means or sufficient income to secure their livelihood. They are crucial for alleviating poverty in Austria. In 2019, the government of Austria introduced the so-called...

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...

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...

Chinese and Hong Kong students studying abroad are living in fear of intimidation, harassment and surveillance as Chinese authorities seek to prevent them engaging with “sensitive” or political issues. This climate of fear on campuses in Europe and North America is the result of Chinese...

Authorities in Nepal are failing to protect Dalits, particularly women and girls, from systemic and widespread caste-based discrimination. This report documents the experience of systemic caste-based discrimination in Nepal and the challenges they face in accessing justice as the Nepali...

Today, on International Workers’ Day, we call attention to the findings of the report Southern Africa: “Cross-border is our livelihood. It is our job.” and its connection to this year’s theme of ‘Social Justice and Decent Work for All’. The report highlights systemic state failures in upholding the...

Governments must ensure automated social protection systems are fit for purpose and do not prevent people eligible for welfare from receiving it, Amnesty International said today as it published a technical explainer on the underlying technology behind Samagra Vedika, an algorithmic system that has...