Amnesty International provides the below information to the UN Human Rights Committee in advance of its consideration of the second periodic report of Türkiye at the 142nd session of the Committee to be held between 14 October and 8 November 2024.
Amnesty International welcomes the adoption of the Declaration on the Protection of Persons with Albinism by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) on 17 August 2024 at its summit in Harare, Zimbabwe. We urge SADC member states to follow through and effectively implement the commitments...
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...
Between 29 July and 7 August 2024, over two thousand people were arrested for protesting or being seen as critical of the government. Most of the detainees are young people, including at least 105 aged between 13 and 17. At least 16 people with disabilities, such as visual or hearing impairments,...
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...
Displaced older people with disabilities in Ukraine are physically and financially unable to access adequate housing and care amid Russia’s ongoing invasion, sometimes leaving few alternatives to being placed in residential institutions, Amnesty International said in a new report today ahead of the...