This is a submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in response to the call for input to inform the thematic report on the issue of children and young human rights defenders. The report will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2024. It is...

Amnesty International is concerned for the safety and wellbeing of Adilur Rahman Khan upon his return to Bangladesh, following a concerning incident during a Universal Periodic Review (UPR) side event on 13 November. The panel discussion was disrupted, and verbal attacks were made by those who are...

Despite Nigeria’s ratification of human rights treaties and commitments at international and regional level and accompanying obligations to respect, protect, promote and fulfil human rights, the country continues to face worsening human rights crises across its territory. Amnesty International is...

This report highlights the human rights violations that have occurred in the context of the continuing relocation of thousands of residents from the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Angkor in Cambodia between 2022 and 2023. The report also assesses the actions and responsibilities of the Cambodian...

The Zimbabwean authorities must immediately address the escalating cases of abductions, arbitrary detention, torture and killing of parliament members, opposition political activists, and human rights defenders, Amnesty International, Southern Defenders and Human Rights Watch said today. The...

Amnesty International is calling for an immediate and unconditional release of Roman Ivanov, journalist from Korolev, Moscow Oblast, who is standing trial on charges of “public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of Russian Armed Forces abroad committed with the motive of...

The climate emergency is an unprecedented global human rights crisis. Fossil fuel combustion is the primary cause of climate change, which has been settled science for decades. This briefing provides examples of how the production, transformation and use of fossil fuels – enabled and prolonged by...

On 14 November 2023, Cameroon’s human rights record will be reviewed at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). On this occasion, Amnesty International and different civil society organizations of Cameroon are calling publicly on the UN member...

On 13 November 2023, Amnesty International submitted a third-party intervention to the Belfast High Court in a legal challenge brought by several victims of the Northern Ireland conflict to the UK Government’s Northern Ireland (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023. Martina Dillon, John McEvoy, and...

This document has been prepared by Amnesty International, Anti-Slavery International, Clean Clothes Campaign, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, European Coalition for Corporate Justice and International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and to provide recommendations on material...

Three years after the publication of its last report on the situation of violence against human rights defenders in Colombia, Amnesty International has again analyzed the context and assessed state actions to address the crisis, particularly with regard to the collective protection of individuals...

This document provides Amnesty International’s assessment of progress made by Andorra towards implementation of recommendations on human rights concerns including Human Rights Defenders, Freedom of Expression, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Equality and non-discrimination, Ratification and/or...