Research
Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories
Human Rights Defenders and Activists
This written amicus curiae brief was submitted to the Israeli Supreme Court by Amnesty International in Administrative Appeal 2966/19 Human Rights Watch et al. v. Minister of Interior et al. Amnesty International submits that upholding the District Court’s decision to confirm the authorities’...
July 18, 2019
Research
Death Penalty
These written observations have been submitted to the European Court of Human Rights by Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in the case of Al-Hawsawi v Lithuania. The case concerns the applicant’s allegations that Lithuania let the United States Central...
July 16, 2019
Research
Justice Systems
These written observations were submitted to the European Court of Human Rights by Amnesty International in the case of Muhammad & Muhammad v Romania. The observations primarily focus on the use of classified material in ‘closed’ judicial proceedings (i.e. proceedings in which one...
July 16, 2019
Research
Internet and Social Media
These written observations have been submitted to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights by Amnesty International, Liberty, Privacy International and other human rights organisations, in a case concerning the UK government’s mass surveillance practices (Big Brother Watch and...
July 3, 2019
Research
Justice Systems
These submissions are made by Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists and the Turkey Litigation Support Project as a third-party intervention in the case of Piskin v Turkey at the European Court of Human Rights. The case raises significant questions regarding procedural...
June 26, 2019
Research
Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories
Technology and Human Rights
On 14 May 2019, Israeli petitioners will be appealing the Israeli Ministry of Defense’s decision to not revoke NSO Group’s export license in relation to the targeting of an Amnesty International staff member. Amnesty International will be supporting this petition by submitting this...
May 13, 2019
Research
Poland
Detention
In this document, Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists submit additional observations on: B) the rendition and secret detention programme involved multiple egregious breaches of Contracting Parties’ Convention obligations; C) state responsibility for co-operation in the...
February 15, 2013