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...

Older people, who make up one-fourth of Ukraine’s population, have faced unique violations of their human rights since Russia’s full-scale invasion. Disproportionately among those killed or injured during the conflict, they also struggle in displacement to access housing, support services, and...

In advance of the 14th session of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWGA) in 2024, the co-facilitators of an intersessional working group of OEWGA sent a questionnaire to member states, national human rights institutions, and non-governmental organizations with ECOSOC status regarding...

**Update: On 14 November it was confirmed that Vivian Silver had been killed in the 7 October attack by Hamas and other armed groups on her home in Be’eri Kibbutz. Her family initially believed she had been abducted by armed groups and was being held hostage in Gaza.** Amnesty International...

The World Bank, as one of the major global funders of social protection systems has a key role to play in realizing the right to social security for all. This briefing calls on the World Bank to act in line with its human rights responsibilities and commitment to universal social protection, and...

Amnesty International welcomes the focus of the draft resolution currently tabled at the Human Rights Council on the right of older persons to live free of violence, abuse, and neglect, and calls on member states to support the establishment of an international treaty on the rights of older...

Amnesty International co-sponsors the Oral Joint Statement led by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) delivered during the Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the Enjoyment of All Human Rights by Older Persons delivered under Item 3 at the 54th...

The Lebanese authorities must immediately halt all prosecutions of journalists, human rights defenders, activists, and others who are critical of state officials, Amnesty International today, as the organization launches #MyOpinionIsNotaCrime, a new campaign that calls on the Lebanese Parliament to...

Multiple crises – including armed conflict, climate change, economic instability and inequality, and the enduring impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic – have had catastrophic consequences on people’s economic and social rights. These crises also highlight the importance of international cooperation and...

In a world facing multiple crises and increasingly vulnerable to climate shocks, the right to social security can play a critical role in protecting people from poverty and the violation of other human rights. Amnesty International joins a growing coalition of experts and civil society...

The February 2023 earthquakes in southern Türkiye – the worst in the country’s modern history – devastated entire communities. More than 48,000 people were killed and over 100,000 others were injured. Many of them lost limbs and sustained other life-changing injuries. Amnesty International examined...

Amnesty International welcomes the opportunity to provide written input pertaining to the upcoming day of general discussion by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies. Over the past five years, Amnesty...