An Administrative Tribunal appeal decision issued on 9 February overturned the Paris Prefecture of Police’s ban on a protest organised by women footballers, confirming that the protest should have been able to proceed as planned. The protest organizers had already called off the event in light of...

Ahead of the 2022 Presidential election in the Republic of Korea (ROK), Amnesty International calls upon the presidential candidates to respect, protect, fulfill, and promote human rights for all. The presidential candidates should publicly commit to meeting ROK’s international human rights...

South Sudanese authorities should urgently advance and implement a comprehensive human rights agenda to improve the human rights in the country and address impunity, end repression and ensure rights protection, the South Sudan Human Rights Defenders Network, Amnesty International and Human Rights...

Since independence from Sudan in 2011, South Sudan has faced the challenge of respecting, protecting and fulfilling the full panoply of human rights that come with the responsibility of being a sovereign state. It has consistently ranked towards the bottom of global human development indexes. The...

Amnesty International’s feedback to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) draft General Recommendation on the rights of Indigenous women and girls. The feedback in this submission is focused on specific issues that we hope the Committee will address in the final...

On 23 December 2021, Egyptian human rights activist and filmmaker Sanaa Seif was released after serving an unjust 18-month prison term in Al-Qanater Prison for women, solely stemming from her peaceful exercise of her human rights. Sanaa Seif was convicted on bogus charges of spreading “false news”,...

On 19 October 2001, the human rights defender Digna Ochoa was killed in her offices in Mexico City. The heinous crime shocked Mexican society and the international community. Digna was one of the most emblematic leaders in the defence of human rights in Mexico, in a particularly complex context....

One year after the ruling of Poland’s discredited Constitutional Tribunal banning access to abortion in almost all circumstances took effect, its devastating impact on the lives of women and all those in need of abortion care continues. The ruling has increased the extreme barriers women seeking...

This report, based on in-depth interviews with sex workers, experts and representatives of the Irish authorities, provides insights into sex workers’ human rights in Ireland, in particular their right to safety and freedom from violence. It shows that criminalization of aspects of sex work in...

SEX WORKERS IN IRELAND DEMAND THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS Women’s rights and gender equality issues have exploded into public consciousness in recent years, with the #MeToo movement galvanizing millions of people worldwide to demand change. But one demographic facing such human rights violations every day...

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This submission has been prepared ahead of the adoption of the List of Issues Prior to Reporting (LOIPR) for Greece by the UN Committee Against Torture in April and May 2022. The information included in this submission is a non-exhaustive selection of Amnesty International’s concerns regarding...