This year, the state host for the 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is the United Arab Emirates. To have a successful COP28 that takes humanity off the path of climate crisis, the conference requires open civic space for criticism and...

After the Taliban seized control of Kabul in August 2021, the human rights situation of women and girls in Afghanistan deteriorated severely, despite the Taliban’s initial promise to respect women’s and girls’ rights. The Taliban have been increasingly introducing new restrictions with the apparent...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers and refugees living in one of Kenya’s biggest refugee camps routinely suffer hate crimes, violence, including rape, and other serious human rights abuses, the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) and...

Amnesty International presents this document to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on the eve of the adoption of the list of questions in the third periodic report on Honduras regarding application of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The document emphasizes Amnesty...

Amnesty International presents this submission in advance of the review of Spain’s ninth periodic report on measures taken to implement the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. It focuses on sexual and gender-based violence, including barriers to justice as...

The European Coalition on Sex Workers’ Rights and Inclusion presents this submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in advance of the review of Spain’s ninth periodic report on measures taken to implement the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of...

Severe violations of human rights continue unabated in both Algeria and Morocco, while many laws in each country are far from aligned with international standards, Amnesty International said today, following the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Reviews (UPR) of each country’s human...

In this submission Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Germany in its previous UPR, assesses the national human rights framework with regard to national legislation on privacy, police and assembly laws and on sexual and reproductive rights. Amnesty...

•     The number of migrant children crossing the dangerous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama on foot hit an all-time high, with UNICEF counting 32,488 children from January to October.

Amnesty International welcomes Ecuador´s support for 164 recommendations of the 174 directed to it during its fourth Universal Periodic Review. We encourage Ecuador to implement supported recommendations as soon as possible. We urge the government to submit a mid-term report on progress towards...

Woman human rights defender, Vanessa Mendoza Cortés, could soon stand trial for speaking out for women’s rights in Andorra, including abortion rights, before a UN expert body in 2019. She faces a heavy fine and a criminal record if convicted. The authorities should drop the charge against Vanessa...

Ahead of tomorrow’s appeal (20 February 2023) trial at a Nabeul Appeal court of two members of the LGBTI community in Tunisia, a transgender woman and a gay man, convicted of homosexuality and sentenced by a lower court, on 21 December 2022 to three and one year in prison respectively, Amna...