Six months of human rights successes
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Ghana: HRC53: Oral statement Item 6: Consideration of UPR reports
On the occasion of the 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council (19 June to 14 July 2023), Amnesty International made a statement regarding the state of human rights in the Republic of Ghana.
Mexico: Rushing Headfirst into an Abyss of Human Rights?: Amnesty International submission to the 45th session of the UPR Working Group, January-February 2024
In this submission, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations previously made to Mexico, including in relation to violence against women and girls, arbitrary arrest and detention, the national human rights commission, freedom of opinion and expression and accountability....
Sri Lanka: HRC53 Oral Statement: Item 6: Consideration of UPR reports
Oral statement at Item 6 Consideration of UPR reports: Sri Lanka at the 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council from 19 June to 14 July 2023.
Pakistan: Oral Statement on the consideration of UPR reports at the UN Human Rights Council 53rd Session 19 June to 14 July
Amnesty International’s Oral Statement to the UN Human Rights Council at their 53rd Session which took place from 19 June to 14 July
Republic of Korea: Oral Statement Item 6: Consideration of UPR report
See below the Oral Statement Item 6: Consideration of UPR reports: Republic of Korea.
Submission to the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
The surveillance-based business models of Big Tech companies such as Google and Meta are the root cause of harmful content proliferation on their platforms. This business model is based on algorithms that amplify hateful and harmful content, which can create echo chambers of hateful content that...
Switzerland: HRC53 Oral Statement: Item 6: Consideration of UPR reports
Our NGO coalition welcomes the engagement of Switzerland with the UPR in an overall constructive spirit of using the UPR to improve the human rights situation in the country. However, we regret that on several key human rights challenges, federal and cantonal authorities failed to engage in a...
BURUNDI: NO END IN SIGHT FOR CLAMPDOWN ON FREE SPEECH
During its recent Universal Periodic Review, Burundi received many recommendations to end reprisals against human rights defenders and journalists, which Amnesty International urges it to accept and implement.
Syria: UN Security Council must renew cross-border aid for at least one year to avert humanitarian catastrophe
The UN Security Council (UNSC) must renew authorization of the UN cross-border mechanism before it expires on 10 July and do so for at least one year to ensure a sustainable humanitarian relief operation, Amnesty International said today. The mechanism is the sole route that allows UN aid to be...
Venezuela: Continuing grave human rights violations reinforce the need for maintaining scrutiny by international accountability mechanisms
Oral statement delivered during the Interactive dialogue on the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council.
Yemen: HRC53 oral statement on the impact of casualty recording
Amnesty International condemns the continued failure of all parties to the conflict in Yemen to ensure justice and access to effective remedies for victims and survivors of violations of international law committed since the outbreak of the conflict. We urge this Council to ensure the prompt...