In this submission, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Nigeria in its previous UPR in 2018, including in relation to enforced disappearances, human rights violations by the security forces, torture and other ill-treatment, gender-based violence and gender...

Responding to news that the US is to transfer cluster munitions to Ukraine, Patrick Wilcken, Amnesty International’s Researcher on Military, Security and Policing issues said: “Amnesty International has long stressed that cluster munitions are inherently indiscriminate weapons which have caused...

Sudan’s bordering countries must immediately lift entry restrictions for individuals fleeing the conflict in the country and ensure access to protection and safety for about half a million people who have already fled, Amnesty International said today. Between 9 May and 16 June, Amnesty...

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...

Cameroonian authorities must act to end the violence against the population and conduct thorough investigations into the killings, acts of torture, rapes, burning of houses and other atrocities committed in the Anglophone regions, said Amnesty International today in a damning new report that...

Ahead of a vote at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on 29 June on the establishment of an independent, international institution to clarify the fate and whereabouts of tens of thousands of missing and forcibly disappeared people in Syria since 2011, Amnesty International’s...

Amnesty International publishes the following letter received from the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 8 June 2023 in response to a letter sent by the organization on 19 May 2023 regarding the fate and whereabouts of at least 643 men and boys who were forcibly disappeared in June 2016 by the...

Responding to reports of escalating violence in West Darfur in recent days, including attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Arab militias on non-Arab residents of the region, Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, said: “Amnesty...

The UN Human Rights Council has a duty to respond rapidly to crises, in exercise of its mandate to protect human rights and prevent further violations. Strong Council action can complement, rather than conflict with, other political processes and other efforts to resolve the conflict.

Despite the Saudi authorities’ commitment to end their use of the death penalty against children under 18 at the time of the crime, seven young men are at risk of imminent execution after an appeals court confirmed their punishment, Amnesty International said today. Their execution would mark a...

As the consequences of the Kakhovka dam destruction continue to unfold, the occupying Russian forces have been endangering lives in flood-afflicted areas following the destruction of the dam, while upstream water shortages and an upheaval  of livelihoods point to an impending ecological and...

The criminal complaint filed today before the Argentine federal courts by relatives of victims of crimes against humanity and the Clooney Foundation for Justice, regarding crimes under international law committed by the Venezuelan authorities, is an important step towards guaranteeing the rights to...