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...

On 28 June 2023, Amnesty International filed written submissions to the European Court of Human Rights in the case of CCIF v France. Amnesty International’s submission is motivated by a longstanding concern that freedom of association is subject to excessive restriction in many country contexts,...

An oral statement on Item 2: Interactive Dialogue with the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel, delivered during UN Human Rights Council, 53d session.

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...

A 21-year-old Palestinian medical student killed by a “precision-guided” Israeli bomb while studying; a four-year-old Palestinian girl killed in her sleep during an Israeli air strike; a young Palestinian woman living with a disability left without her electric wheelchair when Israeli bombs...

In response to the destruction of the dam at Kakhovka hydroelectric power station in a part of southern Ukraine occupied by Russia, Marie Struthers, Regional Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: “While towns and villages in downstream Dnipro river are going under water, the human and...

Responding to the decision by the Appeals Chamber of the UN’s International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals to confirm the guilty verdicts for former Serbian state security officials Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović, and raise their prison sentences from 12 to 15 years each, Amnesty...

States agree landmark treaty to help deliver justice to victims of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes

The victims of the late Chadian President Hissène Habré have yet to receive court-ordered reparations, seven years after his landmark conviction in Senegal in 2016, seven Chadian and international organizations said today. Just days before the anniversary, two more victims’ leaders passed away. On...

States must adopt a landmark treaty to strengthen international legal cooperation in the investigation of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes to improve victims’ access to justice and reparations, Amnesty International said before the start of a high-level conference on an accord.

Most of the recommendations raised in this paper, which revises and updates the 2020 Amnesty International Recommendations for a Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance, have already been addressed to the attention of states during the drafting process. Amnesty International encourages all states to...