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Amnesty International
Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. Its mission is to undertake research and action focussed on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights. Amnesty International has more than a million members and supporters in over 140 countries and territories. It is impartial and independent of any government, political persuasion or religious creed. It is financed largely by subscriptions and donations from its worldwide membership.
Website: www.amnesty.org
- Afghanistan 78
- Albania 6
- Algeria 13
- Angola 24
- Argentina 11
- Armenia 4
- Australia 13
- Austria 4
- Azerbaijan 78
- Bahrain 183
- Bangladesh 42
- Barbados 1
- Belarus 52
- Benin 2
- Bolivia 6
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 19
- Botswana 2
- Brazil 51
- Brunei Darussalam 1
- Bulgaria 6
- Burkina Faso 11
- Burundi 18
- Cambodia 41
- Cameroon 18
- Central African Republic 45
- Chad 26
- Chile 19
- China 216
- Colombia 96
- Comoros 1
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 40
- Congo, Republic of the 11
- Croatia 10
- Cuba 53
- Cyprus 5
- Czech Republic 15
- Côte d'Ivoire 11
- Denmark 3
- Dominican Republic 39
- Ecuador 10
- Egypt 294
- El Salvador 31
- Equatorial Guinea 12
- Eritrea 14
- Ethiopia 35
- Fiji 8
- Finland 1
- France 19
- Gambia 46
- Georgia 14
- Germany 3
- Ghana 6
- Greece 34
- Guatemala 54
- Guinea 10
- Guinea-Bissau 4
- Guyana 1
- Haiti 38
- Honduras 40
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 9
- Hungary 15
- India 82
- Indonesia 73
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 278
- Iraq 114
- Ireland 2
- Israel 123
- Italy 27
- Jamaica 11
- Japan 10
- Jordan 22
- Kazakhstan 12
- Kenya 41
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 23
- Korea, Republic of 21
- Kuwait 20
- Kyrgyzstan 11
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 4
- Latvia 5
- Lebanon 24
- Lesotho 6
- Liberia 1
- Libya 105
- Lithuania 11
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 2
- Madagascar 3
- Malawi 17
- Malaysia 61
- Maldives 18
- Mali 15
- Malta 1
- Mauritania 13
- Mexico 151
- Moldova, Republic of 10
- Mongolia 7
- Montenegro 4
- Morocco 38
- Mozambique 10
- Myanmar 75
- Nauru 3
- Nepal 19
- Netherlands 2
- Nicaragua 10
- Niger 6
- Nigeria 79
- Norway 2
- Oman 14
- Pakistan 84
- Palestine, State of 137
- Panama 4
- Papua New Guinea 20
- Paraguay 21
- Peru 19
- Philippines 31
- Poland 4
- Puerto Rico 1
- Qatar 25
- Romania 14
- Russian Federation 162
- Rwanda 12
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 1
- Saudi Arabia 153
- Senegal 6
- Serbia 41
- Sierra Leone 17
- Singapore 13
- Slovakia 10
- Slovenia 3
- Somalia 45
- South Africa 28
- South Sudan 27
- Spain 9
- Sri Lanka 93
- Sudan 90
- Suriname 3
- Swaziland 10
- Sweden 1
- Syrian Arab Republic 268
- Tajikistan 13
- Tanzania, United Republic of 3
- Thailand 44
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 12
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 4
- Togo 4
- Trinidad and Tobago 1
- Tunisia 70
- Turkey 81
- Turkmenistan 12
- Uganda 38
- Ukraine 92
- United Arab Emirates 45
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8
- United States of America 12
- Uruguay 5
- Uzbekistan 19
- Venezuela 42
- Viet Nam 30
- Western Sahara Territory 10
- Yemen 96
- Zambia 12
- Zimbabwe 89
- Abduction 91
- Abuse of psychiatry 12
- Access to procedures 16
- Access to water 9
- Acts of persecution 3
- Adivasis 2
- Administrative courts 1
- Africans 9
- Afro-Colombians 1
- Ahmadis 8
- Ahwazi 9
- Alawi 1
- Albanians 1
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 6
- Amazonian Indians 1
- Anti-terrorism law 28
- Appeal / Right to appeal 21
- Arabs 11
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 816
- Armed attacks on camps 11
- Armed forces / Military 169
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 157
- Armenian 1
- Arrival 1
- Asylum policy 3
- Asylum-migration nexus 11
- Asylum-seekers 82
- Awá 1
- Azeri 1
- Baha'i 7
- Bail 3
- Baluchis 2
- Bedoon 14
- Border conflict 9
- Border controls 10
- Border crossers 10
- Bosnian 1
- Buddhist 9
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 5
- Camp management 3
- Catholic 2
- Ceasefire 8
- Cessation clauses 1
- Chechen 18
- Child soldiers 11
- Children's rights 44
- Children-at-risk 71
- Christian 25
- Circassians 1
- Civil and political rights 89
- Civil war 22
- Combatants / Former combatants 3
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 30
- Community development 1
- Confidentiality 1
- Conflict prevention 3
- Conflict resolution 66
- Conflict situation 116
- Constitutional law 2
- Contemporary forms of slavery 7
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 5
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
- Convention refugee 1
- Copts 5
- Corruption 27
- Country of origin information (COI) 1
- Coup d'état 16
- Crime prevention 2
- Crimean Tatars 4
- Crimes against humanity 80
- Crimes against peace 1
- Criminal justice 273
- Czechs 1
- Dalit 1
- Death in custody 58
- Death penalty 449
- Death squads 4
- Demobilization / Disarmament 8
- Democracy 18
- Denial of nationality 2
- Denial of refugee status 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 81
- Disappeared persons 195
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 53
- Domestic violence 11
- Drug trafficking 10
- Druze 2
- Economic, social and cultural rights 16
- Effective protection 5
- Effective remedy 229
- Egyptians 1
- Election law 3
- Elections 93
- Embargo 18
- Emergency legislation 6
- Entry / Exit 1
- Enxet 1
- Equal opportunities 2
- Equality before the law 1
- Eritreans 1
- Ethiopians 1
- Ethnic cleansing 3
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 4
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 1
- Exiles 8
- Expulsion 8
- Extradition 29
- Extrajudicial executions 208
- Extreme poverty 4
- Falun Gong 3
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 1
- Filipinos 1
- Flight by land, air or sea 3
- Forced labour 11
- Forced marriage 4
- Forced relocation 13
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 30
- Foreign occupation 22
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 589
- Freedom of assembly and association 748
- Freedom of conscience 176
- Freedom of expression 1,165
- Freedom of information 711
- Freedom of movement 38
- Freedom of religion 79
- Freedom of speech 614
- Fulani 1
- Gang related violence 5
- Gender discrimination 40
- Gender-based persecution 18
- Generalized violence 5
- Genocide 24
- Good governance 92
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 3
- HIV and AIDS 7
- Haitians 12
- Harmful traditional practices 13
- Hazara 2
- Hindu 1
- Hmong 1
- Honour killings 3
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 182
- Human Rights Council 9
- Human rights activists 826
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 486
- Human rights courts 2
- Human rights law 8
- Human rights monitors 67
- Humanitarian assistance 47
- Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 1
- Hutus 4
- IDP camps 13
- Illegal entry 1
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 3
- Immigrants 2
- Immigration Detention 26
- Immigration control after entry 1
- Immunity 24
- Impunity 293
- Independence of judiciary 21
- Indigenous persons 101
- Integration 2
- Internal armed conflict 191
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 113
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) 3
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 3
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 2
- International armed conflict 35
- International courts and tribunals 36
- International criminal law 17
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 46
- Involuntary repatriation 1
- Iranians 6
- Jehovah's Witness 1
- Jew 2
- Jurisdiction 1
- Juvenile justice system 16
- Kachin 2
- Karen 1
- Kurd 44
- Labour law 1
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2
- Laws relating to religion 3
- Legal representation / Legal aid 17
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 147
- Livelihoods 5
- Mapuche 2
- Maternal and child health care 19
- Medical screening 4
- Mental health 2
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
- Migrant rights 48
- Migrants 90
- Military courts 64
- Military law 19
- Military operations 64
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 18
- Minorities 29
- Minority rights 20
- Mongols 1
- Multiple nationality 2
- Muslim 38
- National security / Public order 22
- Non-refoulement 12
- Non-state agents of persecution 8
- Nuba 1
- Older persons 4
- One-child policy / Family planning 2
- Opposition 201
- Orthodox Christian 1
- Palestinian 77
- Papuans 5
- Peace agreements 11
- Peace process 9
- Peacekeeping 24
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 39
- Persecution based on political opinion 350
- Persecution of family members 4
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 83
- Persons not in need of international protection 1
- Persons with disabilities 4
- Physical harm 1
- Piracy 1
- Poles 1
- Police 184
- Political groups 59
- Political parties 119
- Political situation 386
- Polygamy 1
- Pre-trial detention 36
- Presbyterian 1
- Prevention of discrimination 5
- Prison or detention conditions 257
- Prisoners of war 1
- Property restitution 10
- Prosecution vs persecution 16
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 7
- Protection of camps 4
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 178
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 227
- Public health 12
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 15
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 10
- Ratification 1
- Reception 8
- Reconciliation 10
- Referendum 6
- Refoulement 6
- Refugee / Asylum law 4
- Refugee camps 24
- Refugee identity documents 1
- Refugee seamen 11
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 1
- Refugees 138
- Registration 1
- Rejected asylum-seekers 8
- Rejection at border 5
- Religious discrimination 36
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 24
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 6
- Resettlement 9
- Residence permits / Residency 3
- Return conditions 3
- Returnees 4
- Right to a nationality 9
- Right to education 28
- Right to employment 2
- Right to family life 4
- Right to food 13
- Right to health 39
- Right to justice 106
- Right to leave 1
- Right to liberty and security 7
- Right to life 31
- Right to registration at birth 1
- Right to seek asylum 19
- Right to self-determination 7
- Rights of non-citizens 2
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 6
- Roma 66
- Romanians 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 216
- SGBV 101
- Sabean Mandean 1
- Saharawis 6
- Secondary movement 2
- Security forces 309
- Security situation 530
- Serb 1
- Serious non-political crime 2
- Sexual and reproductive rights 26
- Sharia law 6
- Shia 48
- Sinhalese 1
- Small arms 11
- Smuggling of persons 3
- Social group discrimination 19
- Social group persecution 7
- Somalis 9
- Standard of proof 1
- State of emergency 24
- State protection 8
- Statelessness 13
- Sufi 1
- Sunni 15
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 2
- Tamil 16
- Tatars 5
- Terrorism 125
- Threats / Intimidation 20
- Tibetan 12
- Torture 138
- Trafficking in persons 2
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 15
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 3
- Tuareg 1
- Tutsis 3
- Uighur 31
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 6
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 7
- Uzbek 7
- War crimes 140
- Witchcraft 1
- Witnesses 2
- Women's rights 166
- Women-at-risk 59
- Yazīdī 2
- Zoroastrian 1
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