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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
- Annual Reports 3,634
- Commentaries 4
- Concluding Observations 1
- Conference Reports 2
- Country Briefing Folders 3
- Country News 5,201
- Country Profiles 2
- Country Reports 2,266
- Country/Situation Specific Position Papers 1
- Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae 4
- General Comments/Recommendations 3
- Handbooks/Manuals 2
- Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries 16
- Memoranda 3
- Policy/Position Papers 1
- Presidential Statements 4
- Regional Reports 12
- Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations 2
- Sessional Reports 39
- Speeches/Statements 393
- Thematic Reports 27
- Training Manuals 1
- Afghanistan 172
- Albania 59
- Algeria 64
- Angola 67
- Antigua and Barbuda 2
- Argentina 59
- Armenia 56
- Australia 52
- Austria 53
- Azerbaijan 139
- Bahamas 30
- Bahrain 236
- Bangladesh 94
- Barbados 6
- Belarus 121
- Belgium 42
- Belize 15
- Benin 18
- Bhutan 17
- Bolivia 42
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 91
- Botswana 10
- Brazil 102
- Brunei Darussalam 7
- Bulgaria 64
- Burkina Faso 36
- Burundi 83
- Cambodia 107
- Cameroon 52
- Canada 30
- Central African Republic 79
- Chad 74
- Chile 61
- China 348
- Colombia 184
- Comoros 8
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 122
- Congo, Republic of the 39
- Costa Rica 4
- Croatia 75
- Cuba 95
- Cyprus 35
- Czech Republic 60
- Côte d'Ivoire 55
- Denmark 32
- Djibouti 10
- Dominica 2
- Dominican Republic 77
- Ecuador 47
- Egypt 390
- El Salvador 60
- Equatorial Guinea 49
- Eritrea 48
- Estonia 25
- Ethiopia 92
- Fiji 30
- Finland 34
- France 78
- Gabon 2
- Gambia 82
- Georgia 76
- Germany 60
- Ghana 39
- Greece 107
- Grenada 5
- Guatemala 115
- Guinea 48
- Guinea-Bissau 33
- Guyana 26
- Haiti 92
- Holy See (Vatican City State) 1
- Honduras 79
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 31
- Hungary 61
- Iceland 1
- India 163
- Indonesia 183
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 363
- Iraq 213
- Ireland 34
- Israel 201
- Italy 87
- Jamaica 52
- Japan 51
- Jordan 63
- Kazakhstan 64
- Kenya 101
- Kiribati 1
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 72
- Korea, Republic of 70
- Kuwait 55
- Kyrgyzstan 65
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 41
- Latvia 40
- Lebanon 74
- Lesotho 20
- Liberia 51
- Libya 168
- Lithuania 41
- Luxembourg 6
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 11
- Madagascar 14
- Malawi 40
- Malaysia 107
- Maldives 46
- Mali 46
- Malta 25
- Mauritania 47
- Mauritius 7
- Mexico 214
- Moldova, Republic of 55
- Mongolia 32
- Montenegro 72
- Morocco 84
- Mozambique 44
- Myanmar 154
- Namibia 22
- Nauru 6
- Nepal 72
- Netherlands 23
- New Zealand 16
- Nicaragua 37
- Niger 36
- Nigeria 170
- Norway 16
- Oman 31
- Pakistan 155
- Palau 1
- Palestine, State of 227
- Panama 16
- Papua New Guinea 57
- Paraguay 56
- Peru 67
- Philippines 72
- Poland 39
- Portugal 46
- Puerto Rico 16
- Qatar 62
- Romania 77
- Russian Federation 271
- Rwanda 70
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 5
- Saint Lucia 5
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5
- Samoa 2
- Sao Tome and Principe 1
- Saudi Arabia 215
- Senegal 50
- Serbia 141
- Seychelles 1
- Sierra Leone 68
- Singapore 44
- Slovakia 57
- Slovenia 34
- Solomon Islands 13
- Somalia 102
- South Africa 65
- South Sudan 52
- Spain 70
- Sri Lanka 154
- Sudan 170
- Suriname 15
- Swaziland 38
- Sweden 40
- Switzerland 46
- Syrian Arab Republic 355
- Tajikistan 62
- Tanzania, United Republic of 38
- Thailand 96
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 64
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 41
- Togo 41
- Tonga 4
- Trinidad and Tobago 33
- Tunisia 120
- Turkey 184
- Turkmenistan 62
- Uganda 83
- Ukraine 161
- United Arab Emirates 79
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 91
- United States of America 149
- Uruguay 35
- Uzbekistan 81
- Vanuatu 2
- Venezuela 79
- Viet Nam 86
- Western Sahara Territory 38
- Yemen 148
- Zambia 34
- Zimbabwe 147
- 1951 Refugee Convention 1
- 1969 OAU Convention 1
- Abduction 240
- Abkhazians 2
- Abuse of psychiatry 18
- Access to procedures 61
- Access to water 25
- Acts of persecution 5
- Adivasis 4
- Administrative courts 10
- Administrative law 2
- Admission quotas 1
- Adoption 3
- Africans 15
- Afro-Colombians 2
- Ahmadis 12
- Ahwazi 11
- Airports 1
- Alawi 1
- Albanians 3
- Albinism/Persons with Albinism 16
- Aliens 3
- Amazonian Indians 1
- Anti-terrorism law 66
- Appeal / Right to appeal 43
- Arabs 20
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 1,455
- Armed attacks on camps 24
- Armed forces / Military 290
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 558
- Armenian 3
- Arrival 2
- Ashkaelian 1
- Assamese 1
- Asylum policy 12
- Asylum-migration nexus 17
- Asylum-seekers 513
- Awá 1
- Azeri 6
- Baha'i 10
- Bail 6
- Baluchis 8
- Basques 2
- Bedoon 21
- Bihari 1
- Border conflict 13
- Border controls 23
- Border crossers 13
- Bosnian 1
- Buddhist 12
- Burden of proof 2
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 7
- Cabinda 2
- Camp management 3
- Catholic 3
- Ceasefire 20
- Cessation clauses 4
- Changes of circumstances in home country 3
- Chechen 35
- Child labour 2
- Child prostitution 2
- Child soldiers 80
- Children's rights 213
- Children-at-risk 120
- Chittagong Hill Tribes 6
- Christian 38
- Circassians 1
- Citizenship / Nationality law 2
- Civil and political rights 124
- Civil rights legislation 5
- Civil war 43
- Civilian character of asylum 4
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 1
- Combatants / Former combatants 17
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 77
- Community development 1
- Confidentiality 1
- Conflict prevention 3
- Conflict resolution 96
- Conflict situation 179
- Constitutional law 90
- Contemporary forms of slavery 33
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 55
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 21
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 1
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 17
- Convention refugee 1
- Copts 9
- Corruption 65
- Country of origin information (COI) 2
- Coup d'état 47
- Crime prevention 3
- Crimean Tatars 7
- Crimes against humanity 153
- Crimes against peace 1
- Criminal justice 669
- Croats 1
- Czechs 3
- Dalit 3
- Darfuri 1
- Death in custody 233
- Death penalty 1,323
- Death squads 19
- Demobilization / Disarmament 39
- Democracy 18
- Denial of nationality 14
- Denial of refugee status 3
- Deportation / Forcible return 197
- Dinka 1
- Dioula 1
- Diplomatic assurances 1
- Disappeared persons 604
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 441
- Domestic violence 111
- Drug trafficking 25
- Druze 2
- East Caprivians 6
- Economic, social and cultural rights 70
- Effective protection 10
- Effective remedy 371
- Egyptians 4
- Election law 5
- Elections 169
- Embargo 36
- Emergency legislation 9
- Entry / Exit 4
- Enxet 2
- Equal opportunities 4
- Equality before the law 19
- Eritreans 1
- Ethiopians 1
- Ethnic cleansing 9
- Evacuation 2
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 24
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 2
- Exiles 22
- Expedited procedures 3
- Expulsion 38
- Extradition 59
- Extrajudicial executions 747
- Extreme poverty 24
- Falun Gong 7
- Family law 10
- Family reunification 8
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 14
- Filipinos 1
- Flight by land, air or sea 7
- Forced labour 34
- Forced marriage 24
- Forced relocation 17
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 41
- Foreign occupation 55
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 1,743
- Freedom of assembly and association 1,321
- Freedom of conscience 309
- Freedom of expression 2,296
- Freedom of information 850
- Freedom of movement 104
- Freedom of religion 207
- Freedom of speech 684
- Fulani 1
- Gang related violence 6
- Gender discrimination 216
- Gender mainstreaming 3
- Gender-based persecution 53
- Generalized violence 10
- Genocide 47
- Good governance 118
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 27
- Group / Prima facie determination 1
- Gujaratis 1
- HIV and AIDS 59
- Habeas corpus 13
- Haitians 24
- Han 1
- Hare Krishna 2
- Harmful traditional practices 18
- Hazara 2
- Hindu 2
- Hmong 16
- Honour killings 12
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 540
- Human Rights Council 64
- Human rights activists 1,415
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 1,010
- Human rights courts 59
- Human rights law 16
- Human rights monitors 219
- Humanitarian assistance 72
- Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 3
- Hutus 4
- IDP camps 32
- Illegal entry 2
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 33
- Immigrants 14
- Immigration Detention 142
- Immigration control after entry 5
- Immigration law 4
- Immunity 30
- Impunity 1,099
- Independence of judiciary 155
- Indians 1
- Indigenous persons 277
- Ingush 3
- Integration 8
- Internal armed conflict 349
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 2
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 355
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) 4
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 9
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 74
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 14
- International armed conflict 56
- International courts and tribunals 209
- International criminal law 31
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 102
- International protection 5
- Involuntary repatriation 9
- Iranians 6
- Jehovah's Witness 7
- Jew 3
- Jurisdiction 2
- Juvenile justice system 25
- Kachin 4
- Karen 4
- Kashmiris 8
- Khmer 1
- Koreans 2
- Kosovar 10
- Kurd 84
- Labour law 5
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 7
- Law of the sea 1
- Laws relating to religion 12
- Legal representation / Legal aid 68
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 478
- Livelihoods 7
- Location of camps 2
- Macedonians 1
- Maori 2
- Mapuche 3
- Mass exodus 5
- Maternal and child health care 64
- Medical screening 14
- Mental health 40
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 25
- Mercenaries 1
- Migrant rights 252
- Migrants 390
- Military courts 138
- Military law 39
- Military operations 104
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 147
- Minorities 145
- Minority rights 52
- Mongols 2
- Montagnards 5
- Multiple nationality 2
- Muslim 58
- National security / Public order 82
- Nepalis 1
- Non-refoulement 38
- Non-self-governing territories 1
- Non-state agents of persecution 18
- Nuba 1
- Older persons 10
- One-child policy / Family planning 3
- Opposition 368
- Oromo 1
- Orthodox Christian 1
- Ossetians (South) 3
- Palestinian 97
- Panjshiris 1
- Papuans 7
- Passports 2
- Peace agreements 47
- Peace process 35
- Peacekeeping 66
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 42
- Persecution based on nationality 18
- Persecution based on political opinion 618
- Persecution of family members 36
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 187
- Persons not in need of international protection 2
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 1
- Persons with disabilities 13
- Physical harm 1
- Piracy 1
- Poles 1
- Police 757
- Political groups 72
- Political parties 154
- Political situation 513
- Polygamy 2
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 4
- Pre-entry procedures 1
- Pre-trial detention 238
- Presbyterian 1
- Prevention of discrimination 39
- Prison or detention conditions 704
- Prisoners of war 1
- Proof of nationality 1
- Property restitution 25
- Prosecution vs persecution 24
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 25
- Protection of camps 8
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 287
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 334
- Public health 67
- Punjabis 1
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 157
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 21
- Ratification 1
- Reception 13
- Reconciliation 36
- Referendum 10
- Refoulement 41
- Refugee / Asylum law 15
- Refugee camps 70
- Refugee identity documents 6
- Refugee seamen 14
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 4
- Refugees 769
- Regional instruments 6
- Registration 7
- Reintegration 11
- Rejected asylum-seekers 20
- Rejection at border 11
- Religious discrimination 114
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 84
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 20
- Reservation 2
- Resettlement 23
- Residence permits / Residency 11
- Return conditions 12
- Returnees 32
- Right to a nationality 23
- Right to development 2
- Right to education 106
- Right to employment 34
- Right to family life 10
- Right to food 46
- Right to health 132
- Right to justice 251
- Right to leave 3
- Right to liberty and security 37
- Right to life 75
- Right to registration at birth 2
- Right to return 19
- Right to seek asylum 25
- Right to self-determination 9
- Rights of non-citizens 5
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 13
- Roma 234
- Romanians 1
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 420
- SGBV 964
- Sabean Mandean 2
- Sabians 1
- Safe country of origin 2
- Safe third country 3
- Saharawis 18
- Sale of children 1
- Sami 6
- San Bushmen 1
- Sanctions 5
- Sandzak 2
- Secondary movement 7
- Security forces 902
- Security situation 779
- Serb 11
- Serious non-political crime 7
- Sexual and reproductive rights 152
- Shan 3
- Sharia law 8
- Shia 62
- Single heads of household 2
- Single procedure 1
- Sinhalese 1
- Small arms 26
- Smuggling of persons 8
- Social group discrimination 55
- Social group persecution 22
- Somalis 11
- Spontaneous return 1
- Standard of proof 3
- State of emergency 63
- State protection 14
- Statelessness 36
- Sufi 2
- Sunni 19
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 8
- Tamil 19
- Tatars 8
- Temporary admission 1
- Temporary protection 7
- Terrorism 409
- Threats / Intimidation 46
- Tibetan 23
- Torture 797
- Trafficking in persons 83
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 84
- Travel documents 1
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 24
- Tuareg 1
- Turkmen 6
- Turks 1
- Tutsis 3
- UNHCR mandate 2
- Uighur 47
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 23
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 62
- Unlawful departure 2
- Urban refugees 1
- Uzbek 17
- Visas 4
- Voluntary repatriation 24
- War crimes 276
- Widowed persons 2
- Witchcraft 6
- Withdrawal of nationality 9
- Witnesses 40
- Women's rights 463
- Women-at-risk 119
- Yazīdī 7
- Zoroastrian 2
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