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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 63
- Albania 29
- Algeria 21
- Angola 15
- Antigua and Barbuda 1
- Argentina 21
- Armenia 27
- Australia 12
- Austria 23
- Azerbaijan 29
- Bahamas 3
- Bahrain 14
- Bangladesh 20
- Barbados 1
- Belarus 39
- Belgium 21
- Belize 1
- Benin 1
- Bhutan 4
- Bolivia 10
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 41
- Botswana 3
- Brazil 27
- Brunei Darussalam 1
- Bulgaria 34
- Burkina Faso 4
- Burundi 38
- Cambodia 30
- Cameroon 8
- Canada 11
- Central African Republic 14
- Chad 19
- Chile 16
- China 79
- Colombia 54
- Comoros 1
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 52
- Congo, Republic of the 4
- Croatia 40
- Cuba 18
- Cyprus 12
- Czech Republic 22
- Côte d'Ivoire 20
- Denmark 10
- Djibouti 2
- Dominica 1
- Dominican Republic 10
- Ecuador 12
- Egypt 47
- El Salvador 3
- Equatorial Guinea 8
- Eritrea 8
- Estonia 9
- Ethiopia 17
- Fiji 5
- Finland 13
- France 31
- Gabon 1
- Gambia 7
- Georgia 36
- Germany 31
- Ghana 6
- Greece 41
- Grenada 2
- Guatemala 33
- Guinea 12
- Guinea-Bissau 7
- Guyana 3
- Haiti 25
- Honduras 15
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 7
- Hungary 17
- Iceland 1
- India 46
- Indonesia 62
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 44
- Iraq 60
- Ireland 9
- Israel 43
- Italy 34
- Jamaica 13
- Japan 13
- Jordan 14
- Kazakhstan 27
- Kenya 29
- Kiribati 1
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 18
- Korea, Republic of 22
- Kuwait 8
- Kyrgyzstan 29
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 8
- Latvia 15
- Lebanon 22
- Lesotho 1
- Liberia 26
- Libya 25
- Lithuania 9
- Luxembourg 3
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 2
- Madagascar 4
- Malawi 1
- Malaysia 13
- Maldives 3
- Mali 10
- Malta 11
- Mauritania 8
- Mauritius 1
- Mexico 36
- Moldova, Republic of 21
- Mongolia 6
- Montenegro 40
- Morocco 14
- Mozambique 7
- Myanmar 42
- Namibia 3
- Nauru 1
- Nepal 25
- Netherlands 5
- Nicaragua 4
- Niger 7
- Nigeria 50
- Norway 7
- Oman 2
- Pakistan 42
- Palau 1
- Palestine, State of 40
- Panama 2
- Papua New Guinea 11
- Paraguay 9
- Peru 23
- Philippines 14
- Poland 15
- Portugal 22
- Qatar 10
- Romania 35
- Russian Federation 69
- Rwanda 30
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 2
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2
- Saudi Arabia 23
- Senegal 17
- Serbia 63
- Sierra Leone 24
- Singapore 4
- Slovakia 22
- Slovenia 15
- Solomon Islands 2
- Somalia 25
- South Africa 12
- South Sudan 10
- Spain 34
- Sri Lanka 33
- Sudan 45
- Suriname 2
- Swaziland 2
- Sweden 14
- Switzerland 22
- Syrian Arab Republic 42
- Tajikistan 21
- Tanzania, United Republic of 9
- Thailand 17
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 27
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 17
- Togo 12
- Trinidad and Tobago 6
- Tunisia 15
- Turkey 67
- Turkmenistan 27
- Uganda 15
- Ukraine 36
- United Arab Emirates 4
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 53
- United States of America 103
- Uruguay 4
- Uzbekistan 39
- Venezuela 10
- Viet Nam 24
- Western Sahara Territory 7
- Yemen 17
- Zambia 3
- Zimbabwe 26
- 1951 Refugee Convention 1
- 1969 OAU Convention 1
- Abduction 80
- Abuse of psychiatry 3
- Access to procedures 35
- Access to water 12
- Acts of persecution 2
- Administrative courts 7
- Administrative law 2
- Adoption 2
- Africans 1
- Afro-Colombians 1
- Ahmadis 1
- Ahwazi 1
- Airports 1
- Albanians 1
- Aliens 1
- Anti-terrorism law 20
- Appeal / Right to appeal 16
- Arabs 4
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 315
- Armed attacks on camps 11
- Armed forces / Military 52
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 199
- Arrival 1
- Ashkaelian 1
- Asylum policy 4
- Asylum-migration nexus 4
- Asylum-seekers 36
- Bail 3
- Baluchis 1
- Basques 1
- Bedoon 2
- Border conflict 1
- Border controls 3
- Border crossers 1
- Buddhist 2
- Burden of proof 2
- Cabinda 1
- Catholic 1
- Ceasefire 8
- Cessation clauses 3
- Changes of circumstances in home country 2
- Chechen 9
- Child labour 2
- Child prostitution 1
- Child soldiers 34
- Children's rights 72
- Children-at-risk 45
- Chittagong Hill Tribes 3
- Christian 9
- Citizenship / Nationality law 1
- Civil and political rights 17
- Civil rights legislation 5
- Civil war 20
- Civilian character of asylum 4
- Climate change (including environmental migrants) 1
- Combatants / Former combatants 9
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 9
- Conflict resolution 21
- Conflict situation 37
- Constitutional law 88
- Contemporary forms of slavery 9
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 44
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 16
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) 1
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 16
- Copts 3
- Corruption 28
- Country of origin information (COI) 1
- Coup d'état 18
- Crimes against humanity 46
- Criminal justice 218
- Croats 1
- Czechs 2
- Death in custody 82
- Death penalty 191
- Death squads 8
- Demobilization / Disarmament 19
- Denial of nationality 4
- Denial of refugee status 1
- Deportation / Forcible return 47
- Dinka 1
- Dioula 1
- Disappeared persons 193
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 90
- Domestic violence 23
- Drug trafficking 12
- Economic, social and cultural rights 19
- Effective protection 2
- Effective remedy 94
- Egyptians 2
- Election law 2
- Elections 38
- Embargo 3
- Emergency legislation 3
- Entry / Exit 2
- Enxet 1
- Equal opportunities 2
- Equality before the law 16
- Ethnic cleansing 5
- Evacuation 2
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 19
- Exiles 14
- Expedited procedures 2
- Expulsion 8
- Extradition 11
- Extrajudicial executions 271
- Extreme poverty 12
- Falun Gong 2
- Family law 10
- Family reunification 4
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 5
- Flight by land, air or sea 1
- Forced labour 11
- Forced marriage 12
- Forced relocation 3
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 5
- Foreign occupation 21
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 519
- Freedom of assembly and association 136
- Freedom of conscience 11
- Freedom of expression 229
- Freedom of information 71
- Freedom of movement 22
- Freedom of religion 42
- Freedom of speech 43
- Gender discrimination 59
- Gender mainstreaming 1
- Gender-based persecution 28
- Generalized violence 2
- Genocide 13
- Good governance 16
- Gross, systematic and large-scale 21
- Group / Prima facie determination 1
- HIV and AIDS 9
- Habeas corpus 11
- Haitians 4
- Han 1
- Harmful traditional practices 3
- Hindu 1
- Hmong 5
- Honour killings 2
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 117
- Human Rights Council 21
- Human rights activists 182
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 411
- Human rights courts 30
- Human rights law 6
- Human rights monitors 62
- Humanitarian assistance 14
- Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) 2
- IDP camps 15
- Illegal entry 1
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 13
- Immigrants 6
- Immigration Detention 28
- Immigration control after entry 2
- Immigration law 4
- Immunity 5
- Impunity 284
- Independence of judiciary 82
- Indians 1
- Indigenous persons 43
- Integration 5
- Internal armed conflict 42
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 98
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) 1
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 8
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 65
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 11
- International armed conflict 11
- International courts and tribunals 11
- International criminal law 5
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 48
- International protection 3
- Involuntary repatriation 5
- Jehovah's Witness 1
- Juvenile justice system 4
- Karen 3
- Koreans 1
- Kurd 11
- Labour law 3
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 3
- Law of the sea 1
- Laws relating to religion 7
- Legal representation / Legal aid 46
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 51
- Livelihoods 2
- Location of camps 2
- Mapuche 1
- Mass exodus 5
- Maternal and child health care 15
- Medical screening 10
- Mental health 17
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 10
- Mercenaries 1
- Migrant rights 32
- Migrants 50
- Military courts 46
- Military law 17
- Military operations 22
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 51
- Minorities 53
- Minority rights 11
- Montagnards 2
- Muslim 12
- National security / Public order 8
- Nepalis 1
- Non-refoulement 21
- Non-self-governing territories 1
- Non-state agents of persecution 8
- Older persons 6
- One-child policy / Family planning 1
- Opposition 79
- Palestinian 8
- Panjshiris 1
- Passports 2
- Peace agreements 29
- Peace process 17
- Peacekeeping 26
- Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 3
- Persecution based on nationality 13
- Persecution based on political opinion 123
- Persecution of family members 29
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 18
- Persons not in need of international protection 1
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 1
- Persons with disabilities 7
- Police 172
- Political groups 12
- Political parties 24
- Political situation 98
- Polygamy 1
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 4
- Pre-entry procedures 1
- Pre-trial detention 128
- Prevention of discrimination 17
- Prison or detention conditions 175
- Proof of nationality 1
- Property restitution 10
- Prosecution vs persecution 6
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 12
- Protection of camps 4
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 65
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 17
- Public health 43
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 82
- Racism / Xenophobia / Hate Crimes 3
- Reception 1
- Reconciliation 7
- Referendum 1
- Refoulement 26
- Refugee / Asylum law 8
- Refugee camps 32
- Refugee identity documents 5
- Refugee seamen 3
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 2
- Refugees 80
- Regional instruments 3
- Registration 6
- Reintegration 10
- Rejected asylum-seekers 10
- Rejection at border 4
- Religious discrimination 16
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 41
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 4
- Reservation 2
- Resettlement 11
- Residence permits / Residency 5
- Return conditions 7
- Returnees 17
- Right to a nationality 6
- Right to development 1
- Right to education 41
- Right to employment 25
- Right to family life 3
- Right to food 14
- Right to health 32
- Right to justice 96
- Right to leave 2
- Right to liberty and security 24
- Right to life 34
- Right to return 11
- Right to seek asylum 5
- Right to self-determination 1
- Rights of non-citizens 1
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 2
- Roma 35
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 112
- SGBV 205
- Sabean Mandean 1
- Safe third country 2
- Saharawis 1
- Sami 3
- Sanctions 3
- Sandzak 1
- Secondary movement 4
- Security forces 228
- Security situation 129
- Serb 4
- Serious non-political crime 1
- Sexual and reproductive rights 16
- Shan 3
- Sharia law 1
- Shia 8
- Single heads of household 2
- Small arms 5
- Smuggling of persons 2
- Social group discrimination 18
- Social group persecution 13
- Somalis 2
- Spontaneous return 1
- Standard of proof 1
- State of emergency 22
- State protection 4
- Statelessness 10
- Sufi 1
- Sunni 3
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 1
- Tamil 2
- Temporary admission 1
- Temporary protection 7
- Terrorism 66
- Tibetan 2
- Torture 29
- Trafficking in persons 21
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 27
- Travel documents 1
- Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 19
- Turkmen 4
- UNHCR mandate 2
- Uighur 4
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 10
- Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 38
- Unlawful departure 2
- Urban refugees 1
- Uzbek 6
- Visas 4
- Voluntary repatriation 23
- War crimes 49
- Widowed persons 2
- Witnesses 35
- Women's rights 111
- Women-at-risk 53
- Yazīdī 4
- Zoroastrian 1
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