Amnesty International submits this input in response to the call for contributions to inform the thematic report on “Multiple crisis, fiscal systems and human rights”, to be presented at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. Placing it within the wider context of a global debt crisis this...

As the Annual General Meetings of pharma’s highest earning companies – Pfizer, Moderna, Merck and Johnson and Johnson – come to a close without passing resolutions designed to facilitate the universal distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, Tamaryn Nelson, Health Advisor from Amnesty International,...

•     The number of migrant children crossing the dangerous Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama on foot hit an all-time high, with UNICEF counting 32,488 children from January to October.

In this statement, delivered on 16 March 2023 during the Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner’s report on access to Covid-19 vaccines, Amnesty International highlighted four recommendations for states to build resilience against future pandemics, and also called on states to ensure fair...

As the Covid-19 pandemic enters its fourth year, this briefing identifies four key lessons from the failure of states and pharmaceutical companies to comply with their human rights obligations and responsibilities to ensure fair access to Covid-19 vaccines globally. It further makes concrete...

Amnesty International, the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Human Rights Watch, and the International Commission of Jurists express serious concern that human rights are not adequately reflected in the negotiations underway around the Pandemic Treaty and human rights are...

This submission sets out some of Amnesty International’s key concerns and recommendations related to the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights by China. It highlights the various crimes against humanity and other grave human rights violations committed...

Covid-19, the Russian aggression against Ukraine, and widespread reliance on “traditional values” have compounded a deteriorating human rights situation and increasing levels of domestic violence in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. This report exposes institutional, social and cultural challenges...

This document contains suggested recommendations to be made to the states under review at the 42nd session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January/February 2023. The countries covered are Czech Republic, Argentina, Gabon, Ghana, Peru, Guatemala, Benin, Republic of Korea, Switzerland,...

A process to negotiate a new international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response is underway. This briefing outlines Amnesty International’s human rights concerns regarding pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, based largely on our documentation and campaigning...

By any international standards, the COVID-19 pandemic was a particular disaster for Brazil compared to most countries in the world. After Peru, the country amassed the 2nd position in the Americas and the nineteenth globally with the largest number of deaths per million inhabitants.

Six months after President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud took office, his government has yet to make good on its promises to guarantee justice and security for the people of Somalia. Amnesty International is today presenting the Somali government with a 10-point plan, outlining the steps it must take to...