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1961. Amnesty International was founded in London by Peter Benenson – an English labour lawyer. He was travelling on the London underground when he read an article that two Portuguese students had been sentenced to seven years in prison in Portugal for allegedly “having drunk a toast to liberty.”

LEGAL WORK. EXPLORE LEGAL RESOURCE LIBRARY. Amnesty International’s mission is to ensure that every person enjoys all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights instruments such as (but not exclusively):

A MILESTONE DOCUMENT. The UDHR is a milestone document. For the first time, the world had a globally agreed document that marked out all humans as being free and equal, regardless of sex, colour, creed, religion or other characteristics.

2 days ago · Essential but exploited. The report’s findings are based on in-depth interviews and desk research conducted between February 2023 and June 2024, involving a total of 44 migrant workers from 14 countries.

3 days ago · A lifetime of human rights advocacy. Sihem Bensedrine, 74, is a well-known human rights defender and journalist.Under former President Ben Ali, she exposed government abuses and faced persecution.After his removal on January 14, 2011, she continued her work, advocating for justice and transparency.

1 day ago · Human Rights News January 31, 2025 6:35 pm Myanmar: Four years after coup, world must demand accountability for atrocity crimes. The international community must take urgent action to ensure accountability for atrocities in Myanmar, 46 organizations said today ahead of the four-year anniversary of the 1 February 2021 military coup.

Amnesty International is a human rights organization and global movement of more than 10 million people in over 150 countries and territories who campaign for human rights.

At a ceremony in The Hague, 34 states signed the new landmark Ljubljana-Hague Convention, negotiated a year earlier to help deliver justice to victims of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The treaty strengthens the framework of international justice by providing new tools and better enabling states to cooperate with each other in cases involving crimes under international law.

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