Ireland: Abortion referendum is historic opportunity to vote for equality,...
Women and girls in Ireland finally have a once in a generation opportunity to have their right to decide what happens to their bodies recognised, said Amnesty International ahead of Friday’s...
View ArticleIreland: Yes vote would give hope to millions across the globe
I am an international human rights lawyer with two decades experience working on sexual and reproductive rights globally, including as a consultant for the World Health Organisation and other UN...
View ArticleIrish law to prevent trade in settlement products and their services is a...
Amnesty International welcomes legislative efforts in Ireland to prohibit certain economic activities with illegal settlements in territories deemed occupied under international law, such as the...
View ArticleHistoric day for women as Ireland ratifies Istanbul Convention
Historic day for women as Ireland ratifies Istanbul Convention Spokespeople available In an important step forward in the fight against gender-based violence against women, the Irish government has...
View ArticleIreland: One year since vote to end abortion ban
One year on since Ireland’s vote to end its abortion ban, Amnesty International is paying tribute to the brave campaigners who spoke out for reproductive rights and sending messages of hope to people...
View ArticleRecord US fine exposes Google’s contempt for children’s privacy
Today’s record fine exposes the rotten core at the heart of Google’s business model, which relies on the harvesting and monetisation of personal data, in brazen contempt for privacy. Joe Westby, Big...
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In a dangerous world, human rights activists have been winning all year
With inequality, injustice and hate speech seemingly ever more prevalent across the globe, you’d be forgiven for thinking 2019 has been a bad year for human rights. Yet, we have also seen some...
View ArticleEurope: Mass protests provide hope as rights and judicial independence eroded
People’s rights are being violated by governments in Europe and Central Asia, who are cracking down on protests and seeking to erode the independence of the judiciary to avoid accountability, Amnesty...
View ArticleEurope: “Climate justice must not stop at borders” human rights organizations...
As the European Court of Human Rights considers a landmark case on climate change brought by six young people from Portugal against 33 European countries, Amnesty International and other human rights...
View ArticleIreland: Laws criminalizing sex work are facilitating the targeting and abuse...
A 2017 law purportedly designed to protect human trafficking victims and sex workers from exploitation is instead facilitating the targeting and abuse of sex workers, and the state is failing to...
View ArticleMali: The perpetrators of the Moura massacre must be prosecuted and tried by...
Amnesty International welcomes the publication on 12 May of a report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) concerning the joint military operation conducted by...
View ArticleIreland: Draconian law to make data protection procedures confidential
Ahead of a discussion in the Oireachtas (Irish parliament) today on a proposed amendment to a bill that would allow the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) to label all matters before it as...
View ArticleEurope: Sweeping pattern of systematic attacks and restrictions undermine...
Across Europe, the right of peaceful assembly is coming under severe attack as states increasingly stigmatize, criminalise and crack down on peaceful protesters, imposing unjustified and punitive...
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