Reports

Amnesty International produces reports based on rigorous and independent research. These reports document patterns of human rights abuses and provide a blueprint for change.

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Defending the Rights of Refugees and Migrants in the Digital Age

Digital technology interventions are increasingly shaping and delivering the migration management and asylum policies of states.

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The Cost of Doing Business? The Petrochemical Industry’s Toxic Pollution in the USA

This report highlights the harms suffered by local communities from pollution emitted by the hundreds of petrochemical plants and refineries along the Houston Ship Channel in Texas.

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Silicon Shadows: Venture Capital, Human Rights, and the Lack of Due Diligence

Our analysis showed that leading VC firms and start-up accelerators are critically deficient in their responsibility to conduct human rights due diligence when investing in Generative AI start-ups.

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USA: Wrong court, wrong place, wrong punishment: Five alleged ‘9/11 conspirators’ to be arraigned for capital trial by military commission at Guantánamo

On 5 May 2012, at the US naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a US Army Colonel, in his role…

May 3, 2012

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Ethiopia: Dismantling dissent: Intensified crackdown on free speech in Ethiopia

Since March 2011, at least 108 opposition party members and six journalists have been arrested in Ethiopia for alleged involvement…

April 30, 2012

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Our Right to Know: Transparent Reporting under an Arms Trade Treaty

Public reporting is a key means by which the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) will become more than a set of…

April 24, 2012

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Key elements for implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)

This document lists suggested key elements for “creating high common international standards” for national systems of licensing or authorisation for…

April 24, 2012

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How to Apply Human Rights Standards to Arms Transfer Decisions

In order to achieve a more effective regulation of the international arms trade, all international transfers of conventional weaponry, munitions…

April 24, 2012

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Deadly Movements: Transportation Controls in the Arms Trade Treaty

The proposed Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) should be designed to prevent unauthorised or irresponsible international transfers of weapons, munitions and…

April 24, 2012

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Arms for Internal Security: Will they be covered by an Arms Trade Treaty?

There is now a chance in the UN to establish a global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) setting out commonly-agreed rules…

April 24, 2012

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How an Arms Trade Treaty can help prevent armed violence

Current United Nations discussions on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) provide an opportunity to examine armed violence in the context…

April 24, 2012

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Bahraini Shiite boy crouches by pile of tear gas canisters collected by protesters (AFP/Getty Images)

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Flawed Reforms: Bahrain Fails to Achieve Justice for Protesters

The human rights crisis in Bahrain is not over. Despite the authorities’ claims to the contrary, not much has changed…

April 16, 2012

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Cruel Isolation: Amnesty International’s Concerns about Conditions in Arizona Maximum Security Prisons

New Amnesty report finds conditions in Arizona’s maximum security prisons fall below international standards for humane treatment.

April 2, 2012

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USA: In Hostile Terrain: Human rights violations in immigration enforcement in the US Southwest

Amnesty International’s latest report, shows that the United States is failing in its obligations under international human rights law to…

March 26, 2012