With over 2.8 million members, Amnesty International is the largest grassroots human rights organization in the world
With over 2.8 million members, Amnesty International is the largest grassroots human rights organization in the world
Independent from government, corporate or national interests
Amnesty’s goal is to protect human rights defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and according to other international human rights standards
Amnesty International is the recipient of the 1977 Nobel Peace Prize
Since 1961 thousands of prisoners have been released from jails around the world
Most recently : Aung San Suu Kyii of Myanmar
Abolition of the death penalty
Abolition of the death penalty
Following intense campaigning by Amnesty International and its partners, the UN General Assembly adopted resolution L29 calling for a global moratorium on executions. (2007)
Minority rights protected
The United Nations General Assembly (GA) adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. (2007)