Campaigns and Issues
Young protestors hold up placards: denial is not a policy
Young protestors hold up placards: denial is not a policy
Climate Crisis

Humanity is under threat from climate change

Climate change is a human rights issue. Rising global temperatures are already impacting on people's fundamental rights to food, water, shelter, healthcare and beyond. Find out how you can help.
Image of refugee children
Image of refugee children
People on the move

Refugees welcome

Family separation, demonisation by the media and exploitation are some of the traumas faced by migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Help us fight for their right to safety and to make them feel welcome in their new communities.

Tep Vanny
Tep Vanny
Dissenting voices

Human rights defenders

Brave individuals standing up for the rights of others are being silenced all around the world. They face smear campaigns, imprisonment and sometimes even death for daring to speak truth to power. Learn more about these human rights defenders (HRDs).
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Individuals at risk

Take action for an individual

Ordinary individuals around the world are facing imprisonment, torture, and even death just for their beliefs, their job, who they love and even who they are. You can help us fight for their freedom. Find out how.
Our rights at home

Human rights in the UK

From Brexit to local policing, and from the Human Rights Act to hate crimes, there are a range of human rights issues to consider within the UK. See how we're fighting for our fundamental rights here at home.
Farid al-Atrash
Farid al-Atrash
Illegal occupation

Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories

Violence and discrimination have marked over 50 years of Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. We campaign for human rights for all in the region.
Child in IDP camp, Syria
Child in IDP camp, Syria
Conflict and human rights

Syria

Almost a decade later, and there seems to be no end in sight of the unimaginable suffering endured by civilians caught up in the Syrian conflict. Here's what we're doing to stop Syria's suffering - and how you can join us.
Pride London 2017
Pride London 2017
LGBTI rights

Love is a human right

Do gay people have fewer human rights than heterosexual people? Of course not. And yet it's a crime to be gay in at least 78 countries today. From the UK to Uganda, we're working to end discrimination. But we need your help.
Issue

Women's human rights

There are many human rights that are routinely denied to women and girls, just because of their sex. Our women's human rights work aims to make sure that women and girls are protected in law and practice so that they can be equal and free, no matter where they live.
Pro legal abortion sign, Argentina
Pro legal abortion sign, Argentina
Issue

Sexual and reproductive rights

Being able to make our own decisions about our health, body and sexual life is a basic human right. Yet all over the world, people are bullied, discriminated against and arrested for making choices about their bodies. Join us in defending sexual and reproductive rights for all.
Protest in the USA
Protest in the USA
Region

United States of America

Since President Trump came into office he has pushed through a series of dangerous policies that threaten the human rights of millions of people. Help us stand against any roll back of fundamental freedoms in USA and around the world.
Person with tape over their mouth
Person with tape over their mouth
Issue

Free speech

Free speech is the right to say whatever you like about whatever you like, whenever you like, right? Wrong.

Free speech is one of our most important rights and one of the most misunderstood. Use your free speech to speak out for those that are denied theirs.
Simulation of Belarus execution. C. Amnesty International
Simulation of Belarus execution. C. Amnesty International
Issue

Death penalty

Last year alone, over 607 people were executed by their government. Many more executions were carried out in secret - including unknown numbers of state-sponsored deaths in China and North Korea.

The death penalty is the ultimate denial of human rights, which is why we're working for an end to its use - everywhere.
Region

North Korea

North Korea is in a category of its own when it comes to human rights violations. It is a totalitarian state where hundreds of thousands of people are enslaved and tortured.

All forms of freedom of expression are repressed and anyone attempting to assert their rights is crushed.
Oil spill in Bodo, Nigeria
Oil spill in Bodo, Nigeria
Issue

Business and human rights

Wherever they're based, companies should meet certain standards and respect the rights of the people who work for them. But many businesses do not. We investigate who's cutting corners at the expense of human rights. Find out who's guilty, and how you can help.
Words That Burn poets
Words That Burn poets

Words That Burn poets

Check out the many award-winning poets who are part of Words That Burn. Watch top spoken word artists take on the Make a Difference in a Minute challenge. Share their creating writing tips and insights with your students.

Your poetry on families together

Thank you to everyone who shared their poems with us on the theme of families together. We are using this space to showcase a selection of the poems that we have received.
Sakris and Vitalina
Sakris and Vitalina

Words That Burn poetry showcase

Thanks to everyone who shared their “Make a difference in a minute” poems with us. Your poems are being sent in solidarity to human rights defenders.