The State of the World’s Human Rights: Amnesty International Annual Report 2026

This report documents key human rights developments at a national and regional level during 2025, as well as presenting a global analysis of ongoing critical human rights challenges. It includes entries on countries or territories whose human rights situation Amnesty International has monitored during 2025.

It may seem that the last year has shown more of the same abuses of human rights.

Authoritarian practices have intensified worldwide.

Anti-rights rhetoric and discrimination against disadvantaged groups are on the rise. 

Will existing protections for human rights be further pushed aside?

The 2026 edition of Amnesty International’s annual report, The State of the World’s Human Rights, assesses national, regional and global developments across a wide range of human rights themes.

It highlights how states have undermined the international rules-based system, hindering the resolution of problems that affect the lives of millions.

It also identifies trends regarding armed conflicts, repression of dissent, discrimination, economic and climate injustice, the abrupt halt of humanitarian aid, and the misuse of technology. 

Many of these trends represent setbacks that risk continuing beyond 2026.

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