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Response to the 2023 Scottish Consultation on the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill

This briefing examines 12 Lords amendments on nationality and asylum, explaining their effects and Amnesty International’s position on each.

This briefing reviews three years prior to February 2024, highlighting the severe human, financial and administrative costs.

Advocating for changes to the International Criminal Court Act 2001 through the Crime and Policing Bill.

Amnesty International has published a human rights manifesto for 2026 setting out our calls on the next Scottish government to create a fairer, more equal Scotland.

This Parliamentary Briefing for Report Stage of the Crime and Policing Bill calls on Parliamentarians to Support Clause 208, and other amendments, to remove women from the criminal law related to abortion.

This Submission sets out AIUK’s concerns and recommendations, urging the amendment’s rejection, and calling for the removal of barriers to safe abortion and women’s access to comprehensive healthcare in NI.

This Submission lays out our concerns with the proposed Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Further Provision and Support for Victims) Bill in Northern Ireland.

Article on commencement of provisions of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 that break with the Refugee Convention.

Map with information on whether your local police force uses "crime predicting" technology, and if so, which one. It includes stop and search rates and demographics in your area, as well as how the stop and search rate compares to other police forces.

Information and resources to help stakeholders and survivors of mother and baby institutions in Northern Ireland to ensure a human rights compliant investigation is delivered.

This briefing cuts through the myths, rebuts some common criticisms, and highlights the positive impact of the HRA and the ECtHR.

In this briefing, Amnesty International raises serious concerns about both the content of draft Protest Regulations and how they have arisen.

Open Letter to Members of the House of Commons and Peers of the House of Lords regarding Palestine Action. Amnesty is gravely concerned about the harmful implications that proscribing Palestine Action could have for the free speech rights of the wider…

Open letter to the Home Secretary urging them to use their power to stop the delays and allow the necessary time to proceed and be debated.

This briefing explores an amendment tabled at Committee Stage to the ‘Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill'.

Instead of showing true leadership and protecting refugees, most countries are slamming their doors shut. Every single day that goes by, their indecision and inaction are causing immense human suffering. The world's wealthiest countries must take share…

This briefing examines Government proposals to replace the Human Rights Act, warning they would weaken access to rights, create conflict with the European Court of Human Rights, and risk breaching devolved protections and the Good Friday Agreement.

Behind the liberal image of a human rights-friendly country, there is a much darker reality to Morocco. Beatings, asphyxiation, simulated drowning, psychological and sexual violence are among an array of torture techniques favoured by Moroccan security…

This report focuses on multiple aspects of predictive policing in the UK, including the systems themselves, the policing outcomes or decisions they influence, and the impact on individuals, groups and communities in the UK.