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This resource lists various briefings and submissions that were produced for reasons other than advocacy on the passage of a specific Bill through Parliament.

This resource contains links to various materials produced by the RMR Programme in the course of this work.

This submission focuses on Article 98 (duty to render assistance) of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

This letter sets out Amnesty International UK’s concerns about a proposed policy and seeks information on the risks of leaving people without documentation needed to access work, housing, healthcare and other essential services.

Letter to Minister for Migration and Citizenship concerning simplification and safe routes, May 2025

The submission sets out Amnesty's opposition to that in principle and practice, and identifies serious misunderstandings that underpin the arguments currently advanced in favour of clause 2.

This briefing explains more about the eVisa system and the concerns Amnesty International continues to have about it.

Amnesty UK letter to Immigration Minister on Government consultation on asylum, immigration and nationality proposals.

The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill is a constitutionally extraordinary and deeply harmful piece of legislation. As a coalition of more than 260 organisations working in and across the UK, we call on Peers to reject the Bill at Second…

This submission explains how the UK’s routine use of immigration detention breaches international human rights law and sets out recommendations to ensure detention is used only as a last resort.

This is a submission from November 2017 to the Home Affairs Select Committee inquiry on delivery of Brexit: immigration.

This briefing focuses on deportation, analysing clause 8 of the Bill of Rights Bill and the context for its inclusion.

This briefing explains how the Bill of Rights would undermine the UK’s human rights framework by restricting judicial interpretation, weakening access to justice, damaging international obligations, and expanding government power.

This resource contains Amnesty International UK's briefings on the Nationality and Borders Bill (now Nationality and Borders Act 2022) and its passage through Parliament during the Session 2021-2022

This analysis addresses some discrete provisions of the Bill that relate to non-asylum immigration and refers to three areas of profound concern, which are not addressed by this Bill.

This briefing explains how the Public Order Bill further restricts protest rights, remains incompatible with international human rights law despite Lords amendments, and should be dropped altogether.

This briefing recognises the need for emergency public health measures under the Coronavirus Bill but stresses that any restrictions must remain necessary, proportionate and compliant with international human rights standards.

Amnesty International submission to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) consultation on the Northern Ireland Bill of Rights - An inclusive Bill of rights for all. AI Index: EUR 45/006/2001

Blog on Windrush generation, debate in Lords on the arrival of Windrush generation and abuse of British nationality rights in the Illegal Migration Bill