Politics policy and research

Amnesty UK & PRCBC "British citizenship" briefing for House of Lords Committee on Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Since 2019 we have documented over 70 death threats, bomb threats and acts of violence towards journalists in Northern Ireland. Most threats came from armed paramilitary gangs. Read the report here.

Amnesty International UK briefing for House of Lords Second Reading on Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

In this joint submission we draw attention to the right of the people of the UK to their nationality (British citizenship), and how policy and practice under successive administrations has undermined this.

Submission to the JCHR legislative scrutiny of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill

Joint Amnesty UK and ILPA submission to the Constitution Committee on the Rule of Law

Amnesty International UK and Human Rights Watch present evidence of Israeli authorities’ failure to uphold international humanitarian law, alongside a legal argument that the UK government has not properly met its obligation to prevent genocide.

This report documents human rights concerns during 2024 in 150 countries, connecting global and regional issues and looking to the future. It includes calls for action by governments and others to improve people's lives.

Amnesty International UK Refugee and Migrant Rights (RMR) briefing on Home Office backlogs: lessons to be learnt.

As part of our new report, Social Insecurity, expert organisations prepared briefings that expose the brutal reality of a social security system that targets those already pushed to the margins.

This report shows how cuts, sanctions and systemic failures in the UK social security system are driving people deeper into poverty, particularly disabled, ill and unemployed people.

This report covers the judicial use of the death penalty for the period January to December 2024.

Joint letter of organisations and Hong Kong diaspora groups on the anniversary of Article 23 and UK’s obligations to protect activists from transnational threats

Amnesty International UK Briefing on NC27 to Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Repeals of NABA 2022)

Amnesty International UK Briefing on Gov NC30 to Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Conditions on Leave)

Amnesty International UK Briefing on NC1 & NC6 to Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill (Safe Routes)

Amnesty International UK's submission to the Welsh Equality and Social Justice Committee on the key principles required to embed, develop and uphold social cohesion in Wales.

This report summaries a closed‑door roundtable jointly hosted in September 2024 by Amnesty International UK, the Hong Kong Democracy Council and The Rights Practice

Scottish parliamentary briefing on why Scottish Enterprise must review its human rights checks for arms companies

Scottish government response to our letter asking it to review Scottish Enterprise's human rights due diligence checks