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In this joint letter, Amnesty International UK welcomes the new First Minister to his post and urges prompt action on the Human Rights Bill in Scotland.

This report outlines human rights issues observed across 155 countries throughout 2023, linking global and regional challenges.

This briefing explores how the concepts of ‘parental rights’ and ‘gender ideology’ are used to limit the rights of children and the LGBTI+ community.

This resource urges peers to reject the Safety of Rwanda Bill at Third Reading, warning that it still breaches human rights obligations and reflects a harmful, failed deterrence‑based asylum policy.

This briefing for House of Lords Report identifies the legal and constitutional principles threatened by the Bill, outlines the actions peers can take at Report stage, and explains why the Bill should ultimately be rejected at Third Reading.

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

This resource summarises evidence of unlawful Israeli attacks in Gaza killing at least 95 civilians, highlighting the urgent need for an immediate ceasefire and UK action to ensure accountability under international law.

Amnesty International UK Briefing on Amendments 10, 22, 37 & 42 (Parliament, rule of law & evidence)

ILPA, Liberty, JUSTICE & Amnesty briefing for House of Lords Committee on Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

This briefing traces the development of UK asylum policy, highlights its escalating harms, and concludes that the only way to repair the damage is to abandon it.

This briefing explains why Amnesty International opposes offshore processing under the Rwanda Scheme, highlighting its inhuman consequences in Australia, its failure to share responsibility fairly, and proposing suggested amendments.

Amnesty International UK short briefing on asylum policy re the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

The submission explains why the Bill offends against international human rights law, the rule of law more generally and respect for constitutional arrangements in the UK.

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…

Amnesty International UK briefing for House of Lords Second Reading of Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

Amnesty International UK submission to International Agreements Committee on UK-Rwanda Treaty

Amnesty International UK briefing for Commons Committee consideration of Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill