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Human Rights Issues

Our research and advocacy work focuses on addressing human rights issues in the United States and around the world.

Issues

JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, CA - MAY 26: Migrants get on the patrol vehicle of the U.S. Border Patrol at a new makeshift camp after crossing the US-Mexico border on May 26, 2024 in Jacumba Hot Springs, San Diego, California. (Photo by Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images)

Refugee & Migrant Rights

Fight to End Gun Violence

Individuals At Risk
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Climate Justice

Gender & Sexuality Justice

Indigenous Rights
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Technology and Human Rights

National Security
Attendees hold signs during a protest against the death penalty at Speakers’ Corner in Singapore on April 3, 2022. (Photo by ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Death Penalty
LOUISVILLE, KY - SEPTEMBER 30: A group of protesters stand on a truck that is being used a road block near Jefferson Square Park on September 30, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. Jefferson Square Park has remained the epicenter for Black Lives Matter protest action following the March 13th killing of Breonna Taylor by police during a no-knock warrant at her apartment. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)
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Racial Justice

Our work

Over many decades, we have been recognized worldwide as the premier grassroots organization demanding human rights for every person and tackling the most pressing challenges to human rights. Amnesty International believes that every individual has the power and responsibility to take action and defend the inalienable and indivisible human rights of all people.

We have changed laws in dozens of countries regarding refugee rights, reproductive justice, LGBTQI+ equality, free speech, the death penalty, and other critical human rights issues.

How does this change happen? Amnesty International has a uniquely effective strategy for protecting human rights that uses a three-pronged approach across all issue areas:

  • We conduct research to uncover human rights abuses and document patterns;
  • We use this research to educate the public and equip activists to demand change;
  • We mobilize grassroots activists to advocate for human rights in the U.S. and around the world.