Amnesty International

But what is Amnesty International?

• Amnesty International is a global movement of more than 3 million supporters, members and activists fighting for the protection of internationally recognized human rights.

• There vision is a world where all people will enjoy all the rights recognized by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards. There core values of solidarity worldwide, impartiality and transparency, democracy and mutual respect.

Also….• Amnesty International takes action to

end grave abuses of human rights, such as physical and mental integrity, freedom of expression and conscience, freedom from discrimination. There work includes a very wide range of topics.

• Defend prisoners of conscience, violence, and poverty. They fight to end violence against women, the abolition of the death penalty, torture and restriction of freedoms in the name of the "war on terror." To combat discrimination against refugees, migrants, minorities, but and defenders of human rights.

UNITED AGAINST INJUSTICE

• At the heart of Amnesty International is this idea: that they are at there most powerful when they stand together for human rights.

• They work together in many different ways, so that all there supporters can be involved, wherever they live and whatever their age, background or skills. 

• There movement is driven by there members, supporters, there more than 1,800 staff members and hundreds of volunteers around the world. 

They campaign to:

• defend freedom of expression• protect women’s rights• abolish the death penalty• demand justice for crimes against

humanity• demand corporate accountability where

companies have abused people’s rights

INDEPENDENT AND DEMOCRATIC

• They are democratic and self-governing – every member has a say in deciding what they do and how they do it.

Well….