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We campaign on a wide range of issues to protect and defend human rights. Our vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards. 
Refugees’ Human Rights
Millions of people around the world flee persecution and conflict in their homelands to seek asylum in other countries and rebuild their lives.
Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
Committed to ensuring the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ is implemented locally and nationally through legislation, policies and programs.
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Countries in crisis
Around the world we respond to human rights crises as they occur and work tirelessly to prevent situations reaching crisis point.
Individuals at Risk
It is the work of defending individuals at risk, those who endure first-hand the failure of governments and authorities to respect their human rights, that is at the heart of Amnesty's work.
Demand Dignity
Poverty is a violation of human rights. Every person, everywhere in the world, has a basic right to adequate standards of living.
End the Death Penalty
Every day, all over the world, prisoners – men, women and children – face execution. We are opposed to its use, everywhere in the world, for whatever reason.
Stop Violence Against Women
Violence against women is one of the most widespread human rights abuses in the world.
Torture and Terror
Thousands of people have been locked up in secret detention centres, tortured or have disappeared in the "war against terrorism".
Human rights for Australia
Australia is the only liberal democracy without a Human Rights Act or similar national human rights protection.
Human Rights Education
Our human rights education program is aimed at promoting a greater focus on human rights in schools.
Human Rights in China
China is Australia's biggest trading partner and plays a lead role in global politics and economics. Despite its success however, China is still failing to meet global human rights standards.
In Focus
160,000 voices call on President Obama to close Guantanamo
24 January 2012
Live from the ground of Australia’s detention centres
17 January 2012
The casualties of Iran’s ‘war on drugs’
15 December 2011
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- Pakistan should protect Ahmaddiya community against threats of violence
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