Amnesty International India organized a consultation meeting on Amnesty International India's Safe School Campaign for Girls on 5th September, 2008 in New Delhi to effectively discuss the issues that pertain to safe school for girls, mechanisms and policy making, create an unequivocal picture of the situation and consequently suggest corrective measures. The meeting was attended by the heads of educational institutions, lawyers, civil society groups, academicians, writers, activists, journalists, educationists and parents whose participation undoubtedly ensured the success of this programme.

"Lethal Lottery"
First Regional Release in Chandigarh

AI India has just carried out the first regional release of the Death Penalty Report: "Lethal Lottery: The Death Penalty in India- A study of Supreme Court judments in death penalty cases 1950-2006" in Chandigarh on August 27, 2008. This was followed by a Panel Discussion on Death Penalty titled: "Abolish Now". Among the speakers were Mukul Sharma (Director, AII), Usha Ramanathan (Legal expert), Navkiran Singh(Advocate, Human rights activist) and Jagmohan Singh (Activist Academician, Nephew of Bhagat Singh). Earlier Justice SS Kang (ex Governor Kerela) along with other speakers released the report before the press.

The release will be followed by a series of countrywide regional launches to promote the report and popularize the concerns around Death Penalty in India.

Right to Adequate Housing

Amnesty International India (AII) organised a meeting on the Right to Adequate Housing on 25th July 2008, New Delhi. The purpose of the conference was to find a common ground with diverse civil society organisations working in the field of the right to housing to collectively campaign against forced evictions in India especially in Delhi and also work towards pressurising the state governments, municipal bodies, police and administration to adopt the UN Basic Principles and Guidelines on Development-based Forced Evictions and Displacement, moratorium on forced evictions, rights in decision-making and security of tenure...... Click for more

ARMS TRADE

The unregulated global arms trade inflicts misery worldwide. Every year thousands of people are killed, injured, raped and/or forced to flee their homes as a result.

There are at least 640 million firearms in existence in the world today. That's one for every ten people on the planet.

Amnesty International has joined with Oxfam and the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) to set up the Control Arms campaign.

The campaign calls for an international, legally binding Arms Trade Treaty that could save thousands of lives and hold irresponsible arms dealers to account.

The Control Arms campaign has published many reports and has organized more than 100 People's Consultations in more than 40 countries around the world to give people and communities a forum to demand that their governments take action for tough international arms controls.

Since it started in October 2003, Control Arms has gathered the support of more than one million people worldwide.

An historic vote at the UN General Assembly in December 2006, saw 153 governments vote for a resolution to start the process for a global Arms Trade Treaty, in 2007.
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Read reports at http://www.controlarms.org/en/resources-and-reports/reports

In keeping with Amnesty International’s long tradition of activism powered by artists, and to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Amnesty International India announces the International Week of
Justice Festival (IWJF) from December 5 to 10, 2008, the World Dignity Day to World Human Rights Day. A Curtain Raiser Event for the IWJF was held from 13-19 January, 2008 at New Delhi under the theme ‘Voices of Dignity’. The IWJF will be held in collaboration with Amnesty International, Netherlands, International Film Festivals such as MOVIES THAT MATTER, Netherlands and ONE WORLD, Prague, CENTRE FOR MEDIA ALTERNATIVE AND COMMUNICATION (CMAC), PVR Nest and Embassies are the other partners of the Festival… Read more
Last Date for all competition entries has been rescheduled for 30 September, 2008 Download Entry Form

Amnesty International's Annual Report Released
May 28, 2008. Click here for more... Click for Amnesty International Annual Report 2008 Click for AI Report- Foreword Regional Launch Chennai/Hyderabad/Imphal/Jammu/ Pauri Garhwal/Thiruvananthapuram		Amnesty Annual Report "State of the World's Human Rights" being released by eminent personalities.

India Report adopted in UN Human Rights Council's UPR

UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) adopted the report on human rights situation in India on 14 April 2008. India asserted that the national consultation for the preparation of the national report was broad and inclusive, without providing any details regarding the input of particular stakeholders.
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Click here to read the National Report submitted by the Indian Government
Click here to read the Amnesty International submission to UPR

Optional Protocol (OP) to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)

UN brings economic, social and cultural rights in from the Cold War

Amnesty International welcomes the adoption by the Human Rights Council of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Optional Protocol). The Optional Protocol will provide the opportunity for individuals seeking a remedy for violations of economic, social and cultural rights to have their complaints adjudicated by UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural rights. Click for more……

Amnesty International India along with 64 civil society organizations and individuals demanded from the Prime Minister, Government of India on 30 March that India should extend its support for a comprehensive and effective protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). A number of states have reserved their position on the Optional Protocol.
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SAFE SCHOOLS: Every Girl's Right

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Blog your say on safe schools Download a poster Click here to download brochure Read about how violence stops girls going to schools.         Education key to addressing HIV         No to discrimination, harassment and violence         Stolen childhood, lost learning         ‘Why can’t I afford to go to school?’ Watch a slideshow

Click here to see activities of Amnesty International India members on safe schools.

At least 1,200 people were executed in 2007 and many more were killed by the state, in secret, in countries including China, Mongolia and Viet Nam. The fiqures came from AI's yearly statistics.
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Click here to see the details of death sentences and executions in 2007
Click here to see the worldwide developments on death penalty in 2007

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Amnesty International India works with people in India and our region to demand respect for human rights and protect people facing abuse. We mobilise people, campaign, conduct research and raise money for our work. We promote a culture where human rights are embraced, valued and protected.