Amnesty International

Amnesty International is a global movement of human rights defenders based on the principles of international solidarity, effective action for every person whose rights are violated, global coverage, the universality and indivisibility of human rights, impartiality and independence, and democracy and mutual respect.

Amnesty International’s 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 human rights conventions. In pursuit of this vision, Amnesty International’s mission is to campaign focusing on preventing and ending grave abuses of human rights, undertaking research, advocacy and action via activism and human rights education. For this reason Amnesty International was awarded the 1977 Nobel Peace Prize.