Amnesty International Report 2022/23: The state of the world’s human rights

The Amnesty International Report 2022/23, titled “The state of the world’s human rights”, shows a year of new or renewed conflicts. In face of the severe human rights impact, the international responses were inconsistent. Government forces and armed groups were responsible for violations of international humanitarian law and human rights abuses, in some cases amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity.

No region in the world is completely free from human rights violations: in Europe Russian forces invaded Ukraine in an act of aggression and, in its assault on the civilian population, committed extrajudicial executions and indiscriminate attacks, and targeted the country’s energy infrastructure. In Africa, thousands of civilians have been victims of the fights between government forces and armed groups in Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Sahel region, among other places. Regarding the Middle East and North Africa, indiscriminate air strikes or other unlawful attacks killed and injured civilians in the context of long-standing conflicts in Libya, Syria and Yemen, as well as the flare-up of armed hostilities between Israel and a Palestinian armed group. In Afghanistan, Taliban have carried out their campaign of reprisal killings against members of the former administration and security forces.

People finding themselves in these situations of crisis and deprivation attempted to flee, but some states failed to treat them humanely.

The report provides an overview at regional level in which considers the economic, social, cultural, judicial and the environmental aspects of the human rights violations. Then, in more detail the report contains a country-by-country analysis, that considers some aspects like the country background, the respect of the basic human rights like freedom of movement and right to health.

This report wants to propose some insights to the government and others in order to meet these challenges and improve people’s lives across the world; for this reason government leaders, policymakers, advocates, activists and anyone interested in human rights are invited to read the Amnesty International analysis.

Last update

18/4/2023