Human Rights took centre stage last week at the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) annual Gathering conference with a number of panel discussions taking a closer look at the positive potential of human rights based...

Last week, a 15 year old girl who was raped by her stepfather was convicted of ‘fornication’ and sentenced to eight months’ house arrest and 100 lashes. This text action is now closed. Thank you to everyone who added their name to our...

This morning the Secretary of State for International Development Justine Greening spoke at our East London office to outline her department’s approach addressing, as she put it, ‘the greatest unmet challenges of our time’ – the...

You are reading this at a vitally important moment for women's rights and gender equality. We are on the eve of the 57th meeting of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York – the principle global policy making...

Stay on top of all the action here, by following our storify of the weekend. [ View the story "Action For Change 2013" on Storify ] Action For Change 2013 Storified by Amnesty UK · Fri, Mar 01 2013 07:01:23 Amnesty students from across...