Amnesty International Australia

Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people campaigning to protect human rights. We have a vision of a world in which every person enjoys all of the rights stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.

• We call on governments or companies to uphold, create or change laws or policies that will protect human rights.
• We send experts on missions into countries where human rights abuses are occurring to investigate and report, (eg: in places like Syria, Gaza, Pakistan or Egypt).
• We work with the worlds media to expose human rights abuses and call the guilty to justice.
• Our supporters sign petitions, write letters or take online actions directed at governments, groups or individuals.
• We support human rights advocates and activists defending human rights in their own countries.
• Our sections around the world campaign in their countries on global and