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OUR ACTIVITIES

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  Two in person training sessions in Nairobi 2026

  In June 2026, PHRP delivered two training sessions on policing and human rights at Amnesty’s regional office in Nairobi, Kenya.

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  Thematic work

  Amnesty International releases 20 rules for ending widespread misuse of police batons

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  Training & Workshops

  Police and Human Rights Training in Mexico City

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  Country work

  France: Class Action Lawsuit against Ethnic Profiling

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OUR PUBLICATIONS

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  Thematic paper series no. 5: Police and children

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  Police in their daily work mainly deal with adult people, which means that their policies, instructions, and manner in which they approach people, through…

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  Amnesty’s Guidelines on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly

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  Peaceful assemblies have been the driving force behind some of the most powerful social movements, exposing injustice and abuse, demanding…

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  Less lethal weapons

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  These six sheets give a brief overview of less lethal weapons including their potential effects and risks. They summarize when…

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  Kinetic Impact Projectiles (KIPs) in law enforcement

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  Responding to the frequent misuse across the globe of kinetic impact projectiles, commonly known as rubber bullets, today Amnesty International…

INTERNATIONAL NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS

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  Kenya: Authorities must address economic grievances driving protests, end repressive tactics

  Tag: Policing

  Kenyan authorities have increasingly used authoritarian tactics, including arbitrary arrests and detention, abductions, malicious prosecution of protesters, surveillance, and media…

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  India: End the crackdown on peaceful protests and release arbitrarily detained protesters

  Tag: Policing

  The brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters in New Delhi over the last weekend is alarming with mass detention, unlawful use…

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  Portugal: Police violence against peaceful housing protesters must be investigated

  Tag: Policing

  Initial reports suggest that the police deployed excessive force to disperse a peaceful protest camp in Porto, Portugal, in the…

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  Global: New report exposes human rights failures at 2026 Men’s World Cup

  Tag: Policing

  The 2026 Men’s World Cup exposed a failure of FIFA’s leadership to implement its own human rights policies, with the…

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

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  Xenophobic machines: Discrimination through unregulated use of algorithms in the Dutch childcare benefits scandal

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  Social security enforcement agencies worldwide are increasingly automating their processes in the hope of detecting fraud. The Netherlands is at…

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  Sri Lanka: From burning houses to burning bodies: Anti-Muslim violence, discrimination and harassment in Sri Lanka

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  Sri Lanka’s Muslim community have faced incidents of violence, discrimination and harassment for decades. Most recently, since 2013, there have…

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  Chile: Criminal liability of commanders for omission in connection with crimes committed during the social unrest

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  Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to analyse the criminal liability for omission of the authorities and commanders…

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  Netherlands: Still no Safety: Venezuelans denied protection in Curaçao

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  Since Amnesty lnternational’s initials report in 2018, the rights of Venezuelans who have fled to Curaçao are still violated. They…

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  Afghanistan: The fate of thousands hanging in the balance: Afghanistan’s fall into the hands of the Taliban

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  The Taliban have attempted to portray to the world that they will respect human rights- however the ground reality is…

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  France Police Violence: A new report by Amnesty International highlights abusive and illegal use of force during the Teknival rave in Redon, in June 2021

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  As this week, the President of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron, closes the Beauvau security consultations, which aim to…

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  Amnesty International: Blunt Force – Investigating the misuse of police batons and related weapons

  Tag: Report

  Time and again, law enforcement officials are too quick to resort to the use of force, often against peaceful protesters exercising their rights to freedom of…

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Find more country reports in the PHRP resources database.

This database is an initiative of the Police and Human Rights Programme (PHRP) of the Dutch Section of Amnesty International.

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