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OUR ACTIVITIES

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

Thematic paper series no. 5: Police and children

Tag: Publication

Police in their daily work mainly deal with adult people, which means that their policies, instructions, and manner in which they approach people, through…
Amnesty’s Guidelines on the right to freedom of peaceful assembly

Tag: Publication

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

Tag: Publication

These six sheets give a brief overview of less lethal weapons including their potential effects and risks. They summarize when…
Kinetic Impact Projectiles (KIPs) in law enforcement

Tag: Publication

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

INTERNATIONAL NEWS AND DEVELOPMENTS

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…
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…
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…
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

Syria: “You’re going to your death” Violations against Syrian refugees returning to Syria

Tag: Report

Syrian intelligence officers have subjected women, children and men returning to Syria to unlawful or arbitrary detention, torture and other…
Nicaragua: Where are they?: Enforced disappearance as a strategy of repression

Tag: Report

Since 28 May 2021, the government of Daniel Ortega has pursued a new phase of its repressive strategy. Characteristic elements…
Russia: No place for protest

Tag: Report

The right to freedom of peaceful assembly is a fundamental human right enshrined both in international and regional treaties to…
Find more country reports in the PHRP resources database

Tag: Report

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

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