AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
WHO THEY ARE
WHAT WE COULD BE
WHAT THEY DO
“THOSE WHO TODAY STILL FEEL A SENSE OF IMPOTENCE CAN DO SOMETHING: THEY CAN SUPPORT AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. THEY CAN HELP IT TO STAND UP FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE.”
- Peter Benenson
act
write
donate
☞ Sing a petition
☞ Donate your time
☞ Take a course
☞ Write a letter
☞ Donate good quality things
☞ Volunteer
☞ Share your voice
☞ Take action
☞ Donate your extra possibilities
☞ Become a member
“THE CANDLE BURNS NOT FOR US, BUT FOR ALL THOSE WHOM WE FAILED TO RESCUE FROM PRISON, WHO WERE SHOT ON THE WAY TO PRISON, WHO WERE TORTURED, WHO WERE KIDNAPPED, WHO DISAPPEARED. THAT’S WHAT THE CANDLE IS FOR.”
- Peter Benenson
better light a candle than curse the darkness
- Chinese proverb
Amnesty International is an internationalnon-governmental organization (NGO)
1961
1977
The lawyer Peter Benenson found the organization in response to the imprisonment of two Portuguese students who had raised a toast to freedom in Portugal.
Amnesty International was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its significant contributions to human rights advocacy.
how it works
Amnesty International is independent of any kind of institution, that’s why government funding is not accepted. It wants to maintain a neutral and impartial approach, so the vast majority of its founding comes from individual donations.
It is a democratic organization governed by a nine-member International Executive Committee (IEC), elected every two years by an International Council and an elected member of the International Secretariat.
“Only when the last prisoner of conscience is set free, when the last torture chamber is closed, when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights becomes a reality for people everywhere, will our work be done.”
- Peter Benenson
to do
strategy
mission
Undertake research and actions focused on the prevention and theend of grave abuses of these rights.
Protect and promote human rights across the globe.
Establishing key human rights priorities, common lenses that are applied across all work and core capabilities.