© REUTERS/Kacper Pempel, After 20 years of pressure from Amnesty supporters, a life-saving global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) comes into force on 24 December 2014. To stay one step ahead, we are also developing tools using the latest technologies. In order to ensure we can quickly respond to the needs of our vibrant and effective Student Groups they are represented by the Student Action Network Committee.

Find out more about what we do In 1948 representatives of the United Nations came together to devise the United Declaration of Human Rights - a list of rights that everybody across the world should enjoy. Through petitions, letters and protests, campaigners worldwide press for action from the people and institutions who can make change happen. We support people to claim their rights through education and training. It will help stop the flow of weapons fuelling atrocities around the world.

We are independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion. 02007475) and a registered charity (no. These offices are major hubs for our investigations, campaigns and communications. This Committee provides a crucial link between our staff and students, and also ensures that the voice of students is heard in key policy debates.

The first prisoner of conscience is released, Ukrainian Archbishop Josyf Slipyi in Siberia. No government is beyond scrutiny. In 1961, British lawyer Peter Benenson was outraged when two Portuguese students were jailed just for raising a toast to freedom. The Section is governed by a Board of Directors elected by our members. A global movement for human rights begins. They are elected at the annual Student Conference.

We are a global movement of more than 7 million people in over 150 countries and territories. Amnesty International United Kingdom Section.

We rely on our volunteers to undertake a variety of activities and a code of conduct outlines what we expect from each other.

As a global movement of over seven million people, Amnesty International is the world's largest grassroots human rights organisation.We investigate and expose abuses, educate and mobilise the public, and help transform societies to create a safer, more just world.

Ali Sayed al-Shihabi is released after being jailed for posting pro-democracy articles online in Syria.

Our Trade Union Network Committee helps to shape and develop campaigning with the trade unions. Amnesty International Charity is a company registered in England & Wales, limited by guarantee (no. Every day across our offices in London, Edinburgh and Belfast, approximately 170 staff members work to protect justice, promote truth and prevent abuse.

He wrote an article in The Observer newspaper and launched a campaign that provoked an incredible response.

We are campaigning for a world where human rights are enjoyed by all.

© Amnesty International / Henning Schacht. Amnesty International UK Section Charitable Trust. Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is a non-governmental organization with its headquarters in the United Kingdom focused on human rights.

is a company registered in England & Wales, limited by guarantee (no. We received the Nobel Peace Prize for our life-saving work. Refunds of donations. We are one of over 50 national Amnesty sections based in countries around the world.

These are just three of the reasons why we are one of the world's most effective campaigning organisations.

Our vision is a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards.

  |   The new regional offices strengthen the work of Sections who already work at the national level in more than 70 countries. The vast majority of our funding comes from the contributions of individuals through our membership and our fundraising activities. We protect people, defending their right to freedom, truth and dignity. ), Amnesty launches its first campaign against torture.

Through our detailed research and determined campaigning, we help fight abuses of human rights worldwide. We have more than 200,000 members and supporters in the UK. Only when the last prisoner of conscience has been freed, when the last torture chamber has been closed, when the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a reality for the world’s people, will our work be done. © Raoul Shade.

Amnesty members in the UK belong to the UK Section.