Amnesty International is a global organization designed to care about human rights and support the victims of violations of those rights. It works on the ideals of helping the injured and defenseless against the law, deals with individual cases. It is independent, impartial and neutral in terms of views and political systems. It is also not financed with public money.
Amnesty International has nearly 50 years uphold all human rights. Without a doubt, it has greatly contributed to the elevation of this issue in a transnational and over political way and to make it an important part of a public debate. Bible of the organization is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
AI in the past has set itself the main objectives, still valid nowadays. These include:
• accomplishment of the release of prisoners of conscience, and give them a fair trial,
• opposition to the death penalty, torture and other cruel methods of treatment of prisoners,
• compliance with international standards – fight for justice, in the idea of which, people who are responsible for violating human rights bear the consequences themselves,
• fight for the respect of human rights in the global scope.
Today, the organization encompasses almost the entire world – 140 countries and territories. It comprises 2.2 million people for whom the highest value is human freedom. Responds to all violations of human rights. It is active in all the debates about human rights. Sends delegations to meetings of governments and international organizations. If it does not have access to the country, it bases on information from diplomats, refugees and the media.