Amnesty International Is a non-governmental organisation focused on

Amnesty International Is a non-governmental organisation focused on human rights with over 3 million members and supporters around the world. The objective of the organisation is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated. ” In the field of international human rights organisations, Amnesty has the longest history and broadest name recognition, and "is believed by many to set standards for the movement as a whole.

By mid-1962, Amnesty had groups working or forming in West Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Canada, Ceylon, Greece, Australia, the United States, New Zealand, Ghana, Israel, Mexico, Argentina, Jamaica, Malaya, Congo (Brazzaville), Ethiopia, Nigeria, Burma, and India.

There are six key areas which Amnesty deals with: * Women's, children's, minorities' and indigenous rights * Ending torture * Abolition of the death penalty * Rights of refugees * Rights of prisoners of conscience * Protection of human dignity. To achieve its goals Amnesty International has developed a number of methods that will ensure wide publicity of information and mobilize public opinion. One of its strengths of the organization considers publication of impartial, credible reports. Collection of materials for presentations is through interviews with victims and officials, observing at trial, the work of human rights defenders on the ground and tracking media reports. The organization strives to produce timely press releases and publishes information in newsletters and on websites. In addition, to study the situation in the country, she is sending official delegations who are politely but firmly.