Freedom of Movement
Freedom of movement, mobility rights, or the right to travel is a human rights concept encompassing the right of individuals to travel from place to place within the territory of a country, and to leave the country and return to it. The right includes not only visiting places, but changing the place where the individual resides or works.Such a right is provided in the constitutions of numerous states, and in documents reflecting norms of international law. For example, Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights asserts that: "Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within …
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Amnesty International · 11 September 2024
“He wants to see equality in Angola” 16 September marks one year since Adolfo Campos has been arbitrarily detained. We met with his wife, Rosa Mendes, and their four kids, …
Amnesty International · 11 September 2024
The Tajikistani authorities are perpetuating systemic discrimination and severe human rights violations against the Pamiri minority, according to new research by Amnesty International. The Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) in East …
Amnesty International · 10 September 2024
A year on from Imran Khan’s conviction and sentencing, Amnesty International has found several fair trial violations under international human rights standards which have resulted in his arbitrary detention, denying …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 9 September 2024 English
Regular readers will realise that this isn’t posted on a Friday morning, as normal. For various reasons I’ve had to post early this time. In line with the new fortnightly …
least debatable, but they are well-known (freedom of movement, fear of Labour leave voters, fear of it …
Amnesty International · 8 September 2024
Amnesty International presents this submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in advance of the review of Saudi Arabia’s fifth periodic report on measures …
Amnesty International · 2 September 2024 English
Algerian authorities have maintained their repression of civic space by continuing their brutal crackdown on human rights including the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association in the …
arbitrary restrictions on their right to freedom of movement and unfounded sanctions imposed on media … arrests and restrictions on the right to freedom of movement faced by journalists Merzoug Touati, Mustapha …
EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 2 September 2024
The European Union's objectives in the field of external border protection are to safeguard freedom of movement within the Schengen area (an area without internal borders) and to ensure efficient monitoring …
external border protection are to safeguard freedom of movement within the Schengen area (an area without …
JLAC: Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center · 2 September 2024 English
wife and my children to move around Judea and Samaria [the West Bank] is more important than freedom of movement for the Arabs.” This blunt statement only exposes the deep-rooted racist nature of the movement …
legal aid with public severe limitations on freedom of movement have aggravated the crisis by isolating communities … a viable Palestinian state. Freedom of Movement The freedom of movement for Palestinians in the West … Samaria [the West Bank] is more important than freedom of movement for the Arabs.” This blunt statement only …
Amnesty International · 1 September 2024 English
Presidential elections will be held in Algeria on 7 September 2024 amidst severe restrictions on civic space and a continued crackdown on human rights including the rights to the freedom …
arrests and restrictions on the right to freedom of movement of journalists Merzoug Touati, Mustapha … arbitrary restrictions on their right to freedom of movement and unfounded sanctions against independent …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 30 August 2024 English
It would be unfair to expect the Labour government to have achieved much yet. The peculiar timing of the election, in combination with the parliamentary recess, meant that there has …
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