Q. Amnesty International is

• an agency of the United Nations to help refugees of civil wars
• a global Human Rights Movement
• a non-governmental voluntary organization to help very poor people
• an inter-governmental agency to cater to medical emergencies in war-ravaged regions

Answer: (b) a global Human Rights Movement

Notes:

• Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organisation focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom.
• The organisation says it has more than ten million members and supporters around the world.
• The stated mission of the organisation is to campaign for “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 instruments.”
• The organisation has played a notable role on human rights issues due to its frequent citation in media and by world leaders.
• The organization was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977 for its “Defence of human dignity against torture” and the United Nations Prize in the field of Human Rights in 1978.