Fighting Bad Guys Since 1961
Change is inevitable, the young Karimi Nduthu said a few months before he was killed in 1996. The courage of the Release Political Prisoners lobby group was at the centre of the first of three transformations that would lead to Amnesty International Kenya becoming one of Kenya’s largest, most influential, and visible movements of human rights defenders.
Who is Amnesty Kenya?
Amnesty International Kenya is a section of Amnesty International’s global movement of over 10 million members and supporters committed to creating a future where human rights are enjoyed. United by our shared humanity, we know that the power to create positive change is within all of us.
We are funded by members and people like you. We are independent of any political ideology, economic interest or religion. We stand with victims of human rights violations, whoever they are, wherever they are.
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Our vision and mission for Kenya
We believe in an inclusive society where all live in dignity, freedom, diversity and prosperity and everyone enjoys the full range of constitutional freedoms, rights, and responsibilities.
We exist to boldly confront and skilfully transform all forms of injustice and human rights violations with members, supporters and allies through campaigning, research, human rights education, and public interest litigation.
Our values and promise to those that engage with us
Our strategy
Extraordinary power in the hands of ordinary people
Since Amnesty International Kenya was registered in 2012, the organisation has had at least seven strategic plans. The 2020-2023 Strategic Plan was probably the most ambitious. It paved the way to recognition as a National Section governed by members and a national statutory board. Amnesty International became highly visible within Kenya, regionally and internationally.
Our current strategic Framework covers our work from 2024 to 2028. It designates key human rights priorities, common lenses that we apply across all work and core capabilities that we rely on to remain effective.
Our Human Rights Priorities
- Equality
- Enforced Disappearances
- Extrajudicial Killings
- Death Penalty
- Freedom of Expression
- Technology and Human Rights
Read our 2024-2028 Strategic Framework
Read our 2021-2023 Strategic Framework
Six outcomes challenges we seek to transform by 2028
OC 1: Citizens movements actively resourced to demand democratic governance, freedoms, and justice.
Strategic Partners:1 Circles of conscience, social justice centres, activists, members, supporters
Boundary Partners:2 County governments, Activists, National Government, AIK members, Supporters, Social Justice Centres.
OC 2: Constitutional values, human rights standards and sustainable development principles drive the implementation of laws, policies and budgets across the Executive and Legislative arms of government. doms, and justice.
Strategic Partners: Kenyan National Commission on Human Rights, Occupation based associations. Kenya Democracy and Human Rights Parliamentary Caucus, Mzalendo Trust
Boundary Partners: Office of Presidency, County Government, line ministries and Parliament
OC 3: All persons’ and groups experience safety and equal access to, fair and swift justice in line with the constitution and the rule of the law.
Strategic Partners: Police Reforms Working Group, Missing Voices Alliance, Independent Policing Oversight Authority, Witness Protection Agency, Law Society of Kenya, National Council on the Administration of Justice and Judiciary National Council on the Administration of Justice, Law Society of Kenya, Identity-based activist associations, Judges and Magistrates
Boundary Partners: Office of Director of Public Prosecutions, National Police Service, Interior Ministry,
OC 4: Rights-based governance protected against corruption and impunity by national and International financial institutions.
Strategic Partners: National Council on the Administration of Justice, Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, Office of the Auditor General, Law Society of Kenya, Amnesty international secretariat and national entities.
Boundary Partners: World Bank, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, Diplomatic Missions
OC 5: Data governance and citizen’s digital rights in the Data Protection Act (2019) promoted and protected against disinformation, invasive breaches of big data and personal privacy.
Strategic Partners: Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, National Cohesion and Integration Commission, KICTANET, Open Institute, Strathmore University, Namati.
Boundary Partners: Interior Ministry, ICT Ministry, corporates, Communications Authority
OC 5: A value-based AI Section that is sustainable, results-oriented, efficient, relevant, well-resourced, and professionally managed organisation that maintains internal democracy.
(This will be supported by documented and updated systems in HR, communication, and finance with clarity of decision-making. This will be achieved through effective resource mobilisation and improved technical, functional, organisational and leadership capacity)
Strategic Partners: ICPAK, FKE, IHRM, PRSK, AIK Board, Staff, NGO Coordination Board, KRA.
HOW WE ARE GOVERNED
Amnesty International Kenya runs on people power. We are a democratic organisation, which means that we are governed by individual members like you through our Circles of Conscience.
Amnesty Kenya held its first national conference of members in 2020. Our national conference has since evolved into the Annual Delegates Conference, held annually. Two representatives of each Circle of Conscience attend the Annual Delegates Conference to vote on decisions that guide the Amnesty Kenya movement. These decisions include the selection of the Board, ADC chairperson, committee members, and nomination committee.
Read Amnesty International Kenya Constitution
Read the Amnesty International Kenya Board Governance Manual
HOW WE ARE FINANCED
Our deeply held core principles of impartiality, independence and accuracy underpin all we do. This is built on an understanding that all human rights must be respected together if we are to achieve a world free from fear and want.
We are independent of any institution, ideology, economic interest, and religion. Our only interest is in achieving human rights for all.
We are funded by Amnesty International Secretariate, Foundations and individual contributions.