Amnesty International is a non-profit international organization based in London, founded by Peter Pennesen in 1961. Its primary role is to protect human rights, it also aims at freeing prisoners of conscience: persons imprisoned for reasons such as their beliefs, race, color, religion or language, by achieving fair trial standards for all prisoners, especially politicians or those who have been imprisoned without trial or charge. The organization also opposes the death penalty, torture and other inhumane punishments that would offend prisoners.

Amnesty International's goals:
- Stop violence against women.
- Defending the rights and dignity of people living in poverty.
- Opposition to the death penalty.
- Opposition to torture and resistance to terrorism.
- Detachment of prisoners of conscience.
- Defending the rights of refugees and migrants.

Amnesty is a neutral organization; independent of other governments and political ideologies, economic interests and religious beliefs. It is self-financed through donations of members and supporters. The majority of them are in more than 150 countries and territories, according to the FAO report in 2007, and do not accept any funds from any government.
The organization won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1977. It is worth mentioning that the offices of the organization are spread in 80 countries from around the world, but their activities extend beyond those countries to the majority of the countries of the world.