This report documents human rights issues of concern to Amnesty International (AI) worldwide during 1999, containing an appeal for action, regional summaries on the human rights situation in the country or territory and describes AI's specific human rights concerns there.

The report also reflects activities undertaken by Amnesty during the year to promote human rights and to campaign against specific human rights abuses, AI's work with intergovernmental organizations and includes information about which states are bound by key international and regional human rights treaties.