Azerbaijan: torture and ill-treatment: comments on the forthcoming review by the United Nations Committee against Torture
The present report of Amnesty International examines issues relating to Azerbaijan meeting the international obligations to investigate allegations of ill-treatment and torture, and to bring alleged perpetrators to justice in the course of full and fair proceedings. Amnesty International concludes with recommendations to the Azerbaijani authorities and states that under international standards, such as the […]
Azerbaijan: torture and ill-treatment: comments on the forthcoming review by the United Nations Committee against Torture
The present report of Amnesty International examines issues relating to Azerbaijan meeting the international obligations to investigate allegations of ill-treatment and torture, and to bring alleged perpetrators to justice in the course of full and fair proceedings. Amnesty International concludes with recommendations to the Azerbaijani authorities and states that under international standards, such as the […]
The time for justice is now: new strategy needed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
This report focuses on components of the national justice system of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that are relevant to the investigation and prosecution of crimes under international law. The primary components are currently military courts and tribunals that have exclusive jurisdiction genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. However, the civilian criminal […]
The time for justice is now: new strategy needed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
This report focuses on components of the national justice system of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that are relevant to the investigation and prosecution of crimes under international law. The primary components are currently military courts and tribunals that have exclusive jurisdiction genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. However, the civilian criminal […]
Ethiopia: justice under fire: trials of opposition leaders, journalists and human rights defenders in Ethiopia
This report of Amnesty International covers a political trial in Ethiopia lasting from May 2006 to March 2008, in which opposition party leaders, journalists and civil society activists considered by Amnesty International to be prisoners of conscience were tried for crimes that carried possible death sentences or life imprisonment. This report also describes related trials of […]
Ethiopia: justice under fire: trials of opposition leaders, journalists and human rights defenders in Ethiopia
This report of Amnesty International covers a political trial in Ethiopia lasting from May 2006 to March 2008, in which opposition party leaders, journalists and civil society activists considered by Amnesty International to be prisoners of conscience were tried for crimes that carried possible death sentences or life imprisonment. This report also describes related trials of […]
Burundi: urged to release prominent lawyers jailed on spurious charges
The present document of Amnesty International concerns a statement to the Burundian government that should immediately release two prominent lawyers jailed amid an ongoing dispute with the government. Amnesty states that the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers not only state that lawyers must be allowed to carry out their work “without intimidation, hindrance, harassment […]
Burundi: urged to release prominent lawyers jailed on spurious charges
The present document of Amnesty International concerns a statement to the Burundian government that should immediately release two prominent lawyers jailed amid an ongoing dispute with the government. Amnesty states that the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers not only state that lawyers must be allowed to carry out their work “without intimidation, hindrance, harassment […]
Ethiopia: submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee
The present document of Amnesty International is submitting a briefing for consideration by the Human Rights Committee (the Committee) ahead of its examination in July 2011 of Ethiopia’s initial report on measures taken to implement its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the Covenant). This submission provides an overview of the […]
Ethiopia: submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee
The present document of Amnesty International is submitting a briefing for consideration by the Human Rights Committee (the Committee) ahead of its examination in July 2011 of Ethiopia’s initial report on measures taken to implement its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the Covenant). This submission provides an overview of the […]
China: against the law: crackdown on China’s human rights lawyers deepens
The present report updates Amnesty International’s Breaking the law: Crackdown on human rights lawyers and legal activists in China (ASA 17/042/2009) published in 2009. The current report documents how the government exerts control over lawyers in three ways: first, by trying to rein in their behaviour through increasing demands to conform to party ideology; second, […]
China: against the law: crackdown on China’s human rights lawyers deepens
The present report updates Amnesty International’s Breaking the law: Crackdown on human rights lawyers and legal activists in China (ASA 17/042/2009) published in 2009. The current report documents how the government exerts control over lawyers in three ways: first, by trying to rein in their behaviour through increasing demands to conform to party ideology; second, […]
Rights organizations condemn continued persecution campaign against lawyers in Iran
The present document of Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) concerns a press release in which Amnesty International and the ICJ condemn the ongoing arrests and imprisonment of several prominent lawyers in Iran which they see as part of an orchestrated attempt by the Iranian authorities to repress dissent in the country. The two […]
Rights organizations condemn continued persecution campaign against lawyers in Iran
The present document of Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) concerns a press release in which Amnesty International and the ICJ condemn the ongoing arrests and imprisonment of several prominent lawyers in Iran which they see as part of an orchestrated attempt by the Iranian authorities to repress dissent in the country. The two […]
Iran: end arrests of defence lawyers
The present document of Amnesty International concerns a statement to release of several defence lawyers in Iran. Amnesty refers to the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers which provide that lawyers must be allowed to carry out their work “without intimidation, hindrance, harassment or improper interference.”
Iran: end arrests of defence lawyers
The present document of Amnesty International concerns a statement to release of several defence lawyers in Iran. Amnesty refers to the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers which provide that lawyers must be allowed to carry out their work “without intimidation, hindrance, harassment or improper interference.”
