Albania: obligations under the UN Convention Against Torture – a gap between law and practice
The present document of Amnesty International elaborates on certain key concerns related to weaknesses in Albanian legislation when measured against the requirements of the UN Convention against Torture and other international human rights standards. Above all, it is intended to draw attention to the gap between law and actual practice, and the consequent violation of […]
Albania: obligations under the UN Convention Against Torture – a gap between law and practice
The present document of Amnesty International elaborates on certain key concerns related to weaknesses in Albanian legislation when measured against the requirements of the UN Convention against Torture and other international human rights standards. Above all, it is intended to draw attention to the gap between law and actual practice, and the consequent violation of […]
Indonesia: new military operations, old patterns of human rights abuses in Aceh
The present report of Amnesty International provides details of the current human rights situation in NAD, Indonesia. The second part of the report focuses on the situation for Acehnese refugees in Malaysia. Recommendations are provided to both the Indonesian and Malaysian governments, as well as to the United Nations (UN) and second governments which, if […]
Indonesia: new military operations, old patterns of human rights abuses in Aceh
The present report of Amnesty International provides details of the current human rights situation in NAD, Indonesia. The second part of the report focuses on the situation for Acehnese refugees in Malaysia. Recommendations are provided to both the Indonesian and Malaysian governments, as well as to the United Nations (UN) and second governments which, if […]
Kenya: memorandum to the Kenyan government on the Suppression of Terrorism Bill 2003
In the present report Amnesty International expresses its concerns on the Kenyan Suppression of Terrorism Bill of 2003. Amnesty International’s concerns in this memorandum focus primarily on the proposed legislation’s incompatibility with international human rights standards, particularly the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), Kenya being […]
Kenya: memorandum to the Kenyan government on the Suppression of Terrorism Bill 2003
In the present report Amnesty International expresses its concerns on the Kenyan Suppression of Terrorism Bill of 2003. Amnesty International’s concerns in this memorandum focus primarily on the proposed legislation’s incompatibility with international human rights standards, particularly the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), Kenya being […]
Democratic Republic of Congo: comments and recommendations of the July 2003 draft law implementing the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
The present document concerns Amnesty International’s comments on the draft law implementing the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Amnesty states that there is a broad range of international standards concerning the right to fair trial which should be incorporated in DRC law. One of these international […]
Democratic Republic of Congo: comments and recommendations of the July 2003 draft law implementing the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
The present document concerns Amnesty International’s comments on the draft law implementing the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Amnesty states that there is a broad range of international standards concerning the right to fair trial which should be incorporated in DRC law. One of these international […]
Indonesia and Timor-Leste: justice for Timor-Leste: the way forward
The present document of Amnesty International is about the violence that took place during the period surrounding the vote for independence of August 1999 in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (Timor- Leste, formerly known as East Timor),1 two separate processes for investigating, prosecuting and judging the crimes committed during this period were set in motion, […]
Indonesia and Timor-Leste: justice for Timor-Leste: the way forward
The present document of Amnesty International is about the violence that took place during the period surrounding the vote for independence of August 1999 in the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (Timor- Leste, formerly known as East Timor),1 two separate processes for investigating, prosecuting and judging the crimes committed during this period were set in motion, […]
People’s Republic of China: executed “according to law”? The death penalty in China
The present document of Amnesty International describes the process that someone suspected of committing a capital crime goes through under the Chinese criminal justice system, from detention through to execution. This process will be described using examples of cases researched by Amnesty International, and others monitored in the official press in China. Amnesty refers to […]
People’s Republic of China: executed “according to law”? The death penalty in China
The present document of Amnesty International describes the process that someone suspected of committing a capital crime goes through under the Chinese criminal justice system, from detention through to execution. This process will be described using examples of cases researched by Amnesty International, and others monitored in the official press in China. Amnesty refers to […]
India: abuse of law in Gujarat: Muslims detained illegally in Ahmedabad
This document of Amnesty International presents reports of the use of arbitrary and illegal detention by Crime Branch police in Ahmedabad in 2002. Amnesty International refers to the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers in the context of access to legal representation.
India: abuse of law in Gujarat: Muslims detained illegally in Ahmedabad
This document of Amnesty International presents reports of the use of arbitrary and illegal detention by Crime Branch police in Ahmedabad in 2002. Amnesty International refers to the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers in the context of access to legal representation.
Myanmar: the administration of justice – grave and abiding concerns
This report provides information about the criminal justice system and other developments which was obtained during a trip of Amnesty International to Myanmar in December 2003. Areas covered in the report are: political arrests; trials and sentencing, including death sentences; ill-treatment and torture; laws criminalizing the exercise of the rights to freedom of expression; and […]
Myanmar: the administration of justice – grave and abiding concerns
This report provides information about the criminal justice system and other developments which was obtained during a trip of Amnesty International to Myanmar in December 2003. Areas covered in the report are: political arrests; trials and sentencing, including death sentences; ill-treatment and torture; laws criminalizing the exercise of the rights to freedom of expression; and […]
