Vanuatu: Amnesty International Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: Fifth session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council, May 2009

Vanuatu: Amnesty International Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: Fifth session of the UPR Working Group of the Human Rights Council, May 2009

In this submission, Amnesty International provides information as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic Review. Amnesty International raises concerns over inadequate constitutional non-discrimination provisions, discriminatory customary laws, restrictions on citizenship, gender discrimination and the status of ratification and implementation of international human rights treaties. The organization also describes concerns about violence against women.