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Amnesty International  Report 2012


The 2012 Annual Report on
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Amnesty International assessment of states' implementation of ...
21 February 2013

In its submissions for the UPR, Amnesty International endeavours to assess the level of implementation of some of the recommendations, made by other states in the ...

Report       IOR 41/002/2013

Canada: Human rights abuses prevalent among vulnerable groups ...
31 October 2012

In this submission, Amnesty International comments on Canada's implementation of its human rights obligations and on its engagement with Universal Periodic Review ...

Report       AMR 20/008/2012

Universal jurisdiction: Strengthening this essential tool of ...
9 October 2012

This paper suggests steps that should be taken at the international level to strengthen universal jurisdiction with regard to crimes under international law. In ...

Report       IOR 53/020/2012

Canada: US woman possible prisoner of conscience: Kimberly Rivera
13 September 2012

US servicewoman and Iraq war resister, Kimberly Rivera, faces deportation from Canada to the USA by 20 September where she risks being court-martialled for desertion ...

Urgent Action       AMR 20/007/2012

Canada: Briefing to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child ...
12 September 2012

This brief has been prepared for the consideration of Canada's periodic reports under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Amnesty International is concerned ...

Report       AMR 20/006/2012

Americas: Right to consultation and consent of Indigenous peoples ...
27 August 2012

This statement, to the 21st session of the UN Human Rights Council, encapsulates one of the main challenges Indigenous peoples face when their ancestral territories ...

Document       AMR 01/007/2012

Os governos devem parar de impor projetos de infraestrutura nos ...
8 August 2012

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC DOCUMENT. 8 August 2012. Index: AMR 01/005/2012. Governments must stop imposing development projects on ...

Document       AMR 01/005/2012

Americas: Governments must stop imposing development projects on ...
8 August 2012

Governments across the Americas continue to discriminate against Indigenous peoples by denying their right to have a say on decisions which may have devastating ...

Document       AMR 01/005/2012

Report 2012: No longer business as usual for tyranny and injustice ...
24 May 2012

Amnesty International releases its flagship yearly report documenting the state of the world's human rights.

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Canada: Briefing to the UN Committee against Torture: a summary
1 May 2012

This is a summary of the Amnesty International brief which set out concerns about ways in which Canadian action or inaction risks complicity in torture or other ...

Report       AMR 20/005/2012