http://www.amnesty.org/en/related_information/feed/1944 Download Documents from Amnesty International en http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/asia-and-pacific/south-east-asia/papua-new-guinea Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA34/004/2006/en Although gender-based violence is pervasive in Papua New Guinea, many women are also active and vocal agents of change, engaged in a struggle to build safer homes and communities. Although they are grossly under-represented in national and provincial parliaments, in local government, in village courts, in th Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA34/005/2006/en In the second week of November 2005, Anna Benny, a human rights defender from Goroka town in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, disappeared. Reliable sources have now reported that Anna went to the assistance of her sister-in-law who was being held in a house and attacked on suspicion of practising s Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA34/002/2006/en This report explores how the State and civil society in Papua New Guinea are responding to gender-based violence against women. All States have a duty under international human rights law to prevent, prohibit and punish violence against women and to provide redress. Amnesty International found that in practi Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA34/007/2006/en Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA34/001/2006/en In this letter, Amnesty International notes the announcement that the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (RPNGC) intends to recruit 230 new members and urges the Government to use this new recruitment drive to increase the representation of women in the force. At present, although the National Goals and Dir Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA34/001/2005/en Thu, 03 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0000 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA34/002/2004/en There is no abstract for this document Fri, 16 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA34/001/2004/en This report examines developments in the application of the death penalty in Papua New Guinea, in the context of those in some other South Pacific states. Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA34/001/2001/en Wed, 18 Jul 2001 00:00:00 +0100 Amnesty International