South Africa: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: First session of the UPR Working Group, 7-11 April 2008

South Africa: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review: First session of the UPR Working Group, 7-11 April 2008

Índice AI: AFR 53/005/2007
Fecha de publicación: 20 noviembre 2007
Categorías: Sudáfrica

In this submission, Amnesty International provides information under sections C and D (as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic Review). The Organization describes concerns related to violence against women, barriers to the realisation of the right to health of people living with HIV and AIDS, use of torture and excessive force by police and prison authorities, and the protection of refugees and asylum-seekers and suspected illegal immigrants against refoulement. Amnesty International makes a number of recommendations in the areas of concerns listed