The Criminal Code was amended to increase sentences for perpetrators of rape and child sexual abuse. Police used excessive force. Detainees protested against poor health conditions and health workers threatened strikes over inadequate resources. Communities were at risk of forcible eviction. There...

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This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Senegal in January – February 2024. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Senegal in its previous review, including freedom of the press and freedom of expression, women and girls’...

The human rights situation in ECOWAS countries varies from one country to another. However, despite these disparities, cross-cutting issues can help understand the pressing needs for human rights protection in the region.

Amnesty International welcomes Senegal’s cooperation with the UPR and its acceptance of 229 of the 257 recommendations made to it by other states. These include recommendations to strengthen human rights institutions, to take measures to guarantee the independence of the judiciary, to end impunity...

States have noted the potential mutual benefits of creating stronger links between human rights mechanisms with a view to achieving both greater and more effective implementation of human rights obligations and commitments on the ground and increased accountability for delivering the Post-2015...

In the name of the war on terror and cybercrime, the two laws amending the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure adopted by Senegal’s National Assembly on 28 October 2016 contain draconian provisions. They must be revised in order to bring them into line with Senegal’s obligations under...

This document outlines a number of issues of concern relating to Senegal’s implementation of the Concluding Observations made by the African Commission during its 2003 Review and its implementation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Charter). The report focuses on Amnesty...

The Kédougou region of Senegal is seeing an influx of industrial mining interests and local communities have expressed concerns about the impacts of the expanding mining industry. This report examines the existing legal framework as regards key human rights issues arising within the context of...

On 19 March 2014, the Human Rights Council adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcome on Senegal. Amnesty International delivered this statement at the Council, calling on Senegal to ratify the Second Optional Protocol to ICCPR and to protect the rights of LGBTI persons.

In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of different states about ratification of international human rights standards, domestic legislation and human rights violations. The abuse of rights considered includes those of Indigenous peoples, ethnic minorities,...

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