This document contains suggested recommendations to be made to ten of the states under review at the 37th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January 2021. The countries covered are Australia, Austria, Georgia, Lebanon, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Oman, Rwanda, St Lucia, and St...

Submission to the UN Human Rights Council for Nauru’s Universal Periodic Review. A snapshot of human rights issues from 2016 to 2020 including refugee rights, freedom of expression, an independent judiciary and right to a fair trial.

Amnesty International writes to urge that Australia’s cruel treatment of refugees in the Pacific countries of Papua New Guinea and Nauru is considered at the top of the agenda at the 49th Pacific Islands Forum Meeting.

Wilson Security’s response to allegations included in the briefing ‘Treasure I$land: How companies are profiting from Australia’s abuse of refugees on Nauru’ (Index: ASA 12/5942/2017). This response was received on 5 April 2017, and is posted upon their request.

Under the Government of Australia’s “offshore processing” regime, everyone who arrives in Australia by boat seeking asylum is forcibly taken to a “Refugee Processing Centre” on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea or the Pacific island of Nauru. This briefing exposes how companies Broadspectrum and...

Amnesty International welcomes the new Crimes Act 2016, which came into force in Nauru on 12 May. The new law replaces the archaic Criminal Code from 1899 and includes a number of positive steps towards improving human rights

This document contains Amnesty International’s suggested recommendations for the 12 states – Australia, Austria, Georgia, Lebanon, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Oman, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia – that are coming up for review in the UPR Working Group session on 2-13...

Nauru has taken some steps to strengthen the national human rights framework despite current resource constraints. However, the legal protection of human rights remains weak in Nauru. In this submission Amnesty International expresses concern about the level of violence against women and children...

Amnesty International provides this briefing ahead of the Pacific Island Forum Leaders’ Meeting in Marshall Islands. The dialogue that occurs at these meetings is an opportunity for regional collaboration and to identify workable solutions regarding promotion and protection of human rights in the...

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Amnesty International has found a toxic mix of uncertainty, unlawful detention and inhumane conditions creating an increasingly volatile situation on Nauru, with the Australian Government spectacularly failing in its duty of care to asylum seekers. The organization is also gravely concerned by the...

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