In this document, Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists make submissions on A) knowledge imputable to the Contracting Parties; B) non-refoulement obligations; C) the duty to investigate and other procedural obligations; and D) the human rights violations that detainees...

Amnesty International submits this contribution in the context of the evaluation of the implementation of the Recommendation on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity. Despite discrimination being prohibited by European human rights law, lesbian, gay,...

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In this presentation to the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs in March 2012, Amnesty International considers information that is new since 2007 as well as the lack of will on the part of EU member states to vigorously pursue it to ensure accountability. As...

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The Lithuanian government has admitted its involvement in the US-led rendition and secret detention programmes. An investigation opened into two secret CIA detention sites that had already been acknowledged was abruptly terminated in January 2011 on highly dubious grounds. In this report, Amnesty...

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Amnesty International is launching a major worldwide campaign, Security with Human Rights. It aims to expose governments that violate human rights in the name of national security or countering terrorism, or use the threat of terrorism as a pretext to undermine human rights. It will shine a light...