Amnesty International’s (AI) concerns in the Occupied Territories include large scale use of detention without charge or trial, systematic ill- treatment of detainees and the killing of civilians by the security forces. Existing guidelines on the use of force, particularly those governing the use...
This report summarizes Amnesty International’s concerns regarding conscientious objection in 23 countries as of January 1991 (in a few cases as of February 1991). It updates the report “Conscientious objection to military service”, May 1988 (POL 31/01/88). There are two annexes: Annex 1 gives...
The human rights measures introduced by the government led by Patricio Aylwin are summarized in this circular, along with Amnesty International’s major concerns. It updates many of the concerns outlined in “Chile: Summary of Amnesty International concerns”, (AMR 22/18/89). The status of the...
The Government of Sri Lanka has published proposed amendments to the fundamental human rights chapter of the constitution. Changes envisaged by the proposed amendments are examined here (and summarized in a table), along with details of the grounds on which specific human rights could be...