In this briefing Amnesty International addresses some of its main concerns in relation to torture and other ill-treatment including corporal punishment, laws that could facilitate torture and ill-treatment, and the lack of investigations into allegations of torture and other ill-treatment.

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In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of each of sixteen countries to be considered in the Universal Periodic Review. These include recommendations about ratification of human rights treaties; the International Criminal Court, economic social and cultural...

In this submission, Amnesty International provides information as stipulated in the General Guidelines for the Preparation of Information under the Universal Periodic Review. Amnesty International expresses concerns about human rights violations in the context of the death penalty, restrictions on...

In the Middle East and North Africa region, human rights defenders are all too often vilified, persecuted and even criminalized for their peaceful activities. This report describes many of their individual experiences, their triumphs as well as their setbacks. It shows that their efforts are...

On 17 May 2007, UN Member States will elect 14 members of the UN Human Rights Council. Amnesty International is providing in this document a brief review of the current human rights situation and an overview of the candidates’ record of ratification and cooperation with the treaty bodies and...

This briefing contains comments by AI on the compliance by Qatar with its obligations under the United Nations Convention against Torture. AI is concerned that further action by the government of Qatar is required in order to bring both law and practice as regards the prohibition of torture into...

An estimated 90 million migrants live and work outside their country of birth, many of them having left in search of security and a sustainable livelihood. Many economies have come to rely on migrants who are prepared to work in what are often referred to as “3-D jobs” – dirty, degrading and...

1) UN resolution to end impunity in Darfur 2) Brazilian Indians betrayed by government inaction 3) Domestic workers face multiple abuses in Gulf States 4) Peace Community under attack from both sides in Colombia 5) UN Secretary-General proposes bold steps to strengthen human rights 6) Worldwide...

1.) Mass commutations in Kenya and Illinois; 2.) Commutations and releases in Kenya; 3.) Three released in Taiwan; 4.) Foreigner pardoned in Qatar; 5.) Iran quashes death sentence on academic; 6.) Mobile vans use lethal injection to kill Chinese prisoners; 7.) News in brief

1.USA – Increasing concern over execution of the innocent; 2. UN Commission adopts death penalty resolution; 3. New UN Quinquennial report on capital punishment; 4. China – Extradited man sentenced to death; 5. Guatemala: More televised exactions; 6. News in brief: Bosnia-Herzegovina; Canada;...

This report provides compelling evidence of the futility and injustice of trying to use the death penalty to suppress drug trafficking and abuse. Some 26 countries have responded to the drug menace by introducing laws which make drug-related offences punishable by death. Thousands of prisoners have...