The rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly were unduly restricted; journalists and health workers were unjustly prosecuted, harassed and intimidated. The police used excessive force while policing demonstrations and enforcing public health restrictions. Discrimination against women...

This document contains suggested recommendations to be made to the states under review at the 42nd session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January/February 2023. The countries covered are Czech Republic, Argentina, Gabon, Ghana, Peru, Guatemala, Benin, Republic of Korea, Switzerland,...

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review of Benin scheduled to be held on 26 January 2023. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations previously made to Benin, including in relation to the death penalty. It also assesses the national human...

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 opposes the death penalty in all cases without exception, regardless of the nature or circumstances of the crime; guilt, innocence or other characteristics of the individual; or the method used by the state to carry out the execution. The death penalty is a violation of the...

Amnesty International today welcomed the commutation of the death sentences of 14 death row prisoners, by the authorities in Benin, as a sign of the country’s commitment to the abolition of the death penalty. The prisoners – 10 Beninese, two Nigerians, one Togolese and one Ivorian – were the last...

Suggested UPR recommendations to the governments of Argentina, Benin, Czech Republic, Ghana, Guatemala, Japan, Pakistan, Peru, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Ukraine and Zambia.

In the last three decades Benin has made important progress on the abolition of the death penalty. Despite the remarkable progress made by Benin on the abolition of the death penalty 14 people are languishing on death row with an uncertain future. Benin is committed not to execute them yet it has...

This toolkit is designed to assist activists working on the abolition of the death penalty in West Africa. Drawing on many years of Amnesty International’s work to promote all human rights and to oppose violations of those rights, it is intended to provide arguments, suggestions and practical tips...

In the Manifesto “10 commitments to promote and protect civic space and human rights defenders in Benin”, Amnesty International and the Network of Human Rights NGOs (Réseau des ONG de Défense des Droits de l’homme (RODDH), which groups together some 30 signatory organizations, is calling the...

In this statement Amnesty International addresses the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the state of the death penalty in Africa. The organization opposes the death penalty in all cases without exception. In particular, Amnesty International continues to be very concerned about the...

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Please see erratum at https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr01/012/2013/en/ . Thirty-one countries in sub-Saharan Africa have laws criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual conduct. Underpinning these laws are deeply entrenched discriminatory social attitudes. This report examines the effects of...