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Andorra: Charges against woman human rights defender must be dropped
Amnesty International is deeply concerned at the ongoing criminal charges of defamation against human rights defender, Vanessa Mendoza Cortés. The Andorran government filed a case against Vanessa Mendoza Cortés following her criticism of the Andorran authorities on issues relating to the protection...
Suggested recommendations to States considered in the 22nd round of the Universal Periodic Review, 4-15 May 2015
This document contains Amnesty International’s suggested recommendations for the 14 states – Andorra, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Honduras, Jamaica, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Panama, and USA – that are coming up for review in the UPR Working Group session on 4-15...
Suggested recommendations to States considered in the ninth round of the Universal Periodic Review, November 2010
In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of various States about the ratification of international human rights standards; torture and other ill-treatment; arbitrary arrests, the death penalty, counter-terrorism; the International Criminal Court; and refugees,...
Andorra : 30th country to ratify the Rome Statute- Halfway towards the International Criminal Court
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Andorra: Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers: Fourth country to ratify an international instrument banning child soldiers
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Death Penalty News June 1996
1. Russia, Ukraine: Council of Europe demands cessation of executions; 2. AI calls on China to stop mass executions; 3. USA: New law restricts death penalty appeals; 4. South African constitution upholds death penalty ban; 5. News in brief: Albania, Bahamas, Belgium, Guyana, Libya, Sudan, USA (New...
Europe: Moving towards complete abolition of the death penalty
This document is a survey of progress towards complete abolition of the death penalty in Europe. It gives a chronology of moves towards abolition from 1947 to 1991 and provides information on death penalty related issues in 43 European countries. The appendices include the text of the Second...
Death Penalty News February 1991
1. 1990 a record-breaking year for abolition. 2. Abolition in Hungary – Constitutional Court ruling. 3. Japan: Forum discusses abolition. 4. Messages to the Anti-Death Penalty Forum 90: Abolish the death penalty!. 5. Expansion of the death penalty: Pakistan, Maldives. 6. The death penalty in...
The death penalty: list of abolitionist and retentionist countries
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Western Europe: AI Concerns May 1990 – October 1990
This document outlines Amnesty International’s concerns in 17 countries in Western Europe. The concerns include: death penalty legislation; conscientious objection to military service; ill-treatment or torture of people held in police custody; detention of asylum-seekers; alleged forced admissions...