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No turning back: full implementation of women’s human rights now! 10 year review and appraisal of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action

Includes concerns regarding the human rights of refugee and displaced women

Rwanda: the enduring legacy of the genocide and war

In this summary of concerns, Amnesty International examines the extent to which the current government has over the past decade addressed points of tension that led to the heinous crime of genocide. The summary of concerns focuses on the issues of criminal justice, the rights to freedom of expression and association, violence against women, refugee … Continue reading Rwanda: the enduring legacy of the genocide and war

Solomon Islands: women confronting violence

This report recommends a number of general and some specific measures to boost efforts which will increase women’s protection from violence, assist their confidence in and cooperation with the justice system and boost their equality. The report seeks to give a voice to women and girls whose experience during the conflict has hardly been reported … Continue reading Solomon Islands: women confronting violence

Lives blown apart: crimes against women in times of conflict: stop violence against women

In this report, Amnesty International shows some of the ways in which conflict affects women, and the many different roles which women play in conflict. It includes particular concerns regarding displaced women.

Womens rights are human rights: commitments made by governments in the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action

Includes a section on the rights and risks of internally displaced and refugee women.

Women in Afghanistan: a human rights catastrophe

This document reports the endemic human rights abuses perpetrated on women in Afghanistan. It is based on in depth interviews with recently arrived refugees in Pakistan and elsewhere.