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1998 UN Commission on Human Rights: building on past achievements

In this document, Amnesty International pays particular attention to the following themes at the Commission: the human rights of refugees, abolition of the death penalty, the draft declaration on human rights defenders, the human rights of women, and the review of the Vienna Declaration and the Programme of Action and the 50th anniversary of the … Seguir leyendo 1998 UN Commission on Human Rights: building on past achievements →

The death penalty worldwide: developments in 1998

Includes a summary of the refoulement by Greece of a Syrian national.

The UN and refugees’ human rights: a manual on how UN human rights mechanisms can protect the rights of refugees

This manual provides practical guidance on how non-governmental organizations can use the UN human rights machinery to protect refugees. It states that people working to protect refugees’ rights in these difficult times should make greater use of the bodies established by the UN to promote and protect human rights. UN Member States have agreed numerous … Seguir leyendo The UN and refugees’ human rights: a manual on how UN human rights mechanisms can protect the rights of refugees →

Bosnia-Herzegovina: the international community’s responsibility to ensure human rights

This report is concerned with the action to be taken both by local parties and the international community to ensure that human rights are preserved in the former Yugoslav republics, and that refugees may return safely