2005 UN Commission on Human Rights: The UN’s chief guardian of human rights?
Includes both general recommendations and individual case studies regarding civilians, among whom are displaced persons, refugees and asylum seekers.
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2005 UN Commission on Human Rights: the UN’s chief guardian of human rights? executive summary
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Nepal: a long ignored human rights crisis now on the brink of catastrophe
This report summarizes the findings of an Amnesty International visit to Nepal from 10 to 16 February 2005. The delegation, led by Secretary General Irene Khan, assessed the impact of the state of emergency on a rapidly deteriorating human rights situation, as the people’s war declared by the CPN (Maoist) on 13 February 1996 entered … Seguir leyendo Nepal: a long ignored human rights crisis now on the brink of catastrophe
Human rights for human dignity: a primer on economic, social and cultural rights
Includes a section on the rights of migrants, both forced and voluntary.
Indonesia: protecting the protectors: human rights defenders and humanitarian workers in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam
The imposition by the Government of Indonesia of a military emergency in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) on 19 May 2003, and renewed military operations against the pro-independence armed opposition group, the Free Aceh Movement (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka, GAM), have brought new dangers for local human rights defenders.
The United Nations Human Rights Thematic Mechanisms 2002
The purpose of this document is to provide assistance to those wishing to submit information to and follow studies of the thematic mechanisms. The primary focus of the paper is with the 17 mechanisms that take action on individual cases but it also contains basic information about all 24 of the current thematic mechanisms.
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: a human rights crisis in Kosovo province: the protection of Kosovo’s displaced and refugees
Since March this year (1998) the world has looked on as gross human rights abuses perpetrated in Kosovo province of Serbia have forcibly displaced ever multiplying numbers of people, predominantly ethnic Albanians, who form the majority in Kosovo. Civilians have been the principal victims of the violence and have frequently been deliberately targeted.
A decade of unheeded warnings: Amnesty International’s concerns in Kosovo: May 1989 – March 1999
An index of concerns expressed for Kosovo by Amnesty International
Human rights monitoring in Croatia: Amnesty International’s recommendations to strengthen the new OSCE mandate
Amnesty International is deeply concerned about continued reports of human rights abuses in Croatia, many of which appear to be linked to the issue of the return of displaced persons in the country and to be aimed at preventing or discouraging the return of Croatian Serb displaced persons or refugees. The issue is particularly relevant … Seguir leyendo Human rights monitoring in Croatia: Amnesty International’s recommendations to strengthen the new OSCE mandate
Concerns in Europe: January-June 1997
The third Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) will be held in Warsaw in November 1997. This edition of Amnesty International’s Concerns in Europe provides an overview of the organization’s current human rights concerns in the majority of the OSCE participating states.