Amnesty International is concerned that in their response to the attacks of 11 September, a number of states have introduced or are considering introducing measures that violate human rights standards. The challenge to states is not to promote security at the expense of human rights, but rather to ensure respect of human rights for all, … Continue reading 2002 UN Commission on Human Rights: rights at risk
This document states that provisions of the Arab Convention for the Suppression of Terrorism, also known in English as the Arab Convention for the Combatting of Terrorism (the Convention) adopted by the League of the Arab States (the Arab League) present a serious threat to human rights in Arab countries. Amnesty International is calling for … Continue reading The Arab Convention for the Suppression of Terrorism: a serious threat to human rights
This report sets out some of Amnesty International’s concerns regarding security legislation which infringes or undermines human rights. While focusing on the risks to human rights in new security legislation and procedures, it also gives examples of case histories which show the effects on individuals such measures have had in the past.
In the wake of the attacks of 11 September 2001 in the United States, on 15 October 2001 the UK Home Secretary announced a package of emergency measures which will be placed before Parliament in mid-November. Amnesty International is concerned that some of the measures, as outlined by the Home Secretary on 15 October, may … Continue reading United Kingdom: comments on initial proposals for emergency legislation
This briefing focuses on Part 4 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill, which is entitled ”Immigration and Asylum”. Part 4 lays out procedures for Executive certification of a person as a suspected international terrorist and a risk to national security, and their consequent indefinite detention, as well as the exclusion from asylum procedures for … Continue reading United Kingdom: creating a shadow criminal justice system in the name of ‘fighting international terrorism’