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Liberia: no impunity for rape: a crime against humanity and a war crime

This document outlines the extent and consequences of sexual violence in Liberia

Sudan: Amnesty International’s recommendations on the deployment of a United Nations peace support operation

This document, written on the deployment of a United Nations peace support operation in the Sudan, sets out specific recommendations on the new mission’s human rights component, the protection of women and children, impunity, protection of civilians, refugees and the internally displaced, and arms control and collection.

Sudan: recommendations to donors funding Sudan

Includes recommendations to donors regarding the return of IDPs and refugees in Sudan

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

Women, violence and health

The paper reviews the forms that gender-based violence takes, the contexts in which it occurs and the health consequences of violence against women. The paper ends with some recommendations for action by governments and professional bodies. It includes a table detailing sexual violence and the refugee cycle.

Summit of the Americas: our call for human rights: a message from Amnesty International members in advance of the Fourth Summit of the Americas

Includes a section on the rights of refugees and migrants in the region

Casualties of war: women’s bodies, women’s lives: stop crimes against women in armed conflict

This briefing paper draws attention to the human rights abuses women suffer in armed conflict. It is based on Amnesty International’s research in dozens of countries and expert analysis by other individuals and organizations. Amnesty International has campaigned for many years to end unlawful killings, torture (including sexual violence) and other abuses that devastate the … Continue reading Casualties of war: women’s bodies, women’s lives: stop crimes against women in armed conflict

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.

Sudan: oral statement by Amnesty International: the situation of human rights in Africa

This document outlines and condemns the gross human rights violations occurring in Darfur, particlarly sexual violence agains women and young girls.