As a matter of urgency, the government needs to deliver justice to the victims and protect those people who have been displaced. 'If the government of Gujarat does not investigate promptly...

'If those responsible for these killings are not identified and tried in a prompt, impartial and transparent fashion, Haiti's aspirations to the rule of law will be irreparably damaged,' the...

Ronald Camille, linked to popular organisations supportive of Haiti's ruling party Fanmi Lavalas, was charged with killing activist Fritzner Jean outside the Parliament building on 10 September 2001...

Since 14 March, tens of people have been held incommunicado in Bata, the main city in the main continental part on the country, for alleged links with the Fuerza Democrática Republicana (FDR)...

Amnesty International is also calling for a resolution concerning the human rights situation in Zimbabwe at the UN Commission on Human Rights now meeting in Geneva. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and...

Amnesty International welcomes that the NEPAD texts specify that 'the expansion of democratic frontiers and the deepening of the culture of human rights' are to be a foundational element of the NEPAD...

'Andrey Klimov's four-year imprisonment epitomises the blatant disregard for human rights in Belarus and the scant value placed on freedom of expression in the country,' Amnesty International stated...

'Many political leaders in the Caribbean are privately against hanging, knowing it to be a violation of human rights and ineffective in preventing crime. The example of the Attorney General's brave...

'Guatemala may have 'disappeared' from the focus of international attention, but the tragedy of a country which has still not confronted the massive suffering and loss of life of its recent past...

Only four more ratifications are now needed for the Statute to come into force and the Court to be established. 'Fifty-six states have so far shown their commitment towards ending impunity for the...