In a meeting with delegates from Amnesty International Nepal, the Minister gave a commitment to start the process for her country to ratify the Rome Statute.
A new Amnesty International report evaluates the Jamaican Government's plans to tackle deep rooted violence, serious human rights violations and impunity.
Lawyer and human rights defender Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova were murdered six months ago - on 19 January 2009 - in the centre of Moscow by an unknown man.
The abduction and murder of the prominent activist is a "consequence of the impunity that has been allowed to persist by the Russian and Chechen authorities."
A delegation from Amnesty International delivered thousands of
letters to the prime minister, calling on him to ratify a treaty aimed at combating enforced disappeara
Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians and
destroyed thousands of homes in Gaza in attacks which breached the laws
of war, according to a ne
Amnesty International has told the Council of Europe Assembly, that states should be held accountable for violations committed by their forces in operations outside th
