Burundi: Time for change: a human rights review: Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review

In the four years since Burundi’s human rights record was first assessed under the Universal Periodic Review, impunity for human rights violations – both past and current – persists. In this submission prepared for the UN Universal Periodic Review of Burundi, Amnesty International comments on the implementation of recommendations that Burundi supported during its previous review, including in relation to torture, conditions of detention, the justice system, and impunity. Amnesty International also makes several recommendations to address the human rights challenges referred to in this submission.

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