Papua New Guinea: Human rights and peace in Bougainville: A media briefing

Index Number: ASA 34/009/1997
Date Published: 14 September 1997
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Papua New Guinea

This document includes AI's suggestions for measures that should be included in the discussions on the resolution of the nine-year civil war in Bougainville. These include effective and impartial human rights verification, impartial investigation of past abuses and the bringing to justice of perpetrators and the acceptance of international standards in human rights law by all parties post peace settlement.