Preventing torture is a fundamental obligation of every state. States are not only obliged to eliminate torture at home, but they must also refuse to forcibly return ...
In September 1995, 189 UN member states adopted the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BDPfA). This was a statement of political commitment to ensure ...
In this document Amnesty International makes recommendations to the governments of each of sixteen countries to be considered in the Universal Periodic Review. ...
Rape and other forms of sexual violence against women were widespread during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Successive governments have consistently ...
Successive governments have failed to providejustice, reparation, adequate healthcare to thousands of women and girls raped during thecountry's 1992-1995 war, says ...