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Amnesty International statement to African Commission on Human and ...
11 October 2011

In this statement, Amnesty International focuses on the status of the death penalty in Africa and progress towards its abolition. Among the 53 State Parties to ...

Document       IOR 63/005/2011

Burkina Faso's candidacy for election to the UN Human Rights ...
18 May 2011

In this open letter, written on the occasion of Burkina Faso's candidacy for membership of the UN Human Rights Council in the elections scheduled for 20 May 2011 ...

Open Letter       AFR 60/002/2011

Feature: African activists tell of struggle to improve maternal ...
20 September 2010

Activists and medical workers in Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso tell Amnesty International that world leaders need to put human rights at the heart of efforts ...

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Burkina Faso: Briefing to the Committee on the Elimination of ...
1 September 2010

BURKINA FASO BRIEFING TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN 47th session October 2010. Amnesty International ...

Report       AFR 60/012/2010

Burkina Faso: Make maternal care free for all women in Burkina ...
1 July 2010

maKe maternal Care Free FOr all WOmen in BurKina FasO health is a human right. Dear President, During a meeting with an Amnesty International delegation on 12 ...

Postcard       AFR 60/011/2010

From promises to delivery - putting human rights at the heart of ...
9 June 2010

FROM PROMISES TO DELIVERY PUttIng HUmAn RIgHtS At tHE HEARt Of tHE mILLEnnIUm DEvELOPmEnt gOALS. amnesty International is a global ...

Report       IOR 41/012/2010

Africa: Women's Lives Cut Short: Stop maternal mortality ...
1 June 2010

Across Africa thousands of women each year die during pregnancy and childbirth. Their lives could be saved if they had access to quality, affordable and timely ...

Poster       AFR 05/002/2010

UN Human Rights Council Fourteenth Session, 31 May - 18 June 2010 ...
1 May 2010

Amnesty International submitted these written statements to the fourteenth session of the UN Human Rights Council, which took place from 31 May to 18 June 2010. ...

Report       IOR 41/014/2010

The Wire, April/May 2010. Vol. 40, issue 002
1 April 2010

1) Giving life without risk 2) Livewire: The daily struggle in Haiti camps; Amnesty International defends Guinea research against French government criticism; Evaluating ...

Newsletter       NWS 21/002/2010

President of Burkina Faso commits to lifting financial barriers to ...
12 February 2010

Blaise Compaoré expressed his commitment to emergency obstetric care and access to family planning to delegation led by interim Secretary General Claudio Cordone ...

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