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France: An effective mandate for the defender of rights
1 January 2009

France: An effective mandate for the defender of rights

Document       EUR 21/002/2009

France: Defender of rights. Make the police accountable in France
1 January 2009

In this document Amnesty International uses Q&A to explain the role of the Defender of Rights and why an independent police complaints mechanism is necessary. France ...

Document       EUR 21/001/2009

French detention centre highlights mistreatment of migrants ...
18 December 2008

On International Migrants Day, new footage reveals the appalling state of a French detention centre for irregular migrants off the coast of Africa and shows how ...

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France: Concern over possible poisoning of Russian human rights ...
17 October 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. 17 October 2008. AI Index No: EUR 21/008/2008. France: Concern over possible poisoning of Russian human rights lawyer. ...

Document       EUR 21/008/2008

Europe and Central Asia: Summary of Amnesty International's ...
2 September 2008

This bulletin contains information about Amnesty International's main concerns in Europe and Central Asia between July and December 2007. Not every country in the ...

Report       EUR 01/001/2008

France: Briefing to the Human Rights Committee
17 June 2008

This briefing summarizes Amnesty International's concerns about the failure of the French authorities to take adequate measures to prohibit torture and other ill ...

Report       EUR 21/005/2008

France: Recording interrogations is not enough - more safeguards ...
3 June 2008

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: EUR 21/004/2008 (Public). Date: 3 June 2008. France: Recording interrogations is ...

Document       EUR 21/004/2008

Compilation of recommendations to the countries under review ...
1 May 2008

This document contains recommendations made during the interactive dialogue in the UPR Working Group with Benin, France, Ghana, Guatemala, Japan, Pakistan, Peru ...

Document       IOR 41/042/2008

The death penalty worldwide developments in 2007
15 April 2008

In 2007 the world continued to move closer to the universal abolition of the capital punishment. A historical landmark is the resolution on a moratorium on executions ...

Report       ACT 50/002/2008