Urgent Action in Focus: August 2005: Japan - a long way to go

Index AI : ACT 60/016/2005
Date de publication : 31 juillet 2005

This document reviews the use of UAs in Amnesty International's work on Japan. These are being used in two key areas: imminent executions and imminent forcible return of asylum-seekers to countries where they would face grave human rights violations. The UAs have had different and important impacts in both areas.