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Italian pardon of US military officer sets stage for impunity
By Julia Hall, Amnesty International’s expert on counter-terrorism and human rights Al Jazeera originally published this on 18 April 2013. The recent pardon of a US national convicted in absentia in the 2003 kidnapping case of Abu Omar is a … Continue reading
Posted in Italy, Torture and Ill-treatment
Tagged abduction, renditions, Security and human rights, torture
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Prevention is better than cure
By Alberto Estévez, Advocacy Coordinator on the Arms Trade Treaty, International Secretariat of Amnesty International It’s crunch time for human rights. On Friday evening New York time the second draft of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) was made public in … Continue reading
Posted in Armed Conflict, Arms Trade, International Organizations, UN, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity
Tagged Armed conflict, arms control, Arms Trade Treaty, disappearances, extrajudicial executions, international human rights law, international humanitarian law, torture, treaties, UN, urgent actions
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Is Haiti’s justice system up to the test?
By Javier Zuñiga, Special Adviser at Amnesty International Bringing to justice current or former heads of state is always complicated – in both legal and political terms. But it is possible. Time and again, former dictators and human rights abusers … Continue reading
Posted in Disappearances, Haiti, Impunity, Justice Systems, Torture and Ill-treatment
Tagged disappearances, Haiti, torture
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