Amnesty International: Blunt Force – Investigating the misuse of police batons and related weapons
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Time and again, law enforcement officials are too quick to resort to the use of force, often against peaceful protesters exercising their rights to freedom of…
Syria: “You’re going to your death” Violations against Syrian refugees returning to Syria
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Syrian intelligence officers have subjected women, children and men returning to Syria to unlawful or arbitrary detention, torture and other…
Nicaragua: Where are they?: Enforced disappearance as a strategy of repression
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Since 28 May 2021, the government of Daniel Ortega has pursued a new phase of its repressive strategy. Characteristic elements…
Russia: No place for protest
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The right to freedom of peaceful assembly is a fundamental human right enshrined both in international and regional treaties to…
Chemical irritants in law enforcement
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Across the world, from the streets of Thailand to Philadelphia (USA), from Greece to Chile, the police continue to use…
Climate change, justice and human rights
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This collection of ten essays explores the opportunities, threats and difficulties at the nexus of human rights and climate change.
Human Rights Committee 2nd Draft General Comment on the Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly
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In November 2019, during its 127th session, the Human Rights Committee finalised its first reading of draft General Comment 37…
Shifting Power and Human Rights Diplomacy: China
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Essaybundel: wat betekent de toenemende invloed van China voor de internationale bescherming en bevordering van mensenrechten?
Wapenbedrijven houden te weinig rekening met mensenrechten
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Wapenhandelaren moeten meer rekening houden met mensenrechten. Ze moeten ervoor zorgen dat hun producten niet worden gebruikt voor mensenrechtenschendingen in conflictgebieden als Jemen of Syrië.
PHRP Expert Meeting on Predictive Policing
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On 20.-21. May 2019, the Police and Human Right Programme (PHRP) of Amnesty International Netherlands held an expert meeting on…
