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17 July 2008

Thursday 17 July marks the tenth anniversary of the Rome Statute, the treaty that led to the establishment of the International Criminal Court.

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Venezuela: "The law is there, let's use it" Ending domestic ...
16 July 2008

The introduction in 2007 of the Organic law on the right of women to a life free of violence has helped strengthen women’s access to their human rights in Venezuela ...

Report       AMR 53/001/2008

Venezuela: Ending domestic violence in Venezuela (summary report)
16 July 2008

This document is a summary of the report at AMR 53/001/2008. The introduction in 2007 of the Organic law on the right of women to a life free of violence has helped ...

Report       AMR 53/002/2008

Japan must respect rights of detained Greenpeace activists ...
15 July 2008

Amnesty International has expressed its deep concern to the primeminister of Japan about the detention of two Greenpeace activists,Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, ...

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Fifteen officials found guilty of abusing Genoa G8 protesters ...
15 July 2008

Amnesty International welcomes the fact that the Italian magistrateshave held individuals accountable for the brutalities that occurred inthe Bolzaneto detention ...

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Croatia: Set of recommendations to combat impunity of war crimes
14 July 2008

This briefing paper focuses on Amnesty International’s concern in relation to an ongoing problem of impunity for war crimes. It identifies the main obstacles in ...

Report       EUR 64/004/2008

Sudan-International Criminal Court: An important step | Amnesty ...
14 July 2008

Amnesty International said that today’s announcement by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is an important step towards ensuring accountability ...

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UK Ministry of Defence agrees to compensate Iraqi torture victims ...
14 July 2008

The family of an Iraqi hotel receptionist who died after being torturedover a period of 36 hours while detained by UK troops in Basra, Iraq,will be paid compensation ...

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USA: Guantánamo: Day two of military judge questioning 9/11 ...
11 July 2008

On 10 July 2008, military commission judge US Marine Colonel Ralph Kohlmann held further proceedings to question the five men accused of orchestrating the attacks ...

Document       AMR 51/077/2008

International Criminal Court: Possible arrest warrants against ...
11 July 2008

1. What will happen on Monday 14 July?

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