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Apr 7, 2021 · The Amnesty International Report 2020/21 documents the human rights situation in 149 countries in 2020, as well as providing global and regional analysis. It presents Amnesty lnternational’s concerns and calls for action to governments and others. During 2020, the world was rocked by COVID-19. The pandemic and measures taken to tackle it impacted everyone, but […]
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Apr 6, 2021 · Amnesty International Report 2020/21: The State of the World’s Human Rights covers 149 countries and delivers a comprehensive analysis of human rights trends globally in 2020. In it, the organization describes those already most marginalized, including women and refugees, as bearing the devastating brunt of the pandemic, as a result of decades of discriminatory policy decisions by world leaders.
1. Amnesty: a definition (and debates) 1.1 Amnesty: neither mercy nor pardon The term ‘amnesty’ comes from the ancient Greek word ‘amnestia,’ from a-(privation) and mnêsis (memory). A legal definition of amnesty does not exist in IHL, although the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the UN provide definitions:
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east 27 countries after “disappearing” in previous years.Death Penalty— During 1992, Amnesty International learned of 1,708 prisoners known to have been execut. in 35 countries and 2,697 people were. sentenced to death in 62 countries. The true figures are certainly higher.— By the end of the year, 44 per cent of countries in the world ...
ict impartiality and independence were established. The emphasis was on the international protection of human rights: Amnesty International members were to act on cases worldwide and. e involved in cases in their own countries.2) TodayAmnesty International has more than 1,000,000 members, subscribers and regul.
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executions and the imposition of death sentences in sub-Saharan Africa. Recorded executions in the region went down by 36%, from 25 in 2019 to 16 in 2020; a. d recorded death sentences fell by 6%, from 325 in 2019 to 305 in 2020.Executions were recorded in three countries – Botswana, Somalia and South Suda.
