Category: Africa, Human Rights, Conflict, Peace and Security, Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution
The Amnesty International Report 2009 documents the state of human rights during 2008, in 157 countries and territories around the world. It reveals the systemic discrimination and insecurity that prevent progress in law from becoming a reality on the ground. Crucially, this report reveals a world where, time-and- again, states pick and choose the rights they are willing to uphold, and those they would rather suppress.