Amnesty International Report 2009. The State of the World's Human Rights
- Document number
- 2129
- Date
- 2009
- Title
- Amnesty International Report 2009. The State of the World's Human Rights
- Author/publisher
- Amnesty International
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- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
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- Summary
- 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-andagain, states pick and choose the rights they are willing to uphold, and those they would rather suppress. The report opens with five regional overviews that highlight the key events and trends that dominated the human rights agenda in each region in 2008. The heart of the book is a country-by-country survey of human rights, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Each entry begins with a summary of the human rights situation in the country. Amnesty International's concerns on various issues are then set out, highlighting individual cases where appropriate.
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