21/01/2010 – All candidates in Sri Lanka’s upcoming Presidential Election should make a firm commitment to improve respect for human rights. They must pledge to put an end to the widespread human rights violations that have plagued Sri Lanka for decades and to the climate of impunity which...

15/06/2009 – New Amnesty International Report on impunity in Sri Lanka.

08/06/2009 – Ten years after the end of the war in Kosovo impunity for enforced disappearances and abductions remains one of the most serious violations of human rights arising from the armed conflict and its aftermath. Enforced disappearances constitute a crime and, in certain circumstances...

05/11/2008 – Amnesty International would like to draw attention to its latest report on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe. The report documents human rights violations and abuses following the presidential, parliamentary and local government elections on 29 March 2008 and the...

23/04/2008 – Letter to the Presidency to highlight concerns about continued impunity for war crimes in Croatia following the AI Secretary General’s High Level Mission to Croatia.

Croatia: A window of opportunity to end war crimes impunity (Zagreb, 11 April) Speaking today at the end of her visit to Croatia, Secretary General Irene Khan commended recent progress to address impunity for war crimes while highlighting Amnesty International’s continuing concerns about the...

EU Kosovo mission: no impunity for abuse by international staff Brussels (10 March) – As EU Foreign Ministers discuss the upcoming EU-led international mission in Kosovo, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and The Norwegian Helsinki Committee warn that there can be no impunity for...

Amnesty International Decries The EU’s “Poor Example” Brussels (30 Sept.) Amnesty International says today’s compromise decision by European Union foreign ministers which opens the door to new impunity agreements with the United States, means the EU is effectively breaking...

Amnesty International + International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights Click to view full report (large document) “Greece: In the Shadow of Impunity – ill-treatment and the misuse of firearms” (AI index EUR 25/022/2002). Click to view Summary Report “Greece:...

AI Index IOR 40/025/2002 Click here to link to full document. See also our press release (02/09/2002) with links to other documents on this subject (go to “press releases” tab).

As EU Justice and Homes Affairs Ministers gather in Brussels today for their extraordinary council meeting, following the attacks in the US last week, Amnesty International has expressed its support for the EU’s determination to combat impunity. However, the human rights organization has called for...