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EU must urge Sri Lanka to end impunity and arbitrary detentions
24/05/2012 – We call on the European Union to implement its clear commitment under the EU Guidelines on International Humanitarian Law to combat impunity and the EU Guidelines on Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
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Militias threaten hopes for new Libya
16/02/2012 – This report details widespread and serious abuses, including war crimes, mostly carried out by militias targeting suspected al-Gaddafi loyalists. There are cases of people being unlawfully detained and tortured, sometimes to death. These militia groups are largely out of control and able to commit crimes with impunity.
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Letter to CoE Secretary General on police impunity in Ukraine
14/10/2011 – On 12 October, Amnesty International published the report No Evidence of a Crime: Paying the Price for police impunity in Ukraine. Many people in Ukraine still face arbitrary detention, torture and other ill-treatment, and other human rights violations at the hands of the police.
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Letter to Ashton on accountability for grave human rights violations in …
07/04/2011 – In view of current discussions on the renewal of the EU’s Common Position on Myanmar, Amnesty International urges the EU to maintain a focus on improvement to the human rights situation in the country and take action on impunity, including by supporting the establishment of an internationally appointed investigation into serious human rights violation.
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Open secret: Mounting evidence of Europe’s complicity in rendition and …
16/11/2010 – After nearly a decade of widespread impunity and absence of remedy for human rights violations – including enforced disappearance and torture – that have occurred in the context of US-led counter-terrorism operations, however, the legal obligation to look back and ensure full accountability for such violations has been ignored by these governments for too long.
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Sri Lanka: Time for a new start
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 has facilitated these violations.
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Twenty years of make believe: Sri Lanka’ Commissions of Inquiry
15/06/2009 – New Amnesty International Report on impunity in Sri Lanka.
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Burying the past
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 defined in international law, a crime against humanity or a war crime.
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Zimbabwe, Time for accountability
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Croatia Stabilisation and Association Council, 28 April 2008
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.
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Croatia: A window of opportunity to end war crimes impunity
Croatia: A window of opportunity to end war crimes impunity

