Press release on Guatemala

UN Expert on Extrajudicial Killings Ends Visit to Guatemala

Palabras del Relator Especial de Naciones Unidas sobre ejecuciones extrajudiciales, sumarias o arbitrarias, durante la conferencia de prensa tras su visita oficial a Guatemala

Press release on Guatemala

Independent Expert on Extrajudicial Executions to Visit Guatemala

Amnesty International report on the Philippines

Amnesty International has released a report on the Philippines, “Political Killings, Human Rights and the Peace Process“. Among other recommendations, Amnesty “urges the Government of the Philippines, in responding to the recommendations of the Human Rights Committee, to access the expertise of relevant UN special mechanisms by inviting the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions, the Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders, and representatives of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to visit the Philippines.”

Press release on Sri Lanka

Independent Experts Express Serious Concern Over the Escalation of Violence in Sri Lanka

Statement of the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs

The Sri Lanka Co-Chairs issued a statement calling, among other things, for “independent, international investigations of allegations of serious human rights abuses, including the murder of 17 Sri Lankans working for a French NGO and the alleged killing of 100 Muslims.”

Press release on Lebanon and Israel

Deteriorating Security Situation Forces UN Human Rights Experts to Postpone Mission to Lebanon

A Public Meeting on Sri Lanka, Peace, Human Rights and the Diaspora (London, August 5)

At a public meeting sponsored by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, Philip Alston will discuss the constructive role that could be played by the diaspora in promoting respect for human rights. At this meeting, he will also released a Tamil translation of his report on a fact-finding mission to Sri Lanka.

Event flyer: English

Report from fact-finding mission: English