Twenty countries across sub-Saharan Africa have now abolished the death penalty – the world should follow their lead.
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2017 was a year when many oppressed people across the globe made a defiant declaration in unison: That’s it.
It is moments like these that we can draw on in darker times.
Racism against Roma people is rampant in Czech educational institutions.
Amnesty International discloses details of a series of Israeli attacks carried out in Gaza on Palest
![With this evidence we can now say with certainty that Israeli forces displayed an appalling disregard for civilian life, writes Shetty [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/201411692338630734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Amnesty International has uncovered evidence of brutal extrajudicial killings and massacres in Niger
![Around 600 extrajudicial killings took place in and around Maiduguri in March [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/201485966736360_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
World Economic Forum on Africa opens in Nigeria under long shadow cast by the plight of abducted schoolgirls.
![The horrific abduction shows the serious nature of violations of international humanitarian and human rights law being committed by Boko Haram, writes Shetty [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20145665428587734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Institutional mechanisms for intervention after the Rwandan genocide did not prevent violence in CAR and South Sudan.
![Muslims in the Central African Republic have faced ethnic cleansing since December 2013 [Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014415151631446734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
A new UN protocol raises economic and cultural rights to the same prominence as civil and political rights.
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International law should be enforcing governments to create frameworks that foster citizens to realise their rights.
