Amnesty International urges stronger action to protect human rights Amnesty International welcomes many of the recommendations made by states in the UPR Working Group, including those calling on Chad to end extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests and illegal detentions, the impunity enjoyed by members of the security forces, violence against women and the recruitment of [...] The real test of this UPR examination will be measured by the extent to which the government fulfils the commitments that it has made and improves respect for Chad’s international human rights obligations. [...] In particular, we suggest that the recommendations made in the Working Group be strengthened as follows: To promptly implement the recommendations contained in the report of the National Commission of Inquiry into the events of 28 January to 8 February 2008 and to initiate criminal proceedings against individuals suspected of having committed acts of rape, extrajudicial killings, torture, and ot [...] To cease the forced eviction of people in N’Djamena and to conduct a full, independent and impartial enquiry into the role of police and military in forced evictions, and to hold accountable those responsible for human rights violations. [...] To immediately end the practice of secret detention and to make public the name and location of all detention facilities in Chad.
- Index number
- AFR 20/011/2009
- Published in
- United Kingdom
