Burundi: Human rights situation
At a Glance
02-07-2015
Since the end of the civil war in 2005, Burundi has made major efforts towards inter-ethnic reconciliation and establishing a legal and institutional framework for the protection of human rights, albeit with limited effect in practice. The run-up to the general elections scheduled initially for May-June 2015 has sparked political violence and seen space for dissent shrinking rapidly.
At a Glance
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- Africa
- Burundi
- civil war
- cooperation policy
- discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation
- economic geography
- EDF
- freedom of the press
- GEOGRAPHY
- human rights
- international affairs
- international convention
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- LAW
- political rights
- political situation
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- ratification of an agreement
- right to justice
- rights and freedoms
- sexual discrimination
- social affairs
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- social rights
- terrorism
- violence