Department of Justice and Other Administration Officials to Hold Press Conference Call on Revisions to the Uniform Crime Reports Definition of Rape

6 January 2012 – The United Nations human rights chief today warned that there must be no amnesty for gross rights violations in Yemen, stressing that the victims of the worst abuses during the country’s protracted crisis must have recourse to justice. Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, issued a statement calling on Yemeni decision-makers to respect the prohibition under international law against amnesties for the worst violations. An amnesty law may soon be presented .... [More]