HRW submission on Angola to UN Human Rights Committee

This memorandum provides an overview of Human Rights Watch’s main concerns with respect to the human rights situation in Angola. We hope it will inform the Committee’s preparation for its review of the Angolan government’s compliance with its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (“the Covenant”). Angola submitted its first report on the Covenant on February 17, 2011. Human Rights Watch’s submission documents sexual violence, torture and other ill-treatment during expulsions of migrants; arbitrary detention for alleged national security crimes in the enclave of Cabinda; violations of the rights to freedom of expression and the media; and violations of the right to peaceful assembly.