United States of America Rights For All (Full Report) CONTENTS Glossary Rights for All: Introduction The federal system Divisions and inequalities Campaigning for human rights Universal human rights: International standards US treaty obligations Other international standards Police brutality: A pattern of abuse Violations of standards Systematic abuses in large cities Federal agents Patterns of brutality Dangerous restraint holds Less-than-lethal weapons Prejudiced policing Investigations and remedies Recommendations Violations in prisons and jails: Needless brutality A system under pressure Standards for protecting prisoners Physical brutality Sexual abuse Abusive use of restraints Supermaximum security units Inadequate health care Violations of children's rights Mechanisms to remedy abuses Recommendations Treated as criminals: Asylum-seekers in the USA Behind bars: detention of asylum-seekers Indefinite detention Treated as criminals Recommendations The death penalty: Arbitrary, unfair and racially biased International trends History repeats itself Public attitudes - brutalizing society The politics of death Cruel, inhuman and degrading Race and the death penalty Executing juvenile offenders Killing the mentally disabled Death by omission Risk to the innocent National and international concern Official responses Recommendations Double standards: The USA and international human rights protection A troubled history National versus international standards: false division Reaction to other governments Human rights treaties: unwilling party Recommendations Out of control: US arms and human rights abuses Tackling the deadly trade Lack of transparency Giving away US arms What type of training? Accountability Recommendations Rights for All: Time to deliver Appendix: Selected Amnesty International reports on the USA