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Amnesty International’s vision is of a world in which everyone enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards and laws. In pursuit of this vision, Amnesty International’s mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights. Amnesty International forms a global community of human rights defenders who espouse the principles of international solidarity, of effective action on behalf of individuals, of global coverage, of the universality and indivisibility of human rights, of impartiality and independence, and of democracy and mutual respect.

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22 Jul 2008 11:36 GMT
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THE SMALL PLACES TOUR
This year Amnesty International and Artists for Amnesty will mark the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with the Small Places Tour project. The Small Places Tour stresses the importance of human rights mattering ‘at home’ – in the local community, schools and the workplace. The project is envisioned as a creative, actual and virtual global gathering place where each and every person of conscience can use their artistic platform to raise awareness for human dign ...
26 Jun 2008 16:29 GMT
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Europe in ‘state of denial’ over role in US rendition and secret detention
Amnesty International warned that not a single measure has been taken to prevent further European involvement in rendition and secret detention. Amnesty International’s report, State of denial: Europe’s role in rendition and secret detention, published today, shed further light on the extent of Europe’s role in the US-led rendition and secret detention programmes. It also exposes the continuing failure of European states, including Ireland, to admit or investigate violations carried out b ...
19 Jun 2008 12:12 GMT
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Mass Public Demonstration Against Torture on 26th June - JOIN US
2008 marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. June, the month in which the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture falls, is a month of campaigning to reaffirm the absolute prohibition of torture and other ill treatment. We are holding this demonstration on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture to show that members of the Irish public want an end to torture! What: Assemble at the Daniel O'Connell statue on O'Connell Street ...
03 Jun 2008 16:49 GMT
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Events Notice: Leading Israeli human rights activist visiting Ireland
For thirty years Jeff Halper has been one of the leading figures in the Israeli peace movement. Co-founder and Director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions he will be in Ireland from June 3 to June 7 as part of a speaking tour jointly organized by Trócaire, the Irish Centre for Human Rights and Amnesty International Irish Section. He has just published a new book, An Israeli in Palestine: Resisting Dispossession, Redeeming Israel. Jeff Halper has used nonviolent action and ...
15 May 2008 10:19 GMT
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Ban Cluster Bombs - Events Notice
Amnesty International is a member of the Cluster Munitions Coalition, a global network of 200 civil society organisations working in over 70 countries to end the harm caused by cluster munitions. An international intergovernmental conference will be held in Dublin from 19 – 30 May this year where a draft Convention banning the development or use of cluster munitions will be discussed. It is hoped that the draft convention to emerge from the Dublin conference will be approved for signatur ...