states‚ and positions can vary within a single political ideology or cultural region. In the European Union member states‚ Article 2 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union prohibits the use of capital punishment.[4] Currently‚ Amnesty International considers most countries abolitionist.[5] The United Nations General Assembly has adopted‚ in 2007‚ 2008 and 2010‚ non-binding resolutions calling for a global moratorium on executions‚ with a view to eventual abolition.[6] Although
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and in rural communities. What progress has already been made to protect women in India and what still needs to be done to ensure the equal treatment of women in all areas of India? According to the International Violence Against Women Act on Amnesty International’s site‚ “Violence against women and girls represents a global health‚ economic development‚ and human rights problem. At least one out of every three women worldwide has been beaten‚ coerced into sex‚ or otherwise abused in her lifetime
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The Fringe Benefits of Failure‚ and the Importance of Imagination June 5‚ 2008 J.K. Rowling‚ author of the best-selling Harry Potter book series‚ delivers her Commencement Address‚ “The Fringe Benefits of Failure‚ and the Importance of Imagination‚” at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association. Text as delivered follows. Copyright of JK Rowling‚ June 2008 President Faust‚ members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers‚ members of the faculty‚ proud parents‚ and
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“AN OILY AFFAIR” EXAMINING THE LEGALITY OF THE NIGER DELTA AMNESTY PROGRAMME By Christopher O. Ogundare (ESQ)( [pic] The Niger Delta Region showing Ondo‚ Edo‚ Delta‚ Rivers‚ Bayelsa‚ Cross River and Akwa Ibom States and and contiguous South Eastern Region (Owerri‚ Aba‚ Umuahia‚ and Onitsha) INTRODUCTION The Niger Delta crisis traces its origins to the perceived injustices which its propagators felt was meted out on the Niger Delta region‚ born out of the discovery of
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What is the death penalty? ‘Punishments are imposed on a person‚ not on racial or economic groups. Guilt is personal. The only relevant question is: does the person to be executed deserve the punishment?’ (Ernest van den Haag‚ 1986) According to Amnesty International‚ 139 countries have abolished the death penalty. In 2010‚ only one country‚ Gabon‚ abolished the death penalty for all crimes. During 2010‚ 23 countries executed 527 prisoners and at least 2‚024 people were sentenced to death in 67 countries
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contradiction in the arguments being given as a support to the death penalty. It will also put forward reason for why this cruel‚ inhuman and degrading punishment should be abolished. The death penalty is practiced in many parts of the world today. Amnesty International‚ the leading human rights non-governmental organisation‚ have been working to abolish the death penalty for over the past 20 years. But 58 countries maintain the death penalty in both law and practice‚ and thousands of people is executed
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Amnesty International Stakeholder report on the review of the United States of America in the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Use of force by police officers and gun violence robs its victims of the most basic right to life and personal security. The Issue of innocent deaths and gun violence has received a great deal of attention in recent years in the United States of America. Excessive use of force by law enforcement officers‚ Amnesty International views this
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Death Penalty in the Philippines |Aquino administration | |1987 | |According to the 1987 Constitution‚ | | Art. III (Bill of Rights)‚ Sec. 19
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References: Schaefer‚ R. T (2009) Sociology a brief introduction 8th edition. New York‚ NY Death penalty statistics (2008) Amnesty International USA retrieved from http://www.amnestyUSA.org/death-penalty/International-death-penalty/death-penalty-statistics-2008/page.do?id=1011348 Facts about the death penalty (updated Aug.30‚ 2010) Death penalty information (2010) retrieved from
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large portion of talk about whether they should be granted amnesty or not. Amnesty is a pardon of all crimes a person has committed‚ and considering what child soldiers have done; they should not receive that option. While people for amnesty may have excuses for all the problems they have caused‚ it does not deny that these children have caused many troubles all over the world the world. To exemplify‚ child soldiers should not be given amnesty because they kill‚ maim‚ and do other horrific deeds‚ their
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