We found 727 results for “Accountability”.
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Blueprint for the Next President Provides Step-by-Step Guide to End Private Contractor Impunity
November 17, 2008
Washington, DC – Since the killings of 17 Iraqi civilians by Blackwater security contractors in Baghdad’s Nisoor Square last year, lack of accountability of contractors has been a central issue…
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Blueprint for the Next President Provides Step-by-Step Guide to End Private Contractor Impunity
November 17, 2008
Washington, DC – Since the killings of 17 Iraqi civilians by Blackwater security contractors in Baghdad’s Nisoor Square last year, lack of accountability of contractors…
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New Report Finds Violent Hate Crime on the Rise
September 24, 2008
NEW YORK–Incidents of violent hate crime targeting a number of minority groups are increasing or occurring at historically high levels in many of the Organization…
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Bin al Shibh Appears in Court but Legal Uncertainties Loom
September 24, 2008
Anthony S. Barkow is a volunteer consultant for Human Rights First. He is Executive Director of the Center on the Administration of Criminal Law at New…
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Relligious Leader Calls Torture the First Major Scandal of the 21st Centrury
September 19, 2008
Here’s David Gushee writing in the Associated Baptist Press. Opinion: Torture: Our first major 21st-century scandal By David Gushee Friday, 19 September 2008 (ABP) — The…
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Countries Shipping Arms to Sudan May Violate Genocide Convention
July 11, 2008
NEW YORK—By naming Sudan’s president as a suspect in the commission of genocide in Darfur today, the Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) has…
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Rights Groups Based in All G8 Countries, Sudan Call on Nations’ Leaders to Advocate Against Darfur Violence at July Summit
June 19, 2008
NEW YORK, June 19, 2008 – An international coalition of over 40 nongovernmental organizations from all eight countries represented by the G8 called today on…
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Security Council Takes Important Step ‘Towards Ensuring Justice and Accountability’ in Darfur
June 16, 2008
New York, NY – In a move applauded by Human Rights First, the Security Council issued an unprecedented presidential statement today challenging the Government of…
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New Video: Eyewitnesses Implicate Sudanese Minister in War Crimes
June 4, 2008
In a 17-minute film released today by the Aegis Trust with the support of Open Society Justice Initiative and Human Rights First, and circulated to UN diplomats…
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House Panel Votes to Authorize Subpoena of Vice President’s Chief of Staff
May 6, 2008
Looks like we may finally be starting to see Congress demand some accountability from the Bush Administration for its use of torture. From Reuters: A Democratic-led…
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What Congress Should Do Next
May 5, 2008
Here’s the Washington Post‘s take: Coming Clean on Torture What Congress should do next Monday, May 5, 2008; A16 THE BUSH administration took a positive step last…
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Helen Thomas Stays on the Case
May 5, 2008
Helen Thomas continues to call the Bush Administration on its lies about torture. Check out her piece in today’s Albany Times Union where she pointedly asks what Congress, the…