We found 737 results for “Accountability”.
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Letter to the Editor: Seeking Accountability for Bush Admin’s Torture Policies
April 23, 2008
A letter to the editor from Human Rights First President Michael Posner appears in today’s New York Times: Those Leaders Who Enable Torture To the…
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The New York Times Calls for Accountability
April 21, 2008
Editorial The Torture Sessions Published: April 20, 2008 Ever since Americans learned that American soldiers and intelligence agents were torturing prisoners, there has been a…
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U.S. Contributes to Afghan Fair Trial Violations
April 10, 2008
NEW YORK, April 10, 2008– The United States government contributes to violations of fair trial standards in Afghanistan by failing to provide sufficient evidence in…
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Haynes to Cooperate with Senate Armed Services Committee Inquiry
April 7, 2008
Newsweek reports that William Haynes, the former general counsel at the Pentagon who had a key role in crafting policies that led to torture and…
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Release of 2003 Torture Memo Critical First Step in Accountability
April 2, 2008
Kevin Lanigan is the Director of the Law and Security program at Human Rights First. The following statement is his response to the release of…
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Finally Some Accountability? DOJ to Investigate Waterboarding
February 22, 2008
Today, the Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility wrote to Senator Durbin and Senator Whitehouse announcing an investigation into the authorization of the use…
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Experts to Discuss Enhancing Accountability for Private Security Contractors at War
February 7, 2008
Washington—A distinguished panel– including a former Chief Judge of the U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals, the authors of a landmark new report and a…
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Department of Justice Continues to Ignore Violent Crimes Committed By Private Security Contractors in Iraq, Afghanistan
January 16, 2008
NEW YORK, Jan.16, 2008—The Department of Justice’s systematic failure to hold private security contractors operating in Iraq and Afghanistan criminally responsible for acts of excessive…
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European Governments Must Do More to Tackle Hate Crimes
December 17, 2007
TEL AVIV – A majority of European governments get a poor grade in their efforts to tackle violent hate crimes, according to Human Rights First’s…
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ICC Prosecutor Reports on Sudan’s Obstructionism
December 6, 2007
Prosecutor’s Report On December 5, 2007, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, delivered a report to the Security Council detailing the failures…
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HRF Welcomes House Passage of Genocide Accountability Act
December 6, 2007
Human Rights First welcomed passage by the House of Representatives yesterday of the Genocide Accountability Act, a law that will strengthen the ability of the…
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China Shield’s Sudan in the Security Council After ICC Prosecutor’s Report
December 1, 2007
The government of Sudan continues to evade its legal obligations to arrest and surrender two individuals indicted by the International Criminal Court for multiple counts…