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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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October 7, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
New amnesty International Report Profiles Nigeria Police Abuse
On September 21, 2016, Amnesty International (UK) issued a report profiling human rights abuses by Nigeria’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The elite police unit was established to respond to a s…
May 28, 2015
Israel
Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the Question of Hamas, Gaza, and Israel
Amnesty International has just issued a report on human rights violations by Hamas in Gaza during last year’s conflict between Hamas and Israel. It has garnered a great deal of attention, in part be…
June 26, 2006
Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Barkey: Amnesty Can Sharply Undercut Iraqi Insurgency
Henri Barkey, a Middle East expert at Lehigh University, says Iraqi plans for an amnesty can seriously undercut the Iraqi insurgency.
October 4, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Amnesty International on Student and Teacher Killings in Northern Nigeria
The horror of student and teacher killings in Nigeria is amplified by Amnesty International’s almost clinical recounting and enumerating of their deaths at the hands of radical jihadists. Its report,…
May 22, 2024
International Criminal Court
The Role of the ICC
The International Criminal Court was created to bring justice to the world’s worst war criminals, but debate over the court still rages.
June 4, 2024
Religion
Religion and Foreign Policy Webinar: USCIRF's 2024 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom
Stephen Schneck and Eric Ueland, commissioners of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), will join Elizabeth Cassidy, senior strategic advisor of USCIRF, to present…
