9 February 2009
PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE ADDRESSING OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES
The so-called "war on terror" has led to an erosion of a whole host of human rights. States are resorting to practices which have long been prohibited by international law, and have sought to justify them in the name of national security.
Within his first two days in office, US President Barack Obama signed executive orders to close the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay within one year; suspend trials by military commission; close all CIA secret detention centres and ban the use of "enhanced" interrogation techniques that amount to torture and other ill-treatment.
These steps have been welcomed by Human Rights groups such as Amnesty International as important first steps whilst pointing out that more needs to be done.
The above website provides an opportunity to send a message of encouragement to President Obama to implement a checklist of seventeen challenges during his first 100 days of his term of office.
Within his first two days in office, US President Barack Obama signed executive orders to close the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay within one year; suspend trials by military commission; close all CIA secret detention centres and ban the use of "enhanced" interrogation techniques that amount to torture and other ill-treatment.
These steps have been welcomed by Human Rights groups such as Amnesty International as important first steps whilst pointing out that more needs to be done.
The above website provides an opportunity to send a message of encouragement to President Obama to implement a checklist of seventeen challenges during his first 100 days of his term of office.
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