Amnesty International

Amnesty International was formed in the 1940s and issues and adopted its Universal Declaration of Human Rights in December 1948. The Declaration includes a preamble and thirty-four articles. This document defines the purpose of the organization and outlines in its articles the rights it believes are inherent to all individuals regardless of color, race, economics, religion, culture, or country. The articles are to represent “A common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations” (AI 2). Among these articles is Article 5 which proclaims that “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment” (AI 2). This article is important for our assessment of one of AI’s programs, the AI Moratorium 2000 Project, a project aimed at a moratorium on the death penalty by the year 2000. This analysis will assess the methods used by AI to achieve this goal as well as its worldview on the issue of the death penalty. A conclusion will provide an assessment of whether or not AI has been successful in achieving its Moratorium 2000 Project goal.

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