Amnesty International Assignment

Unit 3 Written Assignment

Human Rights Non-Governmental Organization:

Amnesty International

Introduction

Amnesty International is one of the world’s leading NGOs, associated with the promotion and protection of human rights. Due to its prominence and stance on the issue of human rights, as well as its ongoing activities worldwide have earned it to become a prominent authority on human rights (Toal, n.d.).

It was founded in 1961, as a response to two Portuguese students who were jailed after making a “toast to freedom”. One British lawyer, Peter Benenson was so outraged by the events he wrote an article in the British, The Observer, the Sunday edition of The Guardian.

There was an incredible response, and it launched a global campaign for justice and for human rights when the article was republished in many newspapers around the world (Amnesty International, n.d.).

The organization is financed largely by donations, the organization itself maintains impartiality and as such donations to the organization remain impartial to politically unaffiliated and impartial sources. As part of this policy, the organization does not accept donations or other sources of funding from governments, political parties or other organizations that would otherwise compromise the impartiality of Amnesty International (Amnesty Intenrational, n.d.).

How have Amnesty International protected human rights? Amnesty International is a long established organization, and, as such has become a