Human Rights Groups
Many human rights organisations like Amnesty International along with the UN are campaigning against extrajudicial punishment.
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Famous quotes containing the words human rights, human, rights and/or groups:
“Most people, no doubt, when they espouse human rights, make their own mental reservations about the proper application of the word “human.””
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—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
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“The awareness of the all-surpassing importance of social groups is now general property in America.”
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