Just Joined 國際特赦組織 - so happy about it

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Finally I put my act  together have joined 國際特赦組織

"You have just joined a movement of people who act to defend the human rights of people around the world.   Thank you.

Shortly you will be receiving your welcome pack in the mail, which will give you more information about the work of Amnesty International.  It will also show how your contribution is going to lead to greater freedoms and rights for people in some of the darkest places on earth.

Together, we are campaigning for fairness, truth, equality, justice and dignity.

Thank you again on behalf of the millions of people you are helping to protect."

國際特赦組織（或稱“大赦國際”，英语：Amnesty International，簡稱AI），是一個人權監察的國際性非政府組織，於1961年創立，由世界各國民間人士組成，監察世界各國人權現況。現時在全世界150多個國家或地區已有超過300萬名會員及支持者，是全球最大的草根人權組織。[1]根據AI的組織章程，AI以「人人享有世界人權宣言及其他國際人權標準所楬櫫之所有權利」為願景，透過研究調查與倡議行動，預防或阻止一切人權侵犯。[2]該組織以其對國際人權的卓著貢獻而於獲頒1977年諾貝爾和平獎 、1978年聯合國人權獎等各種表揚

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http://www.amnesty.org.nz/our-work

Think all your human rights are adequately protected in NZ law? Think Again.
In New Zealand we like to think of ourselves as leaders in human rights. And in many cases we are. Over the years NZ has spoken out boldly on numerous human rights  issues. Think apartheid, nuclear testing and genocide.

But sadly, many of our most basic human rights are still not adequately protected in our own law - issues like the right to housing, healthcare and education. In NZ we take these basic rights, collectively called economic, social and cultural rights, for granted and assume they are well protected in places like our Bill of Rights Act. Unfortunately, this is not the case.

Without these legal protections it’s much harder to hold decision makers accountable when things go wrong. For instance having up to 270,000 of our kids living in relative poverty or having third-world rates of acute rheumatic fever.

It’s time for New Zealand to ensure that economic, social and cultural rights are protected equally alongside civil and political rights like fair trials and the right to vote. It’s time our decision makers are held accountable to ensure our rights are respected, protected and fulfilled.

By acting today we can ensure that all our rights will be equally protected tomorrow. Our political leadership has been world leading on these issues in the past, it is time to show human rights leadership again.

Did you know...?
In 1948 New Zealand lobbied to ensure “freedom from want” was alongside rights such as freedom of speech and freedom from torture within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
In 1968 NZ signed the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and ratified it 10 years later. But those rights have never been explicitly incorporated into the NZ Bill of Rights Act.

Get Informed
Find out which of your rights are or are not protected, learn about New Zealand’s human rights history and find out why we need economic, social and cultural rights protected in law for a better future.

Download, share and listen to the great resources we've compiled in the Campaigning Materials (and don't forget to come back and visit as we add more materials over the coming months).

jerrygarry

國際特赦組織認為人權是不可分割的，是互相關聯的，並致力于通過人權教育 項目和努力爭取批準人權條約的活動來促進世界人權宣言和其它國際標準中載 明的所有人權。 它不受任何政府、政治派別或宗教派別的支配。國際特赦組織既不支持、也不反對任何政府或政治制度，既不支持、也不反對受害者的觀點，盡管它致力于保護受害者的權利。國際特赦組織唯一關心的是保護每個案件中涉及的人權，它既不考慮政府和反對派的意識形態如何，也不考慮個人的信仰如何。 國際特赦組織並不按各國的人權紀錄而將其分級分等，也不企圖進行比較，而 是集中精力去努力終止那些違反人權的特別案件。

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