Amnesty International Director Talks Legal Definition of Genocide at HLS Event

Amnesty International Director Talks Legal Definition of Genocide at HLS Event

Paul O’Brien, executive director of Amnesty International USA, said military action is not a legally sufficient answer to accusations of genocide at a Harvard Law School talk Wednesday afternoon.

Amnesty International’s Considerations on the Facilitators Package

Amnesty International urges EU institutions to ensure that the proposed reforms to the Facilitators Package, presented by the European Commission in November 2023 and now under negotiation, align with international human rights and refugee law. The current EU anti-smuggling framework has enabled the criminalization and prosecution of human rights defenders for acts of solidarity that uphold the rights of refugees and migrants – often lifesaving …