Amnesty International: Towards Global Change

This presentation provides an overview of Amnesty International, a London-based NGO devoted to the protection of human rights and its contribution to the common good. It discusses the organization's history, focus on legal advocacy, and charitable activities. The presentation also highlights the organization's unique approach to identifying key human rights issues and formulating developmental strategies to address them. Additionally, it explores how nurses can contribute to the organization's efforts to bring about global change.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
TOWARDS GLOBAL CHANGE
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Overview of Organisation
 Founded in 1961, with the aim to eliminate
human rights violation across the world
(Amnesty International Home, 2019).
 Focuses heavily on legal advocacy.
 The organization is primarily devoted towards
the social welfare humans globally
(International Human Rights Movement |
Human Rights Activists | India & Human Rights -
About Amnesty, 2019).
 Based in London, the NGO serves over 150
countries across the world (Amnesty
International Home, 2019).
 The organization has over a million supporters
and members of its projects globally
(Vihalemm, Keller, & Kiisel, 2016).
 Recognized as one of the largest NGO’s in the
world (Amnesty International Home, 2019).
Contribution to the Common Good
 Contributes to the society via advocacy and emergency relief (Amnesty
International Home, 2019).
 The organization has a unique way of identifying they key human rights
issues in the various parts of the world where it operates in (Power &
Yago, 2016).
 It addresses each of those issues separately by formulating
developmental strategies (Idowu et al., 2013)..
 The motto of the organization is to light a candle than to curse the
darkness (International Human Rights Movement | Human Rights
Activists | India & Human Rights - About Amnesty, 2019)
 Also has a charitable organization in UK which donates resources to the
underprivileged or those in need (Amnesty International Home, 2019).
 Investigates various issues related to human rights violation and
protests/promotes them to make lives better for those affected .
 Has given help to thousands of refugees around the world from getting
their rights violated (Vihalemm, Keller, & Kiisel, 2016).
 Believes in making a better world for people by giving them the rights
they deserve (Scharf, 2017) .
 Projects include protection of human rights, human dignity, human
rights, women’s rights, and abolition of death penalty (Human Rights
in India | Violence Against Women in India - Amnesty International
India" 2019).
My Professional Contribution
 Knowledge on how to reach out to people as a
nurse, would make it easier for the organization
to effectively expand the number of people
served by the organization.
 Researching skills would be helpful in
identifying the key issues in the society which
need to be addressed.
 Caring skills as a nurse would help in identifying
the key issues which individuals go through.
 Ability to empathise as a nurse would ensure
the proper identification of the strategies which
need to be adopted to abolish the prevailing
human rights issues in the society.
 Knowledge on human rights would ensure that
exact areas of human rights violation are
conveyed to the organization, for the effective
strategizing of campaigns.
References
Amnesty International Home. (2019). Retrieved from https://www.amnesty.org/en/
Human Rights in India | Violence Against Women in India - Amnesty International India. (2019). Retrieved from
https://amnesty.org.in/?gclid=CjwKCAjwycfkBRAFEiwAnLX5IenM80LUoDbQA_vxkFr6GUgDQLnCwuQ9fonIK6aR6
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Idowu, S. O., Capaldi, N., Zu, L., & Gupta, A. D. (2013). Encyclopedia of corporate social responsibility (Vol. 21). New
York: Springer.
International Human Rights Movement | Human Rights Activists | India & Human Rights - About Amnesty. (2019).
Retrieved from https://amnesty.org.in/about-us/who-we-are/
Power, J., & Yago, K. (2016). Amnesty International (AI). The Statesman's Yearbook 2015: The Politics, Cultures and
Economies of the World, 44.
Scharf, M. P. (2017). The amnesty exception to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. In The International
Criminal Court (pp. 437-457). Routledge.
Vihalemm, T., Keller, M., & Kiisel, M. (2016). From intervention to social change: A guide to reshaping everyday
practices. Routledge.
Introduction
 Amnesty International is an NGO devoted to the
protection of human rights and is based in London
(Amnesty International Home, 2019).
• It is recognized as one of the largest NGO’s in the
world capable of bringing a global change (Scharf,
2017).
• It is devoted to the common good of the people and
individualistic efforts can contribute to its efforts to
bring a global change (Idowu et al., 2013).
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SOURCE: (International Human Rights Movement | Human Rights Activists | India & Human
Rights - About Amnesty, 2019)