Amnesty International

The ATT is a very modern treaty that outlines the legalities of arms trade amongst its state parties. Yet there are some controversial points that are written into the treaty. In Article VII, paragraph seven, focusing on the assessment and authorisation of exports from a state party. It states that “If, after an authorization has been granted, an exporting State Party becomes aware of new relevant information, it is encouraged to reassess the authorization” (Arms Trade Treaty, 2013). This is…

are white and 1% African-American. Those who murdered whites are more likely to face death than those who murdered blacks. African-Americans are more likely to receive the death penalty to others who committed like-crimes. According to the Amnesty International “more than 20% of black defendants who have been executed were convicted by all-white juries.”(1) In the past ten years over 20 cases have been overturned in Alabama alone due to prosecutors illegally striking black people from the jury.…

of this kind of situation is a very unfair and injustice on this kind of cruel punishment because the color of the skin. According to the Washington, based Death penalty information centers (DPIC), 56% of death row inmate are black and in Amnesty international also report that 20% of blacks nationwide were convicted by all whites’ juries and 94.5% of elected prosecutors in death penalty states are…

The Death Penalty Must Be Executed Murder is defined as ‘the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another’. Isn’t this the definition of capital punishment? The death penalty should be executed, it was and always will be a morally corrupt system, teaching society that it is unacceptable to kill, but to kill a killer is acceptable. The number of humans who were innocent, mentally ill or executed for the sole purpose of preventing future crime is unknown and will remain so until…

some see it as the more humane way of ending a human life, than other methods previously used. Yet is is proven to cause pain, “Autopsies have shown severe, foot long chemical burns to the skin and needles have been found in soft tissue” (Amnesty International USA). According to the Death Penalty Information Center website, all the death penalty methods cause pain like the electrocution, which is basically the electric chair, where they individual would have a jolts between 500-2000 volts for…

The death penalty has been a flawed American institution since it was established in the 1600s. It has been marred by complaints of pain, cruelty, inconsistency, discrimination, wrongful death, botched executions, executions of juveniles, mentally disable, and mentally ill, as well as the financial cost. The enforcement of capital punishment has not only been subject to review on the basis of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, but also due to scrutiny of public opinion and outrage. The first…

The death penalty creates the risk of the execution of someone who is actually innocent? The death penalty is an incredibly divisive subject, and one which will divide opinion until the end of time. There are people on both sides who will fight for what they believe in. They are ultimately fighting for the same thing though; they are fighting for justice. It is a common goal shared by both sides, who want to live in a just world; one where they feel safe and protected. The death penalty, or…

explores how various textual, formal and aesthetic strategies in the report are adopted to shape and address the issue of responsibility. Island of Despair was published by Amnesty International, which declared itself to be independent of any government, political, ideology, economic interest or religion. Amnesty International attempted to portray itself as a neutral institution of truth-telling and to create an impression that the information contained in Island of Despair is credible and…

The debate on whether the death penalty should continue is an argument fought strongly on both sides. The phrase an eye for an eye (Exodus 21:24) tells us that if we are done wrong we deserve compensation from the one doing wrong to us. Every state is different on what they feel warrants for the death penalty but the one crime every state agrees on is murder. Society is split saying that the death penalty is inhumane and a legal unjust while others feel as though it is the only way for the…

Penalty: Efficiency versus civil rights Progressively, in the path of social evolution, states and individuals reach unanimity that some practices are intolerable. Ceremonial human sacrifice, slavery, corporeal torture, and the death penalty are some of these practices (Yorke, 2005). Many countries have abolished the practice of death penalty. Nevertheless, it should be noted that internationally unanimity against this act is yet to be reached. For instance, the Republic of China puts to death…