Amnesty International's role in protecting human rights during the armed conflict in Libya

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أميرة برحايل بودودة

Abstract

International non-governmental organizations that are active in the field of human rights seek to protect human rights from violations that they are exposed to during international and non-international armed conflicts. Among these organizations is Amnesty International which seeks on a basis of independence and impartiality to promote respect for and enjoyment of all human rights It also contributes to establishing respect for the principles contained in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the organization has interfered in many international and non-international armed conflicts, and this is to protect human rights from the violations that it is exposed to during armed conflicts, especially mentioning its interference in Libya, which was exposed to flagrant humanitarian crimes by the then-existing regime of killing, torture and detention, with the aim of protecting human rights in it, especially civilians.


Key words: organizations, government, independence, conflicts, human rights.

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برحايل بودودة أ., “Amnesty International’s role in protecting human rights during the armed conflict in Libya”, ajps, vol. 3, no. 1, Dec. 2014.
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