by Eve Mrumba

Created on: July 09, 2008

Amnesty International is an organization which supports a social justice need all throughtout the world, supporting cases where injustices are present, to fight for support to end the suffering of those who seek humanitarian aid. I started an AI group when I was in high school, and it only took as much as booking and learning to do presentations to get the group working for purposes they beleived in. The basic support is in showing governmental and humanitarian organizations that there is an injustice present through carefully contructing letters of support for the person whom the group is wishing to move the process forward for. In each group, there may be many areas which need to be expressed about the legalities of the case, though even forther scrutinizing research can bring other contacts and organizations of support forward. When a group is first starting, a representative gives a complete instruction course for the host and then continues to present a power point presentation of the empowerment and mission of Amnesty International. Understanding the AI mission statement is focused on with importance, and the group is encouraged to attempt to gather members to construct letters which support someone's humanitarian crisis in coming to be understood by the legal structures which he or she faces, and then organizations are contacted carefully to develop a support system for the person in need or in crisis.

AMnesty International carefully selects cases for which support is needed and members can check which cases are of worth to support through the wrtiting of letters to the researched organizations in government or in the United Nations in seeking for support and guidance through remedying the case. There is certainly an empowerment in support, but the main focus is developing a carefully united support system through governmental and international organizational support for the day of the case where the case is sought to be justified. Most cases are in dire need to be brought to awareness and consciousness of governments in making change for the person who is fighting the case toward justice through the support of letters from organizations from governmantal organizations and persons of importance. The case could in the most realistic manner be defined by awareness and action. It is a long road of struggle waiting for a difference to be made, but the right letter could mean judgement in court to bring the injust to the balance of justice. In court, the

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