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Today, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) announced the appointment of Paul O’Brien as its new Executive Director, following an extensive global search that led the Board of Directors to unanimously pick O’Brien to assume the leadership of AIUSA. O’Brien, who officially joins AIUSA on April 15, brings a wealth of experience in international leadership, coming to the organization after 14 years at Oxfam America where he oversaw campaigning, policy, and advocacy.
O’Brien is joining AIUSA at a time of both great opportunity and unprecedented challenges to human rights in the U.S. and around the world. While the Biden administration has taken welcome steps to address human rights abuses and harmful policies affecting communities here and abroad, O’Brien and AIUSA will continue to advocate for a much bolder, transformational strategy that places human rights at the forefront of all domestic and foreign policies.
Illegal deforestation is ravaging the planet and driving emissions up. A new bill in Congress seeks to change that. By Cara Korte Complicit: The Amazon Fires
The U.S. relies heavily on imported agriculture commodities. Nearly half of all the processed items Americans buy in grocery stores contain palm oil from around the world. America is the leading importer of raw rubber and tires, made from rubber trees harvested in southwest Asia. The U.S. is also the leading importer of cocoa, often from Ghana and Côte d Ivoire. These products all come from tropical forests.
However, these goods come at a steep cost to the environment. The harvesting of palm-driven land in Indonesia and Malaysia alone contributes roughly 1.4% of global net carbon dioxide emissions each year, and many of these imported commodities are sourced from illegally deforested land. Democratic Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii is planning to introduce a bill to change that.
03.01.21
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today joined Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), co-chairs of the Senate Human Rights Caucus, to introduce a resolution to establish a Senate Human Rights Commission, modeled after the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in the US House of Representatives. If passed, the resolution would create a bipartisan commission to examine human rights violations through regular briefings and events and promote human rights initiatives in the Senate. Joining Lankford, Coons, and Tillis in introducing the resolution were Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).
“In America, we believe every person has worth and dignity,” said Lankford. “This belief has allowed us to become the world’s greatest defender of basic, fundamental human rights, including the right to life and the right to freely live your faith. It is past time for the Senate to formally establish the Senate
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