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What is Amnesty International? State its main functions.
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- Amnesty International is an NGO that campaigns for the protection of Human Rights all over the world.
- Functions:-
- It promotes respect for all the Human Rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- It believes that human rights are interdependent and indivisible.
- It prepares and publishes reports on human Rights.
- A major focus of Amnesty is the misconduct of government authorities.
- Reports prepared by it play an important role in research and advocacy on human rights.
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