Amnesty International USA

Resolved: [F] THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the 2005 AI-USA International Council Meeting delegation, wherever possible and appropriate, call for AI to reaffirm its commitment to campaigning for POCs;

[G] THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the AIUSA delegation to the 2005 International Council Meeting (ICM) shall support resolutions and/or propose amendments to proposed resolutions to advance the following AIUSA policy positions:

(1) Amend the current Integrated Strategic Plan Global Impact Goal respecting human rights defenders to read “Campaign for the immediate and unconditional release of Prisoners of Conscience and protection of the rights of human rights defenders”;

(2) Amend the Integrated Strategic Plan to provide that the International Secretariat should maintain enough research capacity on any country without a Country Action Program to (a) prepare an annual report entry and (b) investigate claims, and take action on behalf of, Prisoners of Conscience and victims of torture and extra-judicial executions, and;

(3) Request that the International Secretariat produce the number of action files that the sections/structures request before each operational plan cycle.