London-based international organisation focused on human rights. Its mission statement refers specifically to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Founded in London by labour lawyer Peter Benenson and Philip James, Professor of Law.
London-based international organisation focused on human rights. Its mission statement refers specifically to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Founded in London by labour lawyer Peter Benenson and Philip James, Professor of Law.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Amnesty International
Tulip Tree Planted 1998 to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing by the Un...
Chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer. Invented dynamite, first demonstrating it in 1867 in a quarry in Redhill, Surrey. An inadvertently premature obituary, "The merchant of d...
Campaigning journalist and spiritualist. Born Northumberland. Committed to the peace movement, women's rights, civil liberties. As part of his campaign against juvenile prostitution he 'bought' 12 ...
Person, Gender Issues, Journalism / Publishing, Paranormal, Peace, Tragedy
"... sixty years of peace between the peoples of Britain and Germany" in 2005, i.e. since the end of WW2. Another memorial commemorates "50 years of peace".
The agreement in which Britain acknowledged the United States to be sovereign and independent. Drafted in 1782 and effective from 12 May 1784. The 6 men named on the memorial were the representati...
Up until the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 Britain and France had been at war on and off for centuries. The Entente Cordiale ('cordial agreement' doesn't really do it justice) settled a number...
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