Group    From /7/1961 

Amnesty International

Categories: Peace, Social Welfare

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.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Amnesty International

Creations i

Human Rights tree

Tulip Tree Planted 1998 to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing by the Un...

Read More

Other Subjects

50 years of peace

50 years of peace

50 years after the end of WW2

Event, Peace

1 memorial
Viscount Cecil of Chelwood

Viscount Cecil of Chelwood

Politician and peace maker. Born Robert Cecil at 11 Duchess Street, Portland Place. Son of the Prime Minister, the Marquess of Salisbury. He practised civil law for several years before entering pa...

Person, Law, Peace, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Bishop and opponent of apartheid and campaigner on many other causes: AIDS, homophobia, etc.  Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. His Wikipedia page and obituary confirm that he died, aged 90 ...

Person, Peace, Race Issues, Religion, Seriously Famous, Social Welfare, South Africa

1 memorial
Pierre Cérésole

Pierre Cérésole

Engineer and peace activist. Born in Lausanne. He worked in the United States and Japan, returning to Switzerland at the outbreak of WW1. He became a conscientious objector, and was imprisoned beca...

Person, Engineering, Peace, Switzerland

1 memorial
Winifred Holtby

Winifred Holtby

Born Yorkshire. Graduated with and maintained a long friendship with Vera Brittain. Writer, reformer and pacifist.

Person, Literature, Peace

1 memorial