As a British citizen who came to the United States to study human rights and now heads the Washington office of the Center for Victims of Torture, I am distressed that the United States has not taken any action on accountability for torture and cruelty.
They need to move from blame, which focuses on individual actions, to accountability, which focuses on the systems at play.
They provide a common global platform for action on corporate accountability.
But by Tuesday, the White House had slowed its roll, delaying a planned action on cybersecurity accountability indefinitely.
Perhaps action -- to insist on accountability, to seek justice for the victims -- must fall to the abused themselves.
Instead of insisting on accountability and clear action on the Rohingya situation from Burma prior to deepening relations, the UK seems content to hop into bed with a government that has consistently failed to live up to its pledges on human rights.
These meet new efforts at community monitoring and accountability evident through networks such as Equinet (Additional file 4) and the Community of Practitioners on Accountability and Social Action in Health (COPASAH; Additional file 5).
At a hearing Wednesday, Mr. Risch expressed unease at Saudi human rights violations, saying, "We cannot look the other way". If he means that, he should schedule action on the Saudi Arabia Accountability and Yemen bill.
Protesters voiced mixed views on what will happen next, some insisting they'll stay on the streets until Ortega resigns, others demanding action on transparency and accountability to ensure free elections in two years' time.
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