"Today's verdict demonstrates the persistent obstacles to accountability in Border Patrol that remain, particularly when it comes to use of force," said the Kino Border Initiative, an advocacy group.
Georgette Gagnon, the United Nations director of human rights for Afghanistan, pointed to a "persistent lack of accountability for perpetrators of torture, with few investigations and no prosecutions for those responsible".
"Unama found a persistent lack of accountability for perpetrators of torture with few investigations and no prosecutions for those responsible," said Georgette Gagnon, Unama's Director of Human Rights.
UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Rima Salah said UNICEF greatly appreciated Mr. Otunnu for "bearing witness to the atrocities children face in conflict, for telling and re-telling their stories for so many to hear, and for his persistent calls for accountability".
"Roboski is testimony to the persistent lack of state accountability in Turkey," says Emma Sinclair-Webb of Human Rights Watch, a watchdog.
The best way to ensure accountability for atrocities is the collective, persistent demands of individual human beings.
Supervision of CHWs has been a persistent weakness of large-scale, national programmes, and accountability to communities has often been lacking.
They have been persistent in engaging state and local politicians to come to public accountability sessions and talk about priority issues the volunteers have heard about during their thousands of door-step conversations.
Drafted reform efforts must map out plans to implement college- and career-ready standards, develop accountability systems that assist low-performing schools and schools with persistent achievement gaps, and create improved systems for developing, supporting and evaluating educators.
It shows how a determined and persistent civil society that would not give up can swing the pendulum back toward greater accountability and transparency.
12 This, combined with persistent evidence of harm during health service delivery, 13 16 has resulted in an increasing international focus on accountability and safety in healthcare.
