The campaign is part of the continuing work of Amnesty International's members around the world to promote the rights contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which is 50 years old this year. The march was organized to protest against the beatings by police of two illegal immigrants, Leticia Gonz lez and Enrique Funes Flores, in Riverside County. The aim of the campaign is to increase public awareness of human rights violations in the USA, to strengthen cooperation with the human rights constituency in the USA and to achieve some concrete reforms. The USA has a responsibility to ensure respect for its own laws and for international human rights standards, many of which it has been instrumental in developing. It must take steps to safeguard basic human rights at home and to ensure respect for the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Human rights belong to everyone, or they are guaranteed to no one.
It is time to demand rights for all. ONE PART TWO Action for human rights Amnesty International is campaigning for the following specific improvements in the protection of human rights. Ban the routine use of restraints on pregnant women prisoners and all restraints during labour. Act to prevent sexual abuse, including rape, in prisons and jails by restricting and regulating the role of male staff with regard to female inmates. Ensure that asylum-seekers are detained only as a last resort.