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#Abolish [[capital punishment]]

#Abolish [[capital punishment]]

#Put an end to [[extrajudicial executions]] and "disappearances"

#Put an end to [[extrajudicial execution]]s and "disappearances"

#Put an end to torture and ill-treatment

#Put an end to torture and ill-treatment

#Put an end to unlawful killings in armed conflict

#Put an end to unlawful killings in armed conflict

#Promote economic, social and cultural rights for marginalised communities

#Promote economic, social and cultural rights for marginalised communities

#Protect human rights defenders

#Protect human rights defenders

#Protect the rights of [[refugees]], [[Immigration|migrants]] and [[asylum seekers]]

#Protect the rights of [[refugee]]s, [[Immigration|migrants]] and [[asylum seeker]]s

One topic of particular controversy is the organisation's stance on [[abortion]], as both pro- and anti-abortion members belong to Amnesty. In August 2007, Amnesty International changed its position to [[pro-choice]]. <ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/8/21/153220.shtml?s=ic Amnesty International Becomes a Pro-Choice Organization].  ''NewsMax'' Aug. 21, 2007 </ref> <ref> [http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGORG500412007 Amnesty International takes on divided world] "Amnesty International committed itself to strengthening the organization's work on the prevention of unwanted pregnancies and other factors contributing to women's recourse to abortion and affirmed the organization’s policy on selected aspects on abortion (to support the decriminalisation of abortion, to ensure women have access to health care when complications arise from abortion and to defend women's access to abortion, within reasonable gestational limits, when their health or human rights are in danger), emphasizing that women and men must exercise their sexual and reproductive rights free from coercion, discrimination and violence." ''Amnesty International'' 17th August 2007</ref>  

One topic of particular controversy is the organisation's stance on [[abortion]], as both pro- and anti-abortion members belong to Amnesty. In August 2007, Amnesty International changed its position to [[pro-choice]]. <ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/8/21/153220.shtml?s=ic Amnesty International Becomes a Pro-Choice Organization].  ''NewsMax'' Aug. 21, 2007 </ref> <ref> [http://news.amnesty.org/index/ENGORG500412007 Amnesty International takes on divided world] "Amnesty International committed itself to strengthening the organization's work on the prevention of unwanted pregnancies and other factors contributing to women's recourse to abortion and affirmed the organization’s policy on selected aspects on abortion (to support the decriminalisation of abortion, to ensure women have access to health care when complications arise from abortion and to defend women's access to abortion, within reasonable gestational limits, when their health or human rights are in danger), emphasizing that women and men must exercise their sexual and reproductive rights free from coercion, discrimination and violence." ''Amnesty International'' 17th August 2007</ref>