Test your knowledge about the death penalty by taking this short Facebook APYN quiz and then compare your results with your friends! Once you’ve taken the quiz please take one minute to check out the WCADP petition which calls for an end to all juvenile executions.
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Join over 3500 events, in over 160 countries on October 24 to call for strong climate action.

Why is climate change a human rights issue?
Unless states take prompt, adequate action to address its effects, climate change could become a major threat to the realization of human rights, with those already living in poverty [...]

The world is currently experiencing a human rights crisis.

Billions of people are suffering from insecurity, injustice and indignity around the world.  The global economic crisis is driving millions more people into poverty and placing them at increased risk of human rights violations such as food insecurity or forced eviction.
The world urgently needs a different kind [...]