Adama K. Dempster
@adamadempster
2023 Peace & Justice Awardee, 2024 US IVLP Fellow, Human Rights and Justice Campaigner, Ambassador @rightsmetrics - Human Rights Measurement Initiative
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21-03-2019 19:10:06
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Happening now @2024DublinPlatform for human rights defenders, UN High Commissioner for Human rights Volker Türk commits the UN support for human rights defenders and their work globally. Front Line Defenders
"Justice can be done while maintaining the right to life" - British Ambassador Neil Bradley CSOs, Ministry of Justice, political leaders, UN, diplomats, Liberia Bar Council + human rights leaders joined @UKInLiberia to launch a project to abolish the death penalty in 🇱🇷
"Responding to a crime, no matter how heinous, by committing another crime should never be the solution" - Ambassador Neil Bradley 🇬🇧 👇Read more press coverage of the CSO-led project to abolish the death penalty here👇 📰shorturl.at/D5gzO📰 #UKAid proud to support
Thanks to the Platform and UKinLiberia 🇬🇧🇱🇷 for hosting this event. Support for the abolition of the death penalty is a key focus for 🇮🇪’s human rights advocacy work. #Liberia needs to move from the de facto moratorium currently in place to full abolition #humanrights
“Liberia’s quest to bring closure for victims of civil war atrocities, and ensure their access to justice, remains a major priority. We call for government and international support to ensure the establishment of the court.” - Adama K. Dempster hrw.org/news/2025/04/2… #Liberia