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Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) is a nonprofit human rights organization. It was founded in 1986 by a small group of doctors who believed the unique scientific expertise and authority of health professionals could bring human rights violations to light and provide justice for victims. One of PHR's first missions was to testify on behalf of doctors and human rights activists in Chile, who were working against the military dictator Augusto Pinochet. Since then, PHR has conducted pioneering research and field investigations in more than 40 countries. PHR focuses on a set of core human rights violations: *Atrocities against civilians during armed conflict *Violence against women, especially rape as a weapon of war *Torture and abuse of detainees *Lack of access to health care due to racial, ethnic and gender discrimination PHR works to prove the health consequences of human rights violations. It also uses its research for advocacy focused on demanding accountability for crimes and recommending critical policy changes. == History == *1988 First to document (Iraq’s use of chemical weapons ) against Kurds 〔http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/library/report-1989-windsdeath.htm〕 *1996 (Exhumed ) mass graves in the Balkans 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Physicians for Human Rights )〕 *1996 Produced (critical forensic evidence ) of genocide in Rwanda 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Physicians for Human Rights )〕 *1997 Shared the Nobel Peace Prize for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Nobel Peace Prize 1997 )〕 *2003 (Warned ) of health and human rights catastrophe prior to the invasion of Iraq 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Physicians for Human Rights )〕 *2004 (Documented and analyzed ) the genocide in Darfur *2005 Detailed the story of (tortured detainees ) in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Physicians for Human Rights )〕 *2010 Showed how CIA medical personnel sought to improve waterboarding and other interrogation techniques that (amount to torture ) 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Physicians for Human Rights )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Physicians for Human Rights」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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