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Amnesty International of the USA Inc. Africa Advocacy Program Records
Amnesty International USA. Africa Advocacy Program
11652142
HR#0001.32
English
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9 linear feet
9 record storage cartons
1998-2006
1998-2004
This collection documents the AIUSA Africa Advocacy Program's work to study and address human rights violations in Africa.
Arrangement
This collection has been arranged into one series.
Restrictions on Access
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Restrictions on Access
This collection has no access restrictions.
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the work of the AIUSA Africa Advocacy Program. It contains research, planning, and educational materials relating to human rights abuses in African countries. Many countries are represented, but there is some focus on Sierra Leone, Sudan, Angola, Ethiopia, and Uganda.
Summary
The materials include International Secretariat documents, reports, publications, trip reports, clippings, correspondence, and policy information. It also includes correspondence and reports by the program's director, Adotei Akwei. Many of the files are grouped by country.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Amnesty International of the USA, Inc. Africa Advocacy Program Records, 1998-2006; Box and Folder; Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from Amnesty International of the USA, Inc.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Unknown donor. Method of acquisition--Deposit at University of Colorado Boulder.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--AIUSA. Method of acquisition--Deposit; Date of acquisition--2006-2007.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2014.2015.M026: Source of acquisition--Johanna Lee and Adotei Akwei. Method of acquisition--Deposit; Date of acquisition--08/19/2014.
Ownership and Custodial History
One box was originally donated to the University of Colorado Boulder as part of the AIUSA collection. In 2006 the AIUSA collection was transferred to RBML. An additional eight boxes were donated by Johanna Lee for Adotei Akwei in August, 2014.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Carolyn Smith in May and November 2017. Finding aid written by Carolyn Smith in September 2018.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Related Materials
See Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research (CHRDR) page for more information about all AIUSA collections: https://library.columbia.edu/libraries/chrdr/archive_collections/aiusa.html
Human rights
Sudan
Sierra Leone
Uganda
Africa
Capital punishment
Children's rights
Female circumcision
Genocide
Genocide -- Sudan -- Darfur
Intellectual freedom
Rape
Refugees
Terrorism
Women's rights -- Pakistan -- Posters
Angola
Ethiopia
Amnesty International USA
Amnesty International
Series I: General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13121871988-2006Scope and ContentsThe collection remains in its original order and is described at the folder level. Many topics are covered, including women's rights, female genital mutilation, genocide, and refugees.
Sierra Leone/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312188Sierra Leone Press/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312189199711Lobbying Packet/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312190199812Non-AI Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312191199913Advocacy Day/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312192199914General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13121933 folders1995-199715-7Special Court/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312194200318US Policy/repositories/2/archival_objects/13121952000-200319Sierra Leone--AI/repositories/2/archival_objects/13121961998-2003110Sudan/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312197General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13121982003111Non-AI Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/13121993 folders2000112-14AI Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122002004115General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122012004116AI Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122021999-2000117AI Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122031999-2000118Non-AI Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122041999-2000119General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122052 folders2004120-21Government Files/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122061999-2000122General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122072005123Roundtable on the Crisis in Sudan/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122082004124Repetitive Articles on Sudan--AI/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122092004125Darfur--Crisis Alert Strategy/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122102004126"The United States, Sub-Saharan Africa and the War on Terrorism: Building a Safer World for Whom?" by Adotei Akwei/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122112004127AI Press Releases/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122122004128UN Security Council--Sudan/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122132004129AIUSA Darfur Sudan Strategy and Action Plan/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122142004130Congressional Letters, Resolutions, Bills (Non-AI)/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122152004131General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122162004132Ratifying Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122172004133Abandoning Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122182001134Global Campaign of Violence Against Women/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312219undated135Uganda/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122202004-2005136Conflict in Northern Uganda--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122212005137Gabon/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312222200121Handwritten Notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312223200622Blood Diamonds and Orphans in Congo/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312224200623AIUSA Africa General Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312225200624The African Times/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122262006 November25In-Africa Media Outlets/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312227undated26Paperwork from Cassie--Intern Information, Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312228200627Ethiopia--Non-AI Information/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312229200328Ethiopia--Non-AI Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312230200029Ethiopia and Eritrea--Non-AI Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122312000210109th Congress Documents on Central Asia/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122322005211Arms Trade in Africa Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122332005212Policy Forum Inclusive Security/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122342006213Congress Bills/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122352000214Oil Reports in West Africa/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122362005215General Pamphlets/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312237undated216Newspaper Articles of the Free Nigeria Movement/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122382005217AI Press Releases/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122392005218Trip Report Rwanda/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122402002219Human Rights Watch Report Sexual Violence/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122411996220During Rwandan Genocide/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122422002221Correspondence on International Security Council Referral in Sudan/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312243222Darfur Accountability Act of 2005 Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122442005-2006223Congress Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122452000224AI Campaigns/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312246undated225Stop Violence Against Women (SVAW) Campaign/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312247undated226Democratic Republic of Congo Abuses of Women Petition/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312248undated227"The State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Focus on Human Rights in Africa" Hearing Before the Subcommittee for Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations--Oral Statement by Adotei Akwei/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122492005228Committee on International Relations Memorandum/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122502005229AI Report on Democratic Republic of Congo/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122512004230AI Kenya Rape Report/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122522002231Timeline of Conflicts in Africa/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122531994-2005232Africa Compliance with International Security Council/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312254undated233US Commission on International Religious Freedom Reports/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122552005234Library of African Cinema/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122562000235Woodrow Wilson Center Africa Program/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312257undated236New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)--Vision/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312258undated237Alert: Genocide Today in the Darfur Region of Sudan/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312259undated238Ten-Year Strategy Commission on Capital Flows in Africa/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122602003239National Summit on Africa/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122611998240US State/USAID Strategic Plan/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122622004241AIUSA Comments on DOS-USAID Strategic Plan for FY 2004-2009/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122632003242Africa Policy for a New Era/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122642003243Groupings of HIPC (Heavily Indebted Poor Countries)/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122652003244Witness Annual Report/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122662004245Government Relations Report/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312267undated246Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OCHR) Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122682004-2005247AIUSA Campaign Action Kit/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122692005248Review of AI Work on Death Penalty/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122702003249Freedom of Information Act Draft/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122712005250Towards a Global Campaign on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ESCR)--AI Internal Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122722005251Country Action Programs/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122732004252Ethiopia/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122742004253Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122752 folders2001254-55Child Soldiers Finances/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312276undated256AI Letters to US Government Officials/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122772001257De Beers Letters/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122782005258Adotei Letter to Candice Heart/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122792005259Homeland Security Review of Malik Jarno/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122802004260Update on HR Situation Sierra Leone/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122812001261Eritrea Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122822001-2004262Liberia Democracy Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122832002263Sierra Leone--Non-AI Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122842000264Sierra Leone--AI Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122852000265Founding Document of APRM/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122862006266General Reports on Africa/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122872006267World Development Report/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122882006268USA Campaign Kit/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122892006269Analysis of Special Court Sierra Leon/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122902003270Sierra Leone Press/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122912 folders1998271-72Country Files/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312292Angola/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312293200031Burundi/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312294200432Cameroon AI Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312295200033Cameroon AI Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312296200034Cameroon Government Files/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312297200035Chad-Cameroon/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122984 folders1992-200036-9Democratic Republic of Congo/repositories/2/archival_objects/13122998 folders2003310-27Cote D'Ivoire/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123002 folders2004328-29Eritrea/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123013 folders2000-2004331-33Ethiopia/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123024 folders1999-2003334-37Ethiopia/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312303199941Sierra Leone/repositories/2/archival_objects/131230416 folders1999-200042-17Sudan/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123056 folders2001-2004418-23Liberia/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123062002-2003424Nigeria/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123072003425Zimbabwe/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312308200151Coalitions/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312309undated52General/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312310200553General/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312311200454IS Documents, Publications, Reports on Africa--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/131231211 folders1991-199755-15IS Documents, Publications, Reports on Africa--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/131231314 folders1988 -199961-14IS Documents, Publications, Reports on Africa--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123142 folders1992 -199971-2Nigeria/repositories/2/archival_objects/131231511 folders1994-199673-13Nigeria/repositories/2/archival_objects/131231616 folders1995-199881-16Togo/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123171994-2002817African Charter on Human Rights and Peoples Rights/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312318undated91AI Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312319199792Secretary of Stats on Albright and Africa/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312320199793Africa General--AI Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123211999-200094Africa General--Non-AI Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123221999-200095Ethiopia--Clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312323200096Africa--Clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312324199897AI Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123251999-200098Africa--Non-AI/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123261999-200099Women in Africa/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123271999-2000910Refugees in Africa/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123281999-2000911US-UN Africa/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123291999-2000912Angola/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312330Non-AI Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123311999-2000913Clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123321999-2000914Government Files/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123331999-2000915AI Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123341999-2000916AI Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123351999-2000917Rural Development/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123361991918African Charter/repositories/2/archival_objects/1312337undated919Ethiopia--Non-AI Correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123382 folders1994-1998920-21Membership Action Team (MAT) Board Proposal Paper/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123391995922Angola--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123401995-1999923Angolan American Economic Partnership: Guide to Trade and Investment Opportunities/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123411997924Angola--Non-AI Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123421999-2000925Ethiopia--General/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123431998926Ethiopia--Non-AI Documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/13123441997927