The 100 Days Campaign was set up in 2008 by Amnesty International

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Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...

 to demonstrate President-elect Barack Obama

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Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

’s commitment to human rights

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. Amnesty International called for certain concrete steps in Obama's first 100 days in office that would demonstrate a genuine commitment to bringing the United States

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 into line with its international obligations.

The three main ideas behind the 100 Days campaign were as follows:

• The planned date and closure of Guantanamo Bay;
• The issuance of an executive order banning torture and other ill-treatment, as defined under international law;
• To ensure that an independent commission to investigate abuses committed by the U.S. government in its "war on terror
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  " was set up.

These demands are part of a checklist of actions Amnesty International has asked the new U.S. President to take during the first 100 days in office.

Guitar phenom Tom Morello

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, who has been a long-time supporter of Amnesty International, teamed up with Amnesty's 100 Days Action.

Presence of Campaign In Washington D.C.

As part of the 100 Days Campaign, to remind President Obama of his promise to close Guantanamo bay, Amnesty International held a series of vigils from 11 am to 1 pm, Monday through Friday, at many different venues around D.C., throughout the first 100 days of President Obama's first term of presidency.