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Implementation Of Executive Order Of July 1, 2016, Human Rights Institute Oct 2016

Implementation Of Executive Order Of July 1, 2016, Human Rights Institute

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October 6, 2016, NEW YORK – The Columbia Law School Human Rights Clinic today urged the Obama Administration to fulfill its promises of transparency and accountability for U.S. drone strikes. Over the past decade, the U.S. government has killed thousands of people around the world in a program largely cloaked in secrecy. Together with a group of leading non-governmental organizations, the Clinic called on the government to act on promises it made over the summer to investigate drone strikes and compensate victims.