1981 AD SOROS: A Turning Point for the Human Rights Movement
Despite lack of progress in prosecuting those responsible for 500 civilians killed at El Mozote, human rights advocates consider El Mozote a turning point for the human rights movement because it marked the first time that an investigative approach was used to document abuses. In addition, the massacre prompted the first-ever use of the Geneva Conventions for assessing human rights abuse in Central America, and the reporting and investigations that followed El Mozote helped focus debate on U.S. responsibility for massive human rights abuses through its continued support for El Salvador's military.
· First-ever use of the Geneva Conventions for assessing human rights abuse [Soros: Open Societies Institute (October 2003)]
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