Talk:American Committee for Peace in Chechnya

Very out of date
Just for the record, this page is very, very out of date. The group is now known as The American Committe for Peace in teh Caucasus, as opposed to just in Chechnya, and is a project of Freedom House. I won't edit this article, per Wikipedia policy, but I figured I'd mention it in case someone else wants to update it. The about us information is as follows...

About ACPC

The American Committee for Peace in the Caucasus (ACPC), a project of Freedom House, coordinates with an international network of human rights and democracy advocates, journalists, scholars and nongovernmental organizations to advocate for and support human rights in the North Caucasus. ACPC is dedicated to monitoring developments in the region and providing expert analysis of their implications for security, stability and the human rights situation. In the aftermath of the two Chechen Wars and in the face of the ongoing violence across the region, ACPC strives to ensure access to information from the North Caucasus for the international policymaking and NGO community.

Founded in 1999 to advocate for a political solution to the conflict in Chechnya that erupted into a war for independence with Russia in 1994, ACPC was at the helm of international NGO efforts to galvanize the U.S. and international policymaking community on the implications of the conflict for human rights in Chechnya. As violence spread into other republics in the North Caucasus – Ingushetia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia and North Ossetia – ACPC concentrated its efforts on supporting human rights and rule of law, monitoring the trajectory of violence in the region, and advocating for peace and stability in the North Caucasus.

SCOPE OF OUR WORK

Situation Monitoring: ACPC seeks to advance public awareness of the violence in the North Caucasus and its implications for human rights, democracy and regional stability by regularly providing information on regional developments and related events via the ACPC website and newsletter. Those interested in receiving weekly updates on important news and events related to the North Caucasus region are encouraged to subscribe to the ACPC weekly news update.

Education: ACPC organizes public events to give a platform to individuals from the North Caucasus, including prominent human rights activists, scholars, journalists and regional analysts, to discuss a wide scope of problems plaguing the region and elucidate the nuanced interplay of factors contributing to the ongoing violence and suffering of innocent people. International cooperation: ACPC works in close partnerships with organizations that promote peace and human rights in the North Caucasus, including at numerous international forums. Additionally, ACPC seeks to expand the international support networks for human rights defenders and local nongovernmental organizations in Russia that are at risk of becoming further isolated from the international community. ACPC works in conjunction with partners around the world to keep focus of the United States and European governments’ attention on the region.

63.138.81.98 (talk) 21:18, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Criticism section
...missing at least. The article at present is good for a lead of the official site, but not for an encyclopedia.--213.208.170.194 (talk) 06:31, 7 March 2013 (UTC)