The 100 Days Campaign was set up in 2008 by Amnesty International to demonstrate President-elect Barack Obama’s commitment to human rights. Amnesty International has called for certain concrete steps in the first 100 days in office that would demonstrate a genuine commitment to bringing the United States into line with its international obligations.

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

• The planned date and closure of Guantanamo Bay;
• The issue of an executive order to ban 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" is set up.

These demands are part of a checklist^[1] of actions Amnesty International has asked the new U.S. President to take during the first 100 days in office.

Guitar phenom Tom Morello^[2], who has been a long time supporter of Amnesty International, has teamed up with Amnesty's 100 Days Action.

[edit] 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 holds a series of vigils are conducted from 11 am to 1 pm, Monday through Friday, at many different venues around D.C. These vigils will be held daily all throughout the first 100 days of President Obama's first term of presidency.

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