Cleveland (CNN) Anticipating possible unrest outside the Republican and Democratic party conventions, a human rights organization has taken the unprecedented step of sending trained observers to protests in both cities to monitor police tactics and protestor actions in case of rights abuses.

Amnesty International, which traditionally monitors demonstrations and elections in nations outside of the United States, has teams of observers spread throughout Cleveland embedded around protest zones and they'll be in Philadelphia next week, too.

"We're here to protect people's right to protest and to ensure that people are able to take to the streets peacefully and share their views," said Amnesty International spokesman Eric Ferrero, who has helped coordinate the teams. "They are independent impartial, transparent, neutral people who are trained for what to look for in terms of how police are handling protests, how a protest is evolving, what the response is, what it should be."

Amnesty first started sending observers into American protests during unrest two years ago in Ferguson, Missouri, but this is the first time in the group's history that they've felt the need to have a presence at American political conventions.

Ferrero said the decision was made in response to a growing worry over protestor rights nationwide and the degrading relationship between citizens and police following a series of deadly shootings that have laid claim to lives on both sides in recent years.

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