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Yardsticks for Workers Rights: Learning from Experience Assessing the New Normal: Liberty and Security for the Post-September 11 United States Holding the Line: A Critique of the Department of State's (2002) Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Beyond Collusion: The U.K. Security Forces and the Murder of Patrick Finucane Refugees, Rebels and The Quest for Justice Fire
and Broken Glass: To receive hard copies of these publications, contact LCHR at 212 845-5275
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 Courts Reject Administration's Detention Policies in War on Terrorism  2nd
Circuit Rules President Has No Authority to Detain Americans Without
Charge Read the decision Read LCHR press statement Background on the Padilla case Guantanamo Detainees Have Right To Habeas Appeals in US Courts Says 9th Circuit The Lawyers Committee welcomes the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit establishing that U.S. courts have the authority to hear the claims of Guantanamo Bay detainees who allege they are being unlawfully held. More»  Prosecuting
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to Legitimacy Read Fiona McKay's Op-Ed "Give Hussein Due Process" in the Miami Herald Brief Overview of the Iraqi Special Tribunal for Crimes Against Humanity  Guatemala:
Inter-American Court Rules in Favor of Mack The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights hailed the decision of the Inter-American Court for Human Rights in the Myrna Mack case as a victory for human rights in Guatemala. Myrna Mack, a Guatemalan anthropologist was killed in 1990. The Mack case, which remains before the domestic criminal courts, has become a symbol of the prevailing impunity in Guatemala for serious human rights abuses committed in the country by members of the security forces. More» Background information on Myrna Mack case More information on human rights defenders in Guatemala  Detainees
Abused in Brooklyn DetentionCenter DOJ Report Says Guards at an immigration detention facility in Brooklyn physically and verbally abused immigrants who were detained in the aftermath of 9/11, according to a new report released by the Department of Justice's Inspector General. More»  The
Case of Yaser Hamdi Read Deborah Pearlstein's Op-Ed "Detained at the whim of the president" in the International Herald Tribune The Defense Department said on Tuesday that Yaser Hamdi, an American citizen who has been held in incommunicado military confinement for nearly two years, will be allowed access to a lawyer. Read LCHR statement on Pentagon decision to allow Hamdi access to lawyer Former POWs Urge Supreme Court to Hear U.S. Citizen Detainee’s Appeal Former U.S. prisoners of war, including Ambassador Douglas “Pete” Peterson, filed a friend-of-the-court brief Dec. 3 in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Yaser Hamdi’s challenge to his indefinite, incommunicado detention. More» Read the Amicus Brief  LCHR
Urges Pentagon to Open Military Commission Trialsto NGO Observers Read full text of letter Background on military commissions More News» |
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Oppose the CLEAR ACT Write Ridge & Improve Detention Policies for Asylum Seekers Call for the Immediate Release of Egyptian Ashraf Ibrahim
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