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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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Ireland: Judge Recommends Public Inquiry in Finucane, Nelson and Other
High Profile Cases Judge Peter Cory confirmed recently that he has recommended that the UK government establish public inquiries into the cases of murdered human rights lawyers Patrick Finucane and Rosemary Nelson, along with two other cases involving alleged collusion between members of the UK security forces and paramilitaries in Northern Ireland. More»  Hamdi
Case: Supreme Court to Hear Case of American Citizen Detained Indefinitely
Read Legal Brief Submitted by LCHR, Others in Case Commentary: LCHR Attorney Deborah Pearlstein in the International Herald Tribune 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  Bangladesh:
LCHR Mourns Death of Salma Sobhan  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 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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