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Tania Frontera and Elliot Monteverde Torres speak out against subpoenas issued to them International Committee appears at UN Decolonization Hearings on Puerto RicoBy Jan Susler June 22, 2008 After 400 years of Spanish colonial rule of Puerto Rico, in 1898 Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the United States, and the U.S. militarily invaded and established a military government. Over a century later, Puerto Rico continues to be a U.S. colony— one of the few juridical colonies in the world— in spite of the fact that decolonization is a peremptory norm of international law.... National Lawyers Guild Applauds Inter-American Court Decision Upholding the Human Rights of Former Haitian Prime Minister Yvon NeptuneUrges Rapid Compliance With JudgmentJuly 14, 2008 The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) welcomes the recent decision from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) finding that the State of Haiti has violated 11 provisions of the American Convention on Human Rights by illegally imprisoning former Haitian Prime Minister Yvon Neptune for two years and by continuing to deny him basic due process rights. Passing of Crispin "Ka Bel" BeltranStatement from the 2006 Delegation of Women LawyersMay 28, 2008 We were deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Ka Bel, news which shook those close to him, but also so many around the world. We wish to add our voices to the multitudes that are mourning his death, but also celebrating his life. His was a lifetime full of struggle against injustices, which bore uncountable accomplishments and contributions. Ka Bel’s contribution to the fight for a just and fair society for all people of the world will not be forgotten.... PEACE CONFERENCE AND PETITION DRIVEFOR AN END TO THE KOREAN WARBy Eric Sirotkin April 17, 2008 The NLG Korean Peace Project, along with the Veterans for Peace Korea Peace Campaign, announced several joint undertakings, including a Petition Drive, conference and Photo Exhibit. First, is a Petition to Congress for a Peace Treaty to end the Korean War . The petition states: Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial DiscriminationGuild participates in UN ReviewBy Curtis Cooper
In 1994, the United States Senate ratified the International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (the CERD). Although the United States is supposed to make reports to the UN committee which oversees compliance with the CERD every two years, it did not file its second report until 2007.... Defending Dictatorship: U.S. Foreign Policy and Pakistan's Struggle for DemocracyJan. '08 NLG Delegation to Pakistan Issues Report
A National Lawyers Guild delegation from the United States, made up of 4 lawyers and 4 law students, visited Pakistan from January 2-12, 2008. Here is the report from the delegation.... See all news articles
Who we areThe National Lawyers Guild International Committee supports international legal work "to the end that human rights shall be regarded as more sacred than property rights." As lawyers, law students, and legal activists, we seek to change the dangerous foreign policies which the U.S. is pursuing, and to assist movements in the United States and around the globe that are working to realize the possibilities of another, more just, world. The National Lawyers Guild was active in the fight against fascism in the 1930s and ‘40s, and in standing up to Cold War hysteria in the ensuing years. It has opposed U.S. military interventions and U.S. policy on nuclear weapons, and has supported national liberation movements. Presently, active Subcommittees exist for Cuba, the Middle East, Korea, and the United Nations. The International Committee has also joined with the Guild’s Labor and Employment Committee to form the International Labor Justice Working Group. Since 2000, Guild delegations have attended international conferences in Havana, Durban, and Paris, and have visited eight different countries—providing valuable first-hand accounts of conditions in areas which have been harmed by U.S. policies, and supporting the efforts of allied organizations on the ground. We plan to make many of those reports available on this website, which was launched in January, 2006. Learn more about the International Committee and its history. |
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