International Committee News

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  African Union: Withdraw Israel’s Observer Status

  The National Lawyers Guild International Committee is an endorser of the following statement to the African Union, urging the AU to withdraw the observer status for the apartheid state of Israel: (Washington D.C., October 4, 2021) – The African Union (AU) should withdraw the observer status granted on July 22 to Israel, an apartheid state […]

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  NLG IC joins statement calling for justice in Berta Caceres case in Honduras

  The National Lawyers Guild International Committee is a signatory of the following statement: Español aquí The Expert Observation Mission in the Berta Cáceres Case calls on the Sentencing Court to issue the sentence in accordance with the conviction handed down 3 months ago today against Roberto David Castillo Mejía for the murder of Berta Isabel […]

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  Congratulations to Kerry McLean, 2021 Debra Evenson Venceremos International Award Honoree!

  The National Lawyers Guild International Committee congratulates Kerry McLean, the 2021 honoree of the Debra Evenson Venceremos International Award. The Award will be presented during the NLG Law For the People Convention, which will be held virtually between October 11-17, 2021. Kerry McLean is the recipient of the 2021 Debra Evenson Venceremos International Award. She […]

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  NLG Condemns Biden Administration’s Violent Deportation of Haitian Asylum Seekers

  The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) strongly denounces the Biden Administration’s racist brutality against Haitians at the U.S.-Mexico border and their mass expulsion and deportation, in violation of US law and of their internationally recognized rights to seek asylum. The NLG reiterates and supports the comprehensive statement from the Haiti Action Committee, and offers the following additional […]

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  450+ lawyers and legal organizations support Steven Donziger at his sentencing hearing

  Over 450 lawyers and legal organizations around the world submitted a letter of support to Judge Preska in the sentencing hearing for Steven Donziger on Tuesday, September 21, 2021. The letter was coordinated by the National Lawyers Guild International Committee and the International Association of Democratic Lawyers. It urges Judge Preska “to sentence Mr. Donziger […]

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  Open Letter in Support of Justice and Accountability for the November 2019 Coup d’etat in  Bolivia and Crimes Committed by the De Facto Government of Jeanine Áñez

  The National Lawyers Guild International Committee and Project Blueprint launched this open letter in support of justice and accountability for the November 2019 coup d’etat in Bolivia. It has been endorsed by dozens of legal organizations, lawyers and human rights activists in the U.S. and internationally. We urge you to share this open letter with […]

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  NLG endorses Open Letter to the States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty on the Need to Impose a Comprehensive Two-Way Arms Embargo on Israel

  The NLG’s Palestine Subcommittee is, with over 100 organizations, a signatory of the below open letter to the Arms Trade Treaty states parties, urging a comprehensive two-way arms embargo on Israel, blocking either the sale of weapons to Israel or the purchase of Israeli weapons, often marketed for their success in use against Palestinian civilians. […]

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  WPLC, IADL, and NLG file joint Amicus Brief Supporting the Hawaiian Kingdom’s Complaint against the US Requesting a Declaratory Judgment and Effective End of U.S. Occupation 

  July 30, 2021 Contact: Natali Segovia, Staff Attorney, WPLC: defense@waterprotectorlegal.org NLG International Committee: international@nlg.org Download the amicus brief here. Honolulu—The Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC), alongside the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) and National Lawyers Guild (NLG), filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief today in support of the Hawaiian Kingdom’s complaint […]

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  NLG condemns US continuing interference in Nicaragua and its democratic process

  The International Committee of the National Lawyers Guild, the oldest and largest human rights bar association of the United States, makes the following statement condemning US continuing interference in Nicaragua and its democratic process. The Guild notes that this conduct by the United States is in clear and direct violation of international law, including but not limited to the jus cogens rights of […]

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  UN Office of High Commissioner issues report on systemic racism in policing, calls for meaningful change

  On June 8, 2020, the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Michael Brown and Philando Castile, together with more than 600 rights groups, petitioned the UN Human Rights Council to convene a special session to appoint a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the on-going crisis of police violence and systemic racism in policing resulting in […]

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