• October 21, Minneapolis – Parallel Liberation Struggles: Lessons in Resistance

    Saturday, Oct. 21 10:00 am – 5:00 pm University of Minnesota, Keller Hall Room 3-201 200 Union Street SE Minneapolis, MN Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1630066917014887/ Registration: 9:30 am, Lunch provided People under oppression suffer from three types of violence (Johan Galtung): Structural violence, direct violence, cultural violence, as in Genocide, Apartheid and Ethnic Cleansing (Raphael Lemkin) Join […]

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  • 26 August: Peace Beyond the Peace Talks – Livestream Updates on the Philippine Situation

    The National Lawyers Guild is a co-convenor of these forums across the United States along with the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP-USA and ICHRP-Netherlands) Join us for a special livestream forum on the stalled peace process in the Philippines with the Peace Process Negotiating Panel of the National Democratic Front-Philippines based […]

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  • September 2017: International Tribunal of Conscience in Mexico – Support and Learn More

    The National Lawyers Guild and its upcoming delegation to Mexico will be participating in the International Tribunal of Conscience which will take place in Mexico from September 23-30, 2017.  This Tribunal will take place at the site of the Ayotzinapa school were 43 students were disappeared in September 2014 while on their way to a […]

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  • REGISTER for Webinar, August 21: Looming War in Korea – What keeps peace so elusive and what can be done?

    Eric Sirotkin of the Lawyers for Disarmament and Peace in Korea (www.ldpk.org), the Ubuntuworks Education Project and the National Lawyers Guild  invites you to a scheduled Zoom webinar. Mr. Sirotkin, a long time human rights attorney and author will present based upon his many trips to both North and South Korea as well as work […]

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  • CLE Registration: ” The Use of International Law to Confront the Trump Agenda” – join us August 3!

    International Committee CLE: The Use of International Law to Confront the Trump Agenda Online Registration This CLE will take place on Thursday, August 3 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the  UDC David A. Clarke School of Law:4340 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008. (Map). NLG Convention participants, non-participants and all interested lawyers, legal workers and law […]

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  • 5 things you can do RIGHT NOW to support Palestinian hunger strikers!

    National Lawyers Guild, International  joins USPCN Call for a Week of Action in support of 1500 Palestinian political prisoners entering their 37th day on hunger strike! As the over 1,500 Palestinian political prisoners enter their 37th day on hunger strike, the risks to their health are increasingly grave, so urgent actions in solidarity are of critical importance.  […]

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  • 20 – 21 April 2017 Lomé, Togo: International Conference on Human Rights

     International Association of Democratic Lawyers  (IADL) and Nouvelles Alternatives pour le Développement Durable en Afrique (NADDAF), affiliated to IADL Organise  INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Co-organised by Collectif des Associations Contre l’Impunité au Togo (CACIT), WANEP Togo la Concertation Nationale de la Société Civile et l’Association Internationale des Etudiants Juristes (AIEJ Togo Chapter) “Human Rights in the context of […]

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  • February 23-26: NLG International Weekend in Puerto Rico – Register Online

    National Lawyers Guild International Weekend in Puerto Rico February 23-26, 2017 San Juan, Puerto Rico Exact Event Locations TBA!  REGISTER ONLINE (Free):  https://nlginternationalpuertorico.eventbrite.com **A side trip is being coordinated after the Retreat to travel to Cuba and to connect with a portion of the Labor and Employment Committee delegation in Havana. If you are interested in joining […]

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  • CLE Registration: “Know Your Economic Human Rights” 

    CLE Registration: “Know Your Economic Human Rights”  The International Committee’s annual CLE will take place on Thursday, August 4 from 1 pm to 5 pm, featuring noted experts Jeanne Mirer, Andrew Reid, Eric Tars, and more! The program will focus on economic human rights, their scope and application, relevant human rights conventions and treaties, and […]

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  • July 30, NYC: Press Conference on Death Sentences in Egypt

    There is growing concern that Egypt I​​​ntends to Execute Dr. Morsi and others: Press Conference at 12 noon on July 30, 2015 Lexington Hotel, 511 Lexington Avenue at 48th St. New York, NY 10017 On behalf of Code Pink, International Action, Georgia for Peace, Gandhi BE Magazine, Gandhi for Peace, Euro Palestine, Stop the War, […]

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