• Video: NLG Delgation to Gaza: Report to NLG Convention

    Posted on December 20, 2009

    Video of presentations by Radhika Sainath, Reem Salahi, Tom Nelson, and James Leas  

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  • Delegation probes coup in Honduras

    Posted on November 17, 2009

    Jennifer Moore Since June 28 when the Honduran military shot their way through the backdoor of President Zelaya’s private residence, kidnapping and forcibly expatriating him to Costa Rica, the de facto regime has maintained that Zelaya’s removal was a constitutional transfer of power. For its part, the Obama Administration has condemned the ouster, but stopped […]

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  • Honduras: NLG Task Force of the Americas Speaking Out

    Posted on October 17, 2009

    Press Info, Report and Letters to Government issued Since June 28 when the Honduran military shot their way through the backdoor of President Zelaya’s private residence, kidnapping and forcibly expatriating him to Costa Rica, the de facto regime has maintained that Zelaya’s removal was a constitutional transfer of power. For its part, the Obama Administration […]

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  • Zelaya Returns to Honduras! NLG Message from Honduras Joint Delegation

    Posted on September 21, 2009

    Emily Yozell and Lucy Rodriguez were in Honduras from August 24-30 with our joint delegation with AAJ and IADL. We have posted their Preminary Report in Spanish and will post the English translation when we can. A final report should be available in the next few weeks. Meanwhile, there are important new developments with Zelaya’s […]

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  • HONDURAS MISSION — Informe Preliminar – English Version to Follow

    Posted on September 17, 2009

    Informe Preliminar Resumen Preliminar de la Visita de la Misión Internacional de Observación de la Asociación Americana de Juristas (AAJ), el National Lawyers Guild (NLG), la Asociación Internacional de Juristas Democráticos (IADL) y la Asociación Internacional Contra la Tortura (AICT) sobre la Situación de Crisis en Honduras Causada por el Golpe de Estado y el […]

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  • Honduras NLG/AAJ/IADL Delegation Returns: Op Ed from NLG’s Emily Yozell

    Posted on August 30, 2009

    A joint delegation of the Guild, AAJ and IADL returned on August 30 after a busy five day mission to Tegucigalpa. Their report will be posted at the Task Force on the Americas website in English and Spanish as soon as completed. Press Release August 31, 2009 Fact-finding mission of international jurists returns from Honduras […]

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  • Joint NLG/AAJ/IADL delegation arrives in Honduras

    Posted on August 26, 2009

    Exploring Constitutional Issues Behind Coup and Referendum for Constituent Assembly The NLG and its allied legal organizations, the AAJ (Association of American Jurists), NCBL (National Congress of Black Lawyers) and IADL (International Association of Democratic Lawyers) have sent a delegation of 13 attorneys to Honduras to investigate the international law and Honduran constitutional law issues […]

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  • ONSLAUGHT: Israel’s Attack of Gaza and the Rule of Law – National Lawyers Guild Gaza Delegation Report

    Posted on March 29, 2009

    During its 22 day offensive, Israeli forces killed more than 1400 Palestinians, including at least 288 children, and injured over 5300, of which at least 1606 were children. The majority of those killed were civilians. Two weeks after Israel declared a unilateral ceasefire, a National Lawyers Guild Delegation of seven attorneys and one law student […]

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  • NLG Delegation Observes Election of FMLN: Preliminary Report

    Posted on March 20, 2009

    El Salvador, the smallest and most densely populated Central American country with the most extreme disparity of wealth and poverty, has turned a new page. For the first time in its history, a party dedicated to structural improvement of the lives of the majority poor has come to power with the historic March 15, 2009 […]

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  • Presidential Election Monitoring Delegation to El Salvador Voices Pre-Election Concerns

    Posted on March 13, 2009

    San Salvador, El Salvador – A delegation of twenty lawyers from the National Lawyers Guild* arrived March 10 in El Salvador to begin serving as accredited international observers in the presidential election taking place this Sunday, March 15, 2009. As observers of the electoral process in the United States we have seen incidences of fraud […]

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