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Joint NLG/AAJ/IADL delegation arrives in Honduras
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
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
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
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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Strong Indications of Violations of the Laws of War, U.S. Law, and War Crimes Found in the Gaza Strip: Guild Gaza Delegation Reports
We are a delegation of 8 American lawyers, members of the National Lawyers Guild in the United States, who have come here to the Gaza Strip to assess the effects of the recent attacks on the people, and to determine what, if any, violations of international law occurred and whether U.S. domestic law has been […]
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Emergency delegation to Gaza: NLG to Lead Fact-Finding Legal Delegation to Gaza
Israel’s recent invasion of the Gaza Strip has killed over 1300 Gazans and wounded over 5000. Reports have emerged of Israeli forces bulldozing homes, firing on ambulances, and shelling United Nations sites in addition to mosques, schools and other civilian structures. The delegation will be in Gaza for approximately 7-9 days. Delegates should prepare to […]
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NLG and IADL Participate in Conference in Moscow Commemorating the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal
By Curtis Cooper On Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 2008, Russian veterans, lawyers, historians, students, and members of civil society were joined by foreign guests for a conference at Victory Park in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Post-World War II Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal. Background The conference, entitled “Issues in Contemporary International Law and […]
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Passing of Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran: Statement from the 2006 Delegation of Women Lawyers
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, […]
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Observations from the hearing of Father Gerard Jean-Juste
by Ollie Ruth Jefferson, Attorney at Law PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI – I arrived at the Palace of Justice with Father Gerard Jean-Juste’s lead attorney, Mario Joseph, and three other observers, approximately 15 minutes prior to the hearing. The UN presence was palpable, evident by their blue helmets, with possibly 20 stationed outside the front […]
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Defending Dictatorship: U.S. Foreign Policy and Pakistan’s Struggle for Democracy
Jan. ’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. About the report Delegation members went to Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and Islamabad where they conducted interviews […]
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