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Interim documents from the Universal Periodic Review of the United States
The UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review in the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights issued interim documents on the UPR of the United States, which was to take place in person in Geneva from May 4-20, 2020. Due to COVID-19, the in-person session has been moved to […]
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270 Deaths Foretold: Report highlights corporate responsibility for Brumadinho dam collapse in Brazil
“The Collapse was predictable. It was not an act of God or Nature. That this was predictable heightens our pain. The event is not in the past, it is in the present, [while it also] lives in people’s memories and in their pain. We live with that collapsed dam in people’s hearts.” – Auxiliary Bishop […]
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Cancelled due to COVID-19: CSW 2020: Two NLG-supported panels on maternal mortality and reproductive justice
THESE HAVE BEEN CANCELLED, ALONG WITH ALL 550 NGO PARALLEL EVENTS DURING CSW 2020, DUE TO COVID-19. As part of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women CSW64/Beijing+25, taking place in March 2020 in New York City, the National Lawyers Guild is supporting two important side events. On Monday, March 9 at 10:30 […]
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Help Send the NLG to the US’ Universal Periodic Review in Geneva
The United Nations will review the U.S.’ human rights record at the Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in May 2020. The UPR takes place for each country only every four years, so this marks a unique and important opportunity for the National Lawyers Guild to raise its voice at an […]
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New article focuses on prisoner hunger strikes and the globalized use of force-feeding
Azadeh Shahshahani of Project South, past president of the National Lawyers Guild, and Priti Arvind Patel of the Capitol Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition authored a new article in the Michigan Journal of Race and Law, published at University of Michigan Law School: “From Pelican Bay to Palestine: The Legal Normalization of Force-Feeding Hunger-Strikers.” Hunger-strikes present […]
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Register online for NLG International Committee CLE 2018: Protecting Our Future – Defend Voting Rights and Mitigate Climate Change
CLE Registration: Protecting Our Future – Defend Voting Rights and Mitigate Climate Change NLG International Committee CLE 2018: Protecting Our Future – Defend Voting Rights and Mitigate Climate Change This CLE will take place on Thursday, November 1 from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the NLG Law for the People Convention in Portland, Oregon […]
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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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Video: IACHR hearing highlights human right to water in the United States
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights convened a hearing on April 4 on the Right to Water in the United States, following a petition from the US Human Rights Network and the Right to Water Coalition. The hearing took place in Washington, DC, during the 157th Period of Sessions of the Inter-American Commission and addressed issues […]
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U.S. Grassroots Groups file Request for Hearing on Right to Water and Sanitation at International Human Rights Commission
Washington, DC – July 29, 2015 – Yesterday, on the 5th Anniversary of the UN General Assembly resolution on the human right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation, the US Human Rights Network, along with more than twenty U.S. grassroots and national groups including the National Lawyers Guild, individuals, and universities filed a […]
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Resources and Documents on the Human Rights Framework
5The following resources and documents on the Human Rights framework are meant to be used to encourage discussion and action in the Guild to utilize human rights law in order to protect, ensure and expand economic and social rights. Resources Guild Visioning Committee Concept Paper on Human Rights – Using Human Rights to Build the […]
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