• NLG and partners issue letter to Congress against Israel Anti-Boycott Act

    The National Lawyers Guild has joined with legal and human rights organizations across the US in opposition to the Israel Anti-Boycott Act (S. 720 and H.R. 1697). The Act has received press attention and criticism from an array of civil rights and legal organizations because of its unconstitutional bans and criminal penalties for political speech, […]

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  • International Committee Events at the NLG Convention

    The following schedule highlights activities of the International Committee and IC members at the Convention. There’s a whole schedule of important activities – learn more online at the schedule: https://www.nlg.org/2017programming/   Events take place at :  Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 Metro: Union Station UDC School of Law, 4340 Connecticut Ave […]

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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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  • Open Letter to U.N. Secretary-General on Palestinian prisoners’ hunger strike

    The National Lawyers Guild joined the Center for Constitutional Rights, International Association of Democratic Lawyers, International Federation for Human Rights and Palestine Legal to write an open letter to the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, on the 37th day of a hunger strike by Palestinians in Israeli prison. The letter urged the UN to call […]

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  • Letter of Support for Palestinian Hunger Strikers from Lawyers, Legal Workers, Law Students and Legal Organizations

    Over 200 lawyers, law students, legal workers and legal organizations have come together to sign the following letter in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli prisons. Additional signatures are welcome – you may sign on at the form, or send your signature to international@nlg.org. *** We, the undersigned lawyers, legal organizations, law students and […]

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  • April 27: Call for Lawyers/Legal Workers/Law Students in Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners – One Day Hunger Strike

    On April 27, 2017, join the National Lawyers Guild for a day of legal solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails. Over 1,500 Palestinian political prisoners have launched a hunger strike for their basic human rights. Their demands include the right to receive family visits without denial; appropriate medical care and treatment; and an […]

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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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  • International Days of Action to Free the Maruti 13. The Struggle is Global!

    The Provisional Working Committee of Maruti Suzuki Workers Union (Haryana, India) have called for International Days of Protest on April 4th & 5th. (See below). Call your local Indian Embassy! Email & Use Social Media! Let the Indian government know that we demand the Release of the #Maruti13! Join the Facebook page for the protest: https://www.facebook.com/events/252366611893421/ […]

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  • IADL urges UN Human Rights Council to adopt ESCWA report on Israeli Apartheid

    The following statement was issued by the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, of which the National Lawyers Guild is a member organization, at the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. Micòl Savia, IADL permanent representative at the UN in Geneva, delivered the following oral statement during the General Debate on the […]

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  • Free Issa Amro Campaign: Sign Petition for Palestinian Human Rights Defender

    The National Lawyers Guild International Committee is a member of the Free Issa Campaign, an alliance of groups and organizations working to defend Palestinian human rights defender Issa Amro against an unjust Israeli occupation military trial. Please go to http://FreeIssa.org/ to sign the petition. Dear United Nations Secretary General António Guterres and UN High Commissioner […]

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