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Honduras: Guapinol water defenders remain at risk despite IACHR precautionary measures
Nine months after the IACHR issued Precautionary Measures on behalf of 30 human rights defenders at risk, their situation has worsened because the Honduran State has failed to implement any effective protective measures. July 23, 2024 Despite the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issuance of Precautionary Measures in October 2023, the Honduran government has […]
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Joint Statement of International Protest Condemning Turkey’s Arrest of Naim Eminoğlu and Doğa İncesu of the Progressive Lawyers Association (“ÇHD”)
Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Bern, Bologna, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Colmar, Cologne, Dhaka, Dusseldorf, Gaza, Grenoble, Harlem, London, Madrid, Manila, Mytilini, New Delhi, New York, Nicosia, Paris, Ramallah, Roma, Tokyo– 5 July 2024 The undersigned bar associations, law societies, and lawyers’ rights organizations – representing tens of thousands of lawyers from around the globe – […]
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June 27, Online: Seminar C of the Monique and Roland Weyl People’s Academy of International Law: Abolition of nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants
Abolition of nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants Seminar C of the Monique and Roland Weyl People’s Academy of International Law REGISTER NOW! Thursday, June 27 9 am Pacific, 12 pm Eastern, 4 pm UTC Interpretation available in English, Spanish, French (Arabic, Portuguese upon request) Register: https://peoplesacademy.net/register NOTE: This will be a 2-hour course! Register Now […]
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June 6, Online: The Criminalization of Rights and Human Rights Defenders as a Means of Repression – Course 4B of the People’s Academy of International Law
The Criminalization of Rights and Human Rights Defenders as a Means of Repression Course 4B of the Monique and Roland Weyl People’s Academy of International Law. REGISTER NOW! Thursday, June 6 9 am Pacific, 12 pm Eastern, 4 pm UTC Interpretation available in English, Spanish, French (Arabic, Portuguese upon request) Register: https://peoplesacademy.net/register NOTE: This will be […]
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May 23, Online: The Criminalization of Rights and Human Rights Defenders as a Means of Repression – Course 4A of the People’s Academy of International Law
The Criminalization of Rights and Human Rights Defenders as a Means of Repression Course 4A of the Monique and Roland Weyl People’s Academy of International Law. REGISTER NOW! Thursday, May 23 9 am Pacific, 12 pm Eastern, 4 pm UTC Interpretation available in English, Spanish, French (Arabic, Portuguese upon request) Register: https://peoplesacademy.net/register NOTE: This will be a […]
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May 2, Online: Monitoring and Implementation of Treaties to Defend People’s Rights – Course 3B of the People’s Academy of International Law
Monitoring and Implementation of Treaties to Defend People’s Rights Course 3B of the Monique and Roland Weyl People’s Academy of International Law. REGISTER NOW! Thursday, May 2 9 am Pacific, 12 pm Eastern, 4 pm UTC Interpretation available in English, Spanish, French (Arabic, Portuguese upon request) Register: https://peoplesacademy.net/register NOTE: This will be a 3-hour course! Register Now […]
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The Freedom Flotilla represents civil society’s solidarity with the people of Gaza. The US must insist Israel let it in!
WE SAIL UNTIL GAZA IS FREE! This is the slogan of the Freedom Flotilla (FF) whose civilian ships were brutally attacked in international waters by Israel in 2010, killing 10 passengers and wounding many others. In the coming days, the Flotilla will soon sail again — this time, amid the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people in […]
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May 2, Webinar: Anatomy of a Genocide – Conversation with Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
Thursday, May 2, 2024 8:30 am Pacific/11:30 am Eastern/5:30 pm Central European time Register now: https://bit.ly/gazanlg Join the National Lawyers Guild for an in-depth conversation with United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Francesca Albanese, to discuss her recent report, “Anatomy of a Genocide.” Moderated by Leigha Gillespie, co-chair, Palestine Subcommittee Attachments
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Statement: No war on Iran, stand with the resistance
The National Lawyers Guild International supports and signs on to the following statement, issued by the Committee of Anti-Imperialists in Solidarity with Iran (CASI): TO ENDORSE THIS STATEMENT, PLEASE EMAIL committeeiransolidarity@gmail.com The Committee of Anti-Imperialists in Solidarity with Iran (CASI) and the endorsing organizations listed below firmly support Iran’s right to defend itself against […]
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Video: NLG Workshop On War and Genocide Tax Resistance
Watch the full video (above, at YouTube) of the NLG virtual workshop, organized by the Palestine Subcommittee, on war and genocide tax resistance. While withholding all or part of one’s federal income tax is not legal, it is being done within a context claiming that paying taxes to the US Government at this time amounts […]
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