• International Legal and Human Rights Organizations Endorse Palestinian Human Rights Call to Act on UN Gaza Report

    Posted on August 8, 2015

    The National Lawyers Guild, along with a number of prominent legal and human rights organizations, issued a statement of support for Palestinian human rights organizations’ call for international action on the UN’s Gaza commission report, in particular action by the International Criminal Court. As international legal and human rights organizations, we endorse the below statement […]

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  • Could Israel finally be held accountable?

    Posted on July 31, 2015

    By Azadeh Shahshahani and Audrey Bomse The following article, by NLG President Azadeh Shahshahani and Palestine Subcommittee co-chair Audrey Bomse, was published in Al-Jazeera America on July 30: Link to original article: http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/7/could-israel-finally-be-held-accountable.html In a highly unusual pretrial chamber ruling on July 16, International Criminal Court (ICC) judges reversed a decision by the court’s chief […]

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  • New NLG submission to ICC prosecutor: Neither facts nor law support Israel’s self-defense claims on Gaza

    Posted on July 18, 2015

    The Palestine Subcommittee of the National Lawyers Guild has sent a revised submission to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Gaza, “Neither facts nor law support Israel’s self-defense claim regarding its 2014 assault on Gaza,” written by attorney James Marc Leas. The updated submission uses new reports and materials to further bolster its […]

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  • NLG, LPHR and Addameer submit UN complaint on Palestinian human rights defender Khalida Jarrar

    Posted on June 18, 2015

    Complaint submitted to the United Nations concerning the Israeli military arrest, detention and indictment of the Palestinian human rights defender, London, Ramallah and New York, 16 June 2015 – Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights (LPHR), Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association (Addameer) and the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) have submitted a joint complaint to […]

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  • NLG IC at the World Social Forum

    Posted on March 20, 2015

    (Neo)Colonial Militarism and State Violence: Global – Local Connections The National Lawyers Guild is a co-sponsor of the following event at the World Social Forum, the international gathering of social movements taking place in Tunis March 24-28: TIME: March 27, 3 pm LOCATION: Salle TD9, World Social Forum, Tunis, Tunisia From the Arab uprisings, to […]

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  • NLG, PSLS, CCR, ACLU-MA urge Northeastern student government to uphold student democracy

    Posted on March 12, 2015

    On Thursday, March 12, Palestine Solidarity Legal Support, along with the ACLU of Massachusetts, the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild sent a letter to Northeastern University Student Body President and student government members, urging them to resist calls to suppresses student democracy by preventing the student body […]

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  • National Lawyers Guild Demands an End to Persecution of French BDS Activists

    Posted on December 2, 2010

    Monday, November 29th marked UN International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People – while in France, it marked the trial of 12 Palestine solidarity activists for promoting the boycott of Israeli goods. In 2007, the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) adopted a resolution that, among other determinations, urged divestment from Israel and boycott of all […]

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  • International Committee Webinar highlights “material support” laws

    Posted on November 27, 2010

    The International Committee held a webinar with CCR Senior Managing Attorney Shayana Kadidal on Wednesday, November 17 on HLP v. Holder, material support, and international solidarity activism. The webinar audio is now available for listening/download. The webinar may be downloaded here: http://nlginternational.org/audio/hlp-v-holder-shayana-kadidal.mp3 Recent events have raised many questions for international solidarity activists whose work challenges […]

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  • NLG International Committee supports California “Divest from Israel” initiative

    Posted on September 1, 2010

    The National Lawyers Guild International Committee and Free Palestine Subcommittee have endorsed the California Israel Divestment Campaign, as part of the Guild’s ongoing boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) work in solidarity with Palestine. When: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, noon Who: California Israel Divestment Campaign www.israeldivestmentcampaign.org Where: In front of Israeli Consulate, 6380 Wilshire Blvd, Los […]

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  • NLG calls upon UN Secretary-General to reconsider Uribe appointment to Gaza flotilla investigation

    Posted on August 27, 2010

    The following letter was sent to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on behalf of the Guild, in response to the news that Alvaro Uribe Velez, former president of Colombia, was to be nominated as vice-chair of the UN investigatory committee on the Gaza flotilla: The National Lawyers Guild, an association of U.S. lawyers, law students […]

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