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International Commission of Inquiry to Open Hearings on Racist Police Violence in the US on MLK Day
(Thursday, January 7, 2021) — The National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL), the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) and the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) have assembled a commission of experts from around the world to investigate racist police violence against people of African descent in the United States. The International Commission of Inquiry on […]
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Statement concerning the killing of Tahir Elçi and lack of effective investigation into his death
The National Lawyers Guild – International Committee is a signatory of the below statement on the killing of Tahir Elci: Statement concerning the killing of Tahir Elçi and lack of effective investigation into his death The undersigned organisations have been following recent developments in the case involving the prosecution of police officers allegedly involved in […]
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NLG Statement of Solidarity on 4th Anniversary of Colombian Peace Accords | Declaración de Solidaridad del Gremio Nacional de Abogados (NLG) de EEUU en el 4to aniversario de los Acuerdos de Paz de Colombia
November 24, 2020 NLG Statement of Solidarity on 4th Anniversary of Colombian Peace Accords Ver esta declaración en español The International Committee of the National Lawyers Guild express our solidarity with the Colombian people on this day that commemorates the fourth anniversary of the signing of the Peace Accords in Colombia on November 24, 2016 […]
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NLG letter urges implementation of international law in U.S.-occupied Hawaiian Kingdom
On Monday January 16, 1893, the United States Minister Plenipotentiary, John L. Stevens, intervened in the internal affairs of the Hawaiian Kingdom when he ordered U.S. troops to invade Honolulu and overthrow the Hawaiian Kingdom government in order to replace it with an insurgency he supported. The next day, the insurgents, in the presence of […]
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#WeStandWithNerdeen – NLG IC supports Palestinian law student targeted for attacks
The National Lawyers Guild International Committee expresses our strongest solidarity with our colleague and fellow Guild member, future people’s lawyer Nerdeen Kiswani, a second-year law student at CUNY School of Law. In the past days, Nerdeen has been subjected to a targeted racist campaign not only threatening and attacking her with hundreds of messages and […]
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NLG International Committee joins Oct. 1 Day of Action on AFRICOM
The National Lawyers Guild International Committee has joined organizations from across the Americas and most of the world that have endorsed and plan to participate today—the 12th anniversary of the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM)’s launch—in the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP)’s International Day of Action on AFRICOM. AFRICOM has long been a priority of the […]
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NLG: Outrageous U.S. sanctions against ICC prosecutors will not quell fight for accountability
The National Lawyers Guild is outraged at the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in imposing OFAC economic sanctions on senior prosecution officials of the International Criminal Court, in an attempt to use its coercive economic powers to secure permanent international impunity for U.S. and Israeli war crimes. After […]
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The National Lawyers Guild Mourns the Loss of People’s Lawyer Ebru Timtik
We are deeply saddened and angry by the loss of people’s lawyer Ebru Timtik of Turkey, who carried out a hunger strike for 238 days to demand justice in her case and those of her fellow wrongfully imprisoned people’s lawyers who were subjected to lengthy prison sentences for defending fellow political prisoners in Turkish prisons. […]
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NLG and IADL file amicus brief in Donziger case, highlighting corporate impunity and human rights violations
An amicus brief was filed today by the National Lawyers Guild and International Association of Democratic Lawyers in the Second Circuit on behalf of human rights attorney, Steven Donziger, supporting his request for mandamus relief. The brief provides an international human rights law perspective on shocking treatment of Mr. Donziger in nearly a decade legal […]
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Over 475 lawyers, legal organizations and human rights defenders support lawyer Steven Donziger
NEW YORK, May 18 – Over 75 organizations, including international legal organizations and major human rights networks, signed on to an open letter released today in support of environmental lawyer Steven Donziger, who has faced nearly unprecedented sanctions from a U.S. federal judge for his pursuit of Chevron for a judgment against the oil giant […]
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