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Article • July 15, 1998 • from PLN July, 1998
Where International Law Ain't Law by Mumia Abu-Jamal The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the protection of the laws, whenever he receives an injury. One of the first duties of government is to afford that protection. . . Marbury v. …
Human Rights Watch Condemns Indiana Control Units by Daniel Burton-Rose In October, 1997 the international human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) released Cold Storage: Super-Maximum Security Confinement in Indiana , a report on the Maximum Control Facility at Westville and the Secured Housing Unit at the Wabash Valley Correctional …
Juvenile Crime Pays by Alex Friedmann According to a study by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), from 1991 to 1995 the population of youthful offenders held in privately-operated facilities grew 10% to an estimated 35,600. The juvenile justice system has become enormously profitable as youths are …
The Abuse of U.S. Women Prisoners by Julia Lutsky It is really like this dirty little secret that everyone in corrections knows about and doesn't want to talk about. It is a huge problem." The words are those of Brenda Smith, senior counsel of the National Women's Law Center quoted …
Peruvian Government to Stand Trial for Prison Massacres by On June 19, 1986, political prisoners of the Communist Party of Peru (PCP) held at three prisons revolted demanding government compliance with agreements previously reached governing the prisoners' conditions of confinement. The Peruvian government of then President Alan Garcia refused to …
Article • February 15, 1994 • from PLN February, 1994
Attorneys File Briefs for Peruvian POW's by Paul Wright By Paul Wright On October 5, 1993, National Lawyers Guild (NLG) president Peter Erlinder and attorney Leonard Weinglass filed petitions with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on behalf of Abimael Guzman, the imprisoned chairman of the Communist Party of Peru …
Irish POWs Battle Extradition by Paul Wright By Paul Wright For several hundred years the Irish people have battled the English occupation of their country. In more recent years the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) and Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) have continued this tradition of struggle by militarily engaging …
Article • June 15, 1993 • from PLN June, 1993
Costa Rica Drops Extradition Treaty With US by On January 13, 1993, the Costa Rican Constitutional Court issued a ruling suspending application of its 1982 extradition treaty with the US because of a June, 1992, US Supreme Court ruling which authorizes the US to kidnap individuals in other countries in …
Article • December 15, 1990 • from PLN December, 1990
Sore Loser by Right now the US government is claiming to be outraged by "violations of international law" on the part of the Iraqi government. This is a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black. In 1986 the World Court in The Hague found the United States guilty …
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Cjissue Treaty Correlation200306 Background paper no. 8 June 2003 Correlation of Prisoners’ Issues and Conditions to International Covenants and Treaties: An AFSC Resource Guide AFSC New York Metropolitan Regional Office (NYMRO) Criminal Justice Program, Prison Watch Project 972 Broad Street, 6th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102 Tel: (973) 643-3079, Fax: (973) …
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International Cure Human Rights for All a Booklet About Prisoners Rights Human Rights for ALL A Booklet About Prisoners’ Rights Put on-line for: International CURE (Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants) PO Box 2310 Washington DC 20013-2310 www.internationalcure.org HUMAN RIGHTS FOR ALL A Booklet About Prisoners’ Rights COMPILED BY …
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Inter-american Commission on Human Rights Principles and Best Practices on Protection of Imprisoned Peeople in Us 2008 Basic Documents http://www.cidh.org/basicos/English/Basic21.a.Principles%20and%... Principles and Best Practices on the Protection of Persons Deprived of Liberty in the Americas (Approved by the Commission during its 131st regular period of sessions, held from March 3-14, …
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International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Adopted and opened for signature and ratification by General Assembly resolution 2106 (XX) of 21 December 1965 entry into force 4 January 1969, in accordance with Article 19 …
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