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10 Nov 2015, 7:47 am
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Jordanian Prince Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, said at the 56th Session of the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) on November 9 that civil society is taking a beating in so many places that time did not permit him to list the number of countries where it was happening. [read post]
19 Oct 2016, 1:04 pm
About The Author Cynthia Marcotte Stamer is a noted Texas-based management lawyer and consultant, author, lecture and policy advocate, recognized for her nearly 30-years of cutting edge management work as among the “Top Rated Labor & Employment Lawyers in Texas” by LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® and as among the “Best Lawyers In Dallas” for her work in the field of “Tax: Erisa & Employee Benefits” and “Health… [read post]
16 Mar 2022, 3:46 pm
As documented by human rights organizations, Iran’s security forces, including the Revolutionary Guards and the Ministry of Intelligence, perpetrated gross violations of human rights and crimes under international law, including the unlawful use of lethal force, mass arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances and torture and other ill-treatment to crush the nationwide protests in 2017, 2018, and November 2019. [read post]
17 Feb 2016, 8:16 am
The Supreme Court Committee on Civil Practice will be considering whether the Rules of Court should be amended in accordance with the statute. [read post]
2 Apr 2007, 7:01 am
Kanter will split his summer between the Justice Department and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Segall has a clerkship on the Ninth Circuit. [read post]
2 Apr 2009, 9:29 am
The net effect of the decision will prevent litigants from filing a civil action for discrimination under federal employment laws and demanding a trial by jury. [read post]
29 Apr 2019, 7:21 am
To do so would be a Class A Misdemeanor or a crime under Wisconsin law. [read post]
13 Mar 2008, 3:00 pm
Craigslist Not Liable for Discrimination: A consortium of 45 law firms, known as the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, sued Craigslist two years ago, arguing that the Internet classifieds company violated the Fair Housing Act by publishing discriminatory housing postings with restrictions such as “no minorities. [read post]
28 Jun 2015, 3:48 pm
Lawyers and legal academics tend to underestimate the effect of this work on the development of both soft and hard law, especially indirectly by influencing policy discussion, and directly by providing frameworks which might be transposed into something more binding. [read post]
19 Jan 2023, 7:15 am
The First Amendment affords the public a qualified right of access to a wide array of judicial proceedings in both criminal and civil matters. [read post]
17 Jul 2011, 8:03 pm
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, you are prohibited from discriminating against individuals based on several protected classes, including race and national origin. [read post]
25 Nov 2012, 2:28 pm
It suffered significant defeats in the House of Lords over its proposals for secret civil trials under the Justice and Security Bill. [read post]
16 Feb 2023, 5:16 am
Such courts also have original jurisdiction over all major civil and criminal cases. [read post]
26 Apr 2010, 10:07 pm
Please join our coalition of civil rights groups for a press conference highlighting the following: · Arizona’s new law threatens the fundamental constitutional rights of border state residents to move freely within the country; the law poses a special threat to the civil rights and liberties of people of color who live in and travel through Arizona. [read post]
14 Mar 2014, 10:26 am
” Association of the Bar of the City of New York: This professional organization of more than 24,000 lawyers has a pedigree defending the rule of law dating back to 1870. [read post]
15 Mar 2013, 1:29 pm
He further argued that another significant impetus for abusive aggregate litigation is the proliferation of arrangements under which state attorneys general hire outside counsel on a contingency basis to represent the state in civil litigation, arguing that these arrangements create an opportunity for unseemly liaisons between public enforcement officials and private, profit-motivated lawyers — but even more troubling — violate important constitutional… [read post]
21 Jul 2022, 6:10 am
Code Section 1512), and whether Trump engaged in criminal solicitation to commit election fraud under Georgia law (Georgia Code Section 21-2- 604). [read post]
18 Apr 2023, 4:48 pm
Committee of the Blue Shield IS a lawyer, Dr. [read post]
9 Nov 2021, 7:39 am
I’ve long thought that community non-profits play a major role in increasing access to justice — and can play an even more significant role under the right circumstances. [read post]
10 Feb 2024, 2:22 pm
House Ways and Means Chair, Wilbur Mills (D-Arkansas) and other segregationists retaliated against the Ford Foundation and other funders of the Civil Rights movement by enacting the Tax Reform Act of 1969 to limit the power of foundations. [read post]
