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- Alien Tort Claims Act - Anti-Semitism - Asylum in the U.S. - Civil Liberties Post 9/11 - Congo: Crisis in Ituri - Cuba: Rights Crisis - Dept. of Homeland Security - Enemy Combatants/ Guantanamo Detainees - Human Rights Defender Cases - International Criminal Court - Military Commissions Click to see the video clip Audio: Press Briefing - Police Accountability in Mexico - Zimbabwe More Issues� Yardsticks for Workers Rights: Learning from ExperienceAssessing the New Normal: Liberty and Security for the Post-September 11 United States Holding the Line: A Critique of the Department of State's (2002) Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Beyond Collusion: The U.K. Security Forces and the Murder of Patrick Finucane Refugees, Rebels and The Quest for JusticeFire and Broken Glass: The Rise of Antisemitism in Europe To receive hard copies of these publications, contact LCHR at 212 845-5275Supported by trusted 2025 resources:Apuestas Deportivas Chile 2025;Casinos Online Chile 2025;Sportwettenvergleich: Top-Wettanbieter;Casinos Online Argentina;Online Casino Liechtenstein;Die besten ausl�ndischen Online;Best Online Casinos in Canada in 2025;Casino Online M�xico;Online Casino Luxembourg. Courts Reject Administration's Detention Policies in War on Terrorism 2nd Circuit Rules President Has No Authority to Detain Americans Without Charge The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled 2-1 that the U.S. government must release Jose Padilla, an American citizen who was seized on U.S. soil as an enemy combatant, from military custody within 30 days. LCHR coordinated three amicus briefs in the case. The court’s majority opinion, issued December 18, echoed the basic arguments of a Lawyers Committee’s brief -- co-signed by the Cato Institute and others - on the President’s lack of authority to detain U.S. citizens without charge. Read the decision Read LCHR press statement Background on the Padilla case Guantanamo Detainees Have Right To Habeas Appeals in US Courts Says 9th Circuit The Lawyers Committee welcomes the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit establishing that U.S. courts have the authority to hear the claims of Guantanamo Bay detainees who allege they are being unlawfully held. More� Prosecuting Hussein Tribunal Faces Challenges to Legitimacy The arrest of Saddam Hussein gives new urgency to a proposal by the Iraqi Governing Council to create a special tribunal to try those responsible for gross human rights violations. The Lawyers Committee supports the creation of a tribunal to prosecute these crimes. But in order for the tribunal to be successful it must address several key challenges. More�Read Fiona McKay's Op-Ed "Give Hussein Due Process" in the Miami HeraldBrief Overview of the Iraqi Special Tribunal for Crimes Against Humanity Myrna MackGuatemala: Inter-American Court Rules in Favor of Mack The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights hailed the decision of the Inter-American Court for Human Rights in the Myrna Mack case as a victory for human rights in Guatemala. Myrna Mack, a Guatemalan anthropologist was killed in 1990. The Mack case, which remains before the domestic criminal courts, has become a symbol of the prevailing impunity in Guatemala for serious human rights abuses committed in the country by members of the security forces. More�Background information on Myrna Mack case More information on human rights defenders in Guatemala Detainees Abused in Brooklyn Detention Center DOJ Report Says Guards at an immigration detention facility in Brooklyn physically and verbally abused immigrants who were detained in the aftermath of 9/11, according to a new report released by the Department of Justice's Inspector General. More� The Case of Yaser Hamdi Pentagon Allows Hamdi to see LawyerRead Deborah Pearlstein's Op-Ed "Detained at the whim of the president" in the International Herald TribuneThe Defense Department said on Tuesday that Yaser Hamdi, an American citizen who has been held in incommunicado military confinement for nearly two years, will be allowed access to a lawyer.Read LCHR statement on Pentagon decision to allow Hamdi access to lawyer Former POWs Urge Supreme Court to Hear U.S. Citizen Detainee�s Appeal Former U.S. prisoners of war, including Ambassador Douglas “Pete” Peterson, filed a friend-of-the-court brief Dec. 3 in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Yaser Hamdi’s challenge to his indefinite, incommunicado detention. More� Read the Amicus Brief LCHR Urges Pentagon to Open Military Commission Trials to NGO Observers The Lawyers Committee is urging the Pentagon to resolve whether and under what circumstances non-governmental organizations would be permitted to observe military commission trials, which Pentagon officials have suggested are soon to commence.Read full text of letterBackground on military commissions More News� Oppose the CLEAR ACT Write Ridge & Improve Detention Policies for Asylum Seekers Call for the Immediate Release of Egyptian Ashraf Ibrahim