New York University School of Law has long been at the forefront of scholarly work on civil liberties and human rights. In 2002, the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice was established to bring together and expand the rich array of teaching, research, clinical, internship, and publishing activities undertaken within the Law School on issues of international human rights law.
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HIGHLIGHT FROM THE CENTER
CALL FOR PAPERS: Business and Human Rights Documentation Project Working Papers Series
The Business and Human Rights Documentation Project (B-HRD) is calling for papers on cutting-edge business and human rights issues for its inaugural Working Papers series.
With the Working Papers series, we aim to encourage new contributions to this emerging field and foster scholarship that helps inform legal and policy debates. Papers selected for inclusion will be publicized at the launch of www.b-hrd.org in the fall of 2010 to an audience of prominent leaders in the business and human rights field.
We do not take on editorial tasks, so all manuscripts must be ready for web publication at the time of submission. Please ensure the paper has been carefully proof read and cite-checked, and that footnotes are properly numbered and cross-references are correct.
Please follow these formatting specifications when submitting your manuscript by email:
Prepare a cover page that includes your affiliation and email address.
Include a short (single paragraph) abstract.
Use Microsoft Word format, Times New Roman 12-point font, and single spacing.
Select one inch margins (top/bottom, and left/right), and specify that the paper size is 8 ½ x 11” (US paper size).
Center page numbers at the bottom of the page.
Publication as a B-HRD working paper does not preclude or prejudice subsequent publication in a book or journal.
Although manuscripts will be considered on an ongoing basis, to be considered for inclusion in the inaugural series, submit your manuscript by September 24, 2010.
Address submissions to the B-HRD Project Team, at noellj@exchange.law.nyu.edu. We will contact you should your submission be accepted for inclusion in the series.
PRESS RELEASE
Are U.S. Counter-Terrorism Measures Undermining Women’s Rights?
Regional Experts Meet to Uncover Gender Impacts of U.S. Counter-Terrorism in Africa
(New York, August 25, 2010)—As the Obama administration puts women’s rights at the center of its policies to combat extremism and terrorism, a meeting to uncover the gender impacts of U.S. counter-terrorism measures will be held in Nairobi, Kenya on August 26-27, 2010 announced the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ) at NYU School of Law today. The consultation–being held with the Open Society Initiative for East Africa—will be the first in Africa to determine whether U.S. diplomatic, military and development assistance to counter terrorism helps or hurts gender equality in the region.
From AFRICOM’s training of local militaries and “hearts and minds” campaigns, to U.S. rendition and detention, this meeting will examine U.S. policies and also generate recommendations for how the U.S. can ensure that its counter-terrorism presence in Africa advances—rather than undermines—gender equality.
PRESS RELEASE
Ruling Shows Government Obfuscated on CIA Interrogation Techniques
Rights Groups Welcome Court Ruling on CIA Documents, Call for More Disclosure
(Washington DC and New York)—A court ruling that the CIA had interpreted Freedom of Information (FOIA) requests on specific interrogation techniques too narrowly must be followed by further disclosures by the government, said three prominent human rights groups today, one day after a key ruling in its FOIA litigation against the CIA.
The groups—Amnesty International USA (AIUSA), the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), and the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ) at NYU School of Law—welcomed the ruling, which rejected the CIA’s refusal to search for documents pertaining to the “attention grasp” because plaintiffs had used the term “attention shake” in their FOIA request. The “attention grasp” was acknowledged in the Office of Legal Council (OLC) memos as one of ten interrogation techniques used on CIA detainees.
PRESS RELEASE
Statement by the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions on his mission to Ecuador
Professor Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, delivered a statement today at the conclusion of his 5-15 July 2010 mission to Ecuador. His mission investigated hired killings, killings by police, insecurity and killings at the Colombia-Ecuador border by armed actors, lynchings, indigenous justice, social cleansing, and impunity for killings.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CENTER
Center Director, Margaret Satterthwaite, awarded funds for human rights research study in Haiti
The timing couldn't have been better. On June 22, Associate Professor of Clinical Law Margaret Satterthwaite '99 learned that the University's Global Public Health Research Challenge Fund had awarded her $15,000 for a human-rights research study in post-earthquake Haiti. That very day, she was in Haiti, meeting with partner organizations on the project, which will examine whether services for gender-based violence and food and water aid are implemented in a way that advances women's human rights. “Since the earthquake, gender-based violence has become a serious human rights and public health problem in Haiti, with women reporting that they are vulnerable to rape and harassment in the camps, especially when accessing food, water, and sanitation services,” says Satterthwaite.
PRESS RELEASE
Release of UN Special Rapporteur Statement on Flotilla Inquiry
(11 June 2010) Today, Professor Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, released a statement calling for any Israeli Inquiry into the flotilla incident to be set up in accordance with international standards. He stated that for the inquiry to be credible, it must be independent of the government, it must be given full legal authority to investigate, and its final report must be made public. He also stated that it must be able to interview all key witnesses, including military personnel, and that it should have access to all video and other records of the incident, including those confiscated from civilians.
His comments were based on conclusions drawn from his previous detailed study on the international standards relevant to inquiries.
The statement and the inquiry study are attached. For further information on the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, and for access to his reports, please visit www.extrajudicialexecutions.org
