The U.S. government’s aggressive use of the immigration system in its counterterrorism efforts discriminates against Muslims and violates international human rights law, said the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (CHRGJ) at NYU School of Law and the Asian American Legal and Education Defense Fund (AALDEF) as they released a Briefing Paper on the issue today. The Briefing Paper, “Under the Radar: Muslims Deported, Detained, and Denied on Unsubstantiated Terrorism Allegations,” exposes the many ways in which U.S. officials take advantage of the lax standards and lack of transparency that mark the immigration system as particularly ripe for abuse.
Co-authors: Peter Barnett, Lauren Blodgett, Benjamin Davis, Morgan Davis, Kristopher Yue
A/HRC/30/42
Report to the Human Rights Council by the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation, and guarantees of non-recurrence on on the main elements of a framework for designing State policies regarding “guarantees of non-recurrence,” offering conceptual clarity to the term and suggesting structuring such policies around three main spheres of intervention: institutional, societal, and cultural and individual,
A/HRC/34/62
Report presented to the UN Human Rights Council by the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation, and guarantees of non-recurrence on the participation of victims in transitional justice measures. The report also contains information on the activities of the Special Rapporteur during the reporting period.
Co-author: Kate Nicholson. In Ethics Abandoned: Medical Professionalism and Detainee Abuse in the War on Terror.
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