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Title: Enablers of the Syrian Conflict
Date: February 2013Title: Disrupting Atrocity Enablers
Date: July 2012Title: The Road to Safety: Strengthening Protection for LGBTI Refugees in Uganda and Kenya
Date: May 2012Title: Combating Xenophobic Violence--A Framework for Action
Date: December 2011Title: Jails & Jumpsuits: Transforming the US Immigration Detention System
Date: October 2011Title: Disrupting the Supply Chain for Mass Atrocities
Date: July 2011Title: Detained and Denied in Afghanistan
Date: May 2011Title: State of Affairs: Three Years After Nisoor Square: Accountability and Oversight of U.S. Private Security and Other Contractors
Date: September 2010Title: Habeas Works: Federal Courts' Proven Capacity to Handle Guantánamo Cases
Date: June 2010Title: Fixing Bagram: Strengthening Detention Reforms to Align with U.S. Strategic Priorities
Date: November 2009Title: Denial and Delay: The Impact of the Immigration Law's "Terrorism Bars" on Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the United States
Date: November 2009Title: In Pursuit of Justice: Prosecuting Terrorism Cases in the Federal Courts — 2009 Update and Recent Developments
Authors: Richard B. Zabel, James J. Benjamin
Date: July 2009Title: U.S. Detention of Asylum Seekers: Seeking Protection, Finding Prison
Date: June 2009Title: Baseless Prosecutions of Human Rights Defenders in Colombia: In the Dock and Under the Gun
Date: February 2009Title: 2008 Hate Crime Survey
Date: December 2008Title: In Pursuit of Justice: Prosecuting Terrorism Cases in the Federal Courts
Authors: Richard B. Zabel, James J. Benjamin
Date: May 2008Title: Investing in Tragedy: China's Money, Arms, and Politics in Sudan
Date: March 2008Title: Losing Ground: Human Rights Defenders and Counterterrorism in Thailand
Authors: Eric Biel, Neil Hicks, Michael McClintock
Date: January 2006Title: In Liberty's Shadow: US Detention of Asylum Seekers in the Era of Homeland Security
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Date: January 2004Title: Imbalance of Powers: How Changes to U.S. Law and Security Since 9/11 Erode Human Rights and Civil Liberties
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Date: May 2003Title: Fire And Broken Glass: The Rise of Antisemitism in Europe
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Date: August 2002Title: A Year of Loss: Reexamining Civil Liberties since September 11
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Date: August 2002Title: Building On Quicksand: The Collapse Of The World Bank's Judicial Reform Project In Peru
Authors: The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Date: April 2000Title: What is a Fair Trial? A Basic Guide to Legal Standards and Practice
Authors: The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Date: March 2000Title: Refugees Behind Bars: The Imprisonment of Asylum Seekers in the Wake of the 1996 Immigration Act
Authors: The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Date: August 1999Title: The Cumaraswamy Case
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Date: May 1998Title: Establishing an International Criminal Court
Authors: LCHR
Date: May 1998Title: Basic Principles For An Independent And Effective International Criminal Court
Authors: LCHR
Date: May 1998Title: Prosecuting Genocide in Rwanda: A Lawyers Committee report on the ICTR and National Trials
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Date: July 1997Title: Tightening The Leash: Threats to Freedom of Association and Independent Human Rights Advocacy in the New Hong Kong
Authors: LCHR
Date: June 1997Title: Opening to Reform? An Analysis of China's Revised Criminal Procedure Law
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Date: January 1997Title: Presidential Powers and Human Rights under the Draft Constitution of Belarus
Authors: The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Date: October 1996Title: Memorandum Prepared for the Human Rights Committee on the Fourth Periodic Report
Authors: The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Date: October 1996Title: Fairness to Defendants at the International Criminal Court
Authors: The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Date: August 1996Title: Establishing an International Criminal Court
Authors: The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Date: August 1996Title: What is a Fair Trial? A Basic Guide to Legal Standards and Practice
Authors: The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Date: October 1995Title: Memorandum Prepared for the Human Rights Committee on the Fourth Periodic Report
Authors: The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Date: October 1995