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Lawyers Committee for Human Rights

URL: http://www.lchr.org/

Since 1978, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights has worked to protect and promote fundamental human rights. Its work is impartial, holding all governments accountable to the standards affirmed in the International Bill of Human Rights. Its programs focus on building the legal institutions and structures that will guarantee human rights in the long term. Strengthening independent human rights advocacy at the local level is a key feature of its work.

The Committee also seeks to influence the U.S. government to promote the rule of law in both its foreign and domestic policy, and presses for greater integration of human rights into the work of the UN and the World Bank. The Committee works to protect refugees through the representation of asylum seekers and by challenging legal restrictions on the rights of refugees in the United States and around the world.

Additional Materials from Lawyers Committee for Human Rights: Books

Working Papers

Title: In Liberty's Shadow: US Detention of Asylum Seekers in the Era of Homeland Security
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Date: January 2004

Title: Imbalance of Powers: How Changes to U.S. Law and Security Since 9/11 Erode Human Rights and Civil Liberties
Authors:
Date: May 2003

Title: Fire And Broken Glass: The Rise of Antisemitism in Europe
Authors:
Date: August 2002

Title: A Year of Loss: Reexamining Civil Liberties since September 11
Authors:
Date: August 2002

Title: Building On Quicksand: The Collapse Of The World Bank's Judicial Reform Project In Peru
Authors: The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Date: April 2000

Title: What is a Fair Trial? A Basic Guide to Legal Standards and Practice
Authors: The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Date: March 2000

Title: 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 1999

Title: The Cumaraswamy Case
Authors:
Date: May 1998

Title: Establishing an International Criminal Court
Authors: LCHR
Date: May 1998

Title: Basic Principles For An Independent And Effective International Criminal Court
Authors: LCHR
Date: May 1998

Title: Prosecuting Genocide in Rwanda: A Lawyers Committee report on the ICTR and National Trials
Authors:
Date: July 1997

Title: Tightening The Leash: Threats to Freedom of Association and Independent Human Rights Advocacy in the New Hong Kong
Authors: LCHR
Date: June 1997

Title: Opening to Reform? An Analysis of China's Revised Criminal Procedure Law
Authors:
Date: January 1997

Title: Presidential Powers and Human Rights under the Draft Constitution of Belarus
Authors: The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Date: October 1996

Title: Memorandum Prepared for the Human Rights Committee on the Fourth Periodic Report
Authors: The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Date: October 1996

Title: Fairness to Defendants at the International Criminal Court
Authors: The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Date: August 1996

Title: Establishing an International Criminal Court
Authors: The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Date: August 1996

Title: What is a Fair Trial? A Basic Guide to Legal Standards and Practice
Authors: The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Date: October 1995

Title: Memorandum Prepared for the Human Rights Committee on the Fourth Periodic Report
Authors: The Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Date: October 1995