Archive for July, 2007
Saturday, July 28th, 2007
U.S. Fails to Protect Rights of Native Women
In April, Amnesty USA issued a report on the denial of justice to Native American women who have been victims of sexual assault. Native American women suffer sexual assault at 2.5 times the rate of the general population, but due to the complex relationship between State, Federal and Tribal law a majority of sexual assaults […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Americas,Indigenous Peoples' Rights,Women's Rights by Jessie
Friday, July 27th, 2007
Human rights court orders Russia to pay Chechen reparations
The European Court of Human Rights ordered Russia to pay very modest compensation to the families of 11 Chechen civilians killed by Russian soldiers. The victims were killed in 2001 in Novye Aldi, Chechnya, where Russian soldiers are accused of murdering more than 60 innocent civilians. The soldiers were accused of summary executions and of […]
3 Comments » - Posted in Europe,Terrorism,War and Violent Conflict by Tristan
Friday, July 27th, 2007
Unsolved [read: uninvestigated] civil rights slayings
Hilary Shelton, director of the NAACP’s Washington bureau, recently stated “A good percentage of African-Americans are leery of our Justice Department. When there hasn’t been a real effort to deal with [unsolved civil rights slayings] how can we count on them to provide the support and protection we need today?” For you users of the […]
No Comments » - Posted in Americas,Civil and Political Rights,Racial/Ethnic Rights by Sean
Friday, July 27th, 2007
Welcome!
Welcome to the ND Advocates Blog! This is the blog of the alumni, students, faculty and friends of LL.M. and J.S.D. programs in International Human Rights Law at the Center for Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame Law School. We are human rights lawyers from dozens of countries in every region of the world, […]
