Best decision Biden has made is nominating Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. has released the military’s oldest prisoner of the war on terror — a 75-year-old businessman who was held for nearly two decades as a suspected sympathizer of Al Qaeda but never charged with a crime. nyti.ms/3NgaVmw

🔴 #185IACHRPeriod - Public Hearing: the closure of #Guantánamo continues to be a matter of enormous national, regional, and global importance. Since 2002, the @CEJIL & The CCR have advocated before the CIDH - IACHR to protect rights of the men held there

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The First Amendment fully protects our right to boycott — and it's time for the Supreme Court to reaffirm it.
democracynow.org/2022/10/24/isr…

At least 23 children have been unlawfully killed by security forces during nationwide protests in Iran. Most of the children were fatally shot with live ammunition fired by security forces.

BREAKING: The ACLU just petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case of national significance on the right to boycott. It’s a case with massive implications for First Amendment rights. aclu.org/press-releases…

United States’ gross violations of the UN Charter especially in the context of the Iraq war in 2003 and its decades-long use of veto power to shield Israel’s violations of the UN Charter have set dangerous examples which are now being emulated by Russia in its Ukraine war.

Israel’s version of KKK leader

First, important to inform American travelers that East Jerusalem is universally considered an occupied territory.

Second, you neglected to mention that Israeli security measures are directed against Palestinian communities and amount to collective punishment.

cc: U.S. Office of Palestinian Affairs

ACLU Human Rights Program is hiring 2 summer interns.

Help us spread the word by sharing the posting with law students interested to do legal and human rights research and support our litigation, documentation and int'l advocacy work. More info here: aclu.org/careers/intern…

Very important resolution. Very disappointing South Africa abstained.

Diplomatic solution to the war will ultimately be based on the UN Charter and international law principles making it illegal to acquire territory by force.

Join Jamil Dakwar (@ACLU), Martha F. Davis, David Kaye, Gay McDougall, Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat (@NYUSternBHR) as they discuss the impact of #ICCPR ratification on US domestic & foreign policy at #InternationalLaw Weekend. Register for #ILW2022 today! ila-americanbranch.org/international-…

A great line-up of speakers to discuss the future of organizing for Palestinian rights.

You can attend in-person at the The People's Forum or watch the Livestream starting at 6:30 pm ET today (10/11). Register here: adalahjusticeproject.org/updates/2022/1…

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Israel's high court greenlighted (once again) the state's efforts to expel Palestinian communities from their homes and lands in the South Hebron Hills
The Int'l Criminal Court can stop it #SaveMasaferYatta
This is why B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم wrote to the ICC prosecutor.
btselem.org/press_releases…

The prosecution of Julian Assange poses a grave threat to press freedom. The Biden administration needs to immediately drop the charges against him and withdraw the extradition request. #FreeJulianAssangeNOW

Sending strength, solidarity, siblinghood & love to all who are rising up against gendered state violence in Iran, care and condolences to the families of people killed by authorities. The struggle against the violence of policing experienced by women, queer & trans ppl is global

How many more Palestinian children need to be killed in order to shake the conscience of American and European policy makers. Silence and inaction are not only complicity but would most certainly fuel more violence and oppression.

Despite States' failure, Uyghurs and rights groups won't give up efforts to hold China accountable at the UN. This is only the beginning.
ishr.ch/latest-updates… #HRC51 #Xinjiang Uyghur Human Rights Project World Uyghur Congress ISHR

Disappointing outcome. No country should be above scrutiny. Sadly, chickens have come home to roost.

After George Floyd’s murder and the escalating human rights crisis in the U.S., many countries voting yes today👇🏽rejected proposal for urgent debate and inquiry focusing on U.S.