Oct 7th, 2009
Posted by Nahal Zamani, Human Rights Program at 07:22am	Human Rights, Prisoners' Rights

Join us at “Human Rights and Detention”

This week, on Thursday, October 8^th from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., human rights lawyers and advocates will gather to discuss the importance of a human rights framework to protect the rights of those deprived of their liberty.

This special event features Sir Nigel Rodley, whose book, The Treatment of Prisoners Under International Law, was just published in its third edition. Sir Nigel teaches human rights law at the University of Essex, served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture from 1993 – 2001 and is currently a member of the U.N. Human Rights Committee (which monitors compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights). He will be joined by a panel of human rights lawyers and advocates discussing detention in four different contexts – prisoners' rights in the criminal justice system, prisoners in armed conflict and counter-terrorism situations, immigration detention and juvenile detention – and the value a human rights framework would provide in addressing rights violations in the United States.

The event is free and open to the public, and is co-sponsored by the ACLU Human Rights Program and Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute. It will take place in room 103 of Jerome Greene Hall, located in Columbia University Law School at 435 West 116th Street in New York City.

In addition to Sir Nigel, panelists include: David Fathi, Director, U.S. Program, Human Rights Watch; Scott Horton, contributing editor, Harper's Magazine and lecturer-in-law, Columbia Law School; Mie Lewis, staff attorney with the ACLU Women's Rights Project; and Sunita Patel, staff attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights. The panel will be moderated by Professor Peter Rosenblum, Faculty Co-Director of the Human Rights Institute at Columbia law school.

If you’re in the New York area, please join us!

For event details, click here.

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1. anon nurse Says:
   Oct 7th, 2009 at 2:45pm

   The following article is by an attorney who is familiar with the phenomenon known by various terms such as:

   organized stalking
   gang stalking
   community-based harassment
   group stalking

   nowpublic.com/world/gang-stalking-and-cointelpro-compa rative-analysis

   It's taking place in communities all across this nation and no one is helping those who have been targeted.

   It must be exposed and stopped.

2. anon Says:
   Oct 7th, 2009 at 2:48pm

   The following is a related article by an attorney:

   nowpublic.com/world/gang-stalking-and-cointelpro-comp arative-analysis

   I hope that you'll also have a discussion about organized stalking (also known as community-based harassment, gang stalking, group stalking).

   It must be exposed and stopped.

3. Steve Says:
   Oct 7th, 2009 at 7:23pm

   Let's also protect the rights of those whose liberties were stripped away by the very criminals the ACLU supports. The way this organization spins this topic makes it appear that those who are incarcerated did nothing to deserve the sentences they recieved. The constitution protects those who obey the law, not those who break it.

4. Bob Says:
   Oct 7th, 2009 at 7:31pm

   Next time, please put the location higher in the post so that the majority of Americans who don't live in NYC don't have to read as far. Thanks.

5. Halima le Ray Says:
   Oct 9th, 2009 at 4:33pm

   Je suis horrifiée de voir que le prix Nobel a eté attribué au Président Barack Obama,(il ne le mérite pas, il a été honnête de le reconnaître, certes j'avais une joie immense lorsqu'il a été élu, mais je ne crois plus à "YES WE CAN".
   Combien d'innocents prisonniers sont jeétés dans les prisons appelés "little Guantanamo" dans divers Etats "CMU3 "Illinois, Ohio",etc.... sont privés de soins médicaux. C'est cela LE PRIX NOBEL DE LA PAIX, je voudrais bien une explication sur le sort de ces prisonniers.
   Je préfère écrire en Français, car je ne maîtrise pas bien la langue anglaise. Puisse mon message parvenir à Oliver Stone que je remercie infiniment pour sa vidéo concernant les tortures affligées aux détenus.

6. anon nurse Says:
   Oct 10th, 2009 at 2:44pm

   "The constitution protects those who obey the law, not those who break it."

   Maybe this was true once upon a time, but no longer...

7. Richard Says:
   Oct 10th, 2009 at 9:27pm

   I agree with Steve. Just wait for an ACLU member to be a victim of a serious crime and see if they whistle a different tune. If a dissident of the ACLU were to be a family member of a criminal, they would still believe that criminals do not deserve the same rights as non-criminals.

   What about the sex offender who is costing taxpayers $30,000 per month for living expenses, security and therapy. Does he deserve that?

8. J. Kinnard Says:
   Oct 11th, 2009 at 2:03pm

   What happened to protecting due process rights for Texas prisioners? The most abused sect of inmates in this country? Did it just get too hard? Is their secret society called Board of Parole and Pardons too tough a nut to crack for you?

9. Maggie Says:
   Oct 11th, 2009 at 4:55pm

   Prisoners Rights - The 4 groups. Are you planning on freeing everyone or just seeing that they are treated fairly in prison? I certainly hope it is the later. I wonder how they treated their victim?

10. Timothy Jardine Says:
    Oct 14th, 2009 at 1:58pm

    There is no ACLU in Oklahoma because the state does whatever it wants when it comes to ex-sex offenders. First they extend the registeration period to for the rest of their lives, but now they have to get a new driver's licence each year and pay the extra 60 dollars to renew it. How can they just charge them the extra money and get away with it. This is insane. Whats next, an extra charge on all inmates who have done their time to either pay up or go back to jail? Its hard enough to get a job with a record but to then have to pay the state extra each year is crazy.

11. Steve Says:
    Oct 15th, 2009 at 10:11pm

    There is a very disturbing story in USA Today (10-15-'09) where the state of North Carolina will be forced by the courts to release 20 inmates who were all convicted of violent crimes. One was convicted of abducting and raping a 9 year old girl. Another was convicted of raping a 15 year old. What I find even more disturbing is there is not so much as a peep of protest from the ACLU. These inmates are being released on a technicality because of a lawsuit one of the prisoners filed regarding his life sentence. These inmates will definately commit these crimes again, and the pro-crime ACLU is just going to sit back and allow this to happen, providing of course it will be none of their loved ones who are going to be victimized by these criminals.

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