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 U.S.: End Beating of Children in Public Schools
In a new report, the ACLU and Human Rights Watch found that more than 200,000 U.S. public school students were punished by beatings during the 2006–2007 school year. In the 13 states that corporally punished more than 1,000 students per year, African-American girls were twice as likely to be beaten as their white counterparts. More >>
> U.S.: End Beating of Children in Public Schools (8/20/2008)
> Report: A Violent Education: Corporal Punishment of Children in U.S. Public Schools
As Guantánamo Video Is Made Public, ACLU Calls On Government To Release Wrongfully Withheld Documentation Of Detainee Abuse
Despite vigorous attempts by the Bush administration to block the release of footage showing the policies inside Guantánamo, lawyers made public a video today documenting the interrogation of Omar Khadr, a Canadian captured in Afghanistan in 2002 when he was 15 years old. More >>
> Video of Khadr's Interrogation
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions Visits the U.S.
Special Rapporteur Philip Alston's mission includes reporting on alleged killings in the U.S. and overseas for which U.S. government and military officials may be responsible, and the failure to prosecute and punish those responsible.
> ACLU Calls For Greater Accountability For Unlawful Deaths In U.S. Custody (6/30/2008)
> ACLU Welcomes U.N. Independent Expert On Extrajudicial Executions To U.S. (6/16/2008)
ACLU Continues to Monitor Guantánamo Military Commissions
The ACLU has been present as an independent observer at every commission hearing since 2004, and continues to see no indication that the proceedings are fair, impartial or in accordance with constitutional principles. ACLU attorneys have continuously blogged from the hearings—all of their dispatches from Guantánamo can be found on the ACLU's Blog of Rights.
> ACLU Monitoring Unconstitutional Guantánamo Military Commissions This Week (6/18/2008)
New ACLU Report Charges Military Recruitment Practices Violate International Standards
The United States is shirking its commitments under an international agreement and failing to protect the rights of vulnerable young people. In a report to the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child, the ACLU charges that the U.S. isn't upholding its obligations under the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict that it ratified in 2002. The report focuses on the U.S. military's recruiting tactics that target youth under 17 and low-income youth and students of color, and the U.S. government's failure to protect the rights of foreign child soldiers such as Guantánamo detainees Omar Khadr and Mohammed Jawad.
> Military Recruitment Practices Violate International Standards, Says ACLU (5/13/2008)
> Report: Soldiers of Misfortune
ACLU Petitions International Tribunal on Behalf of Khaled El-Masri
On April 9, 2008, the ACLU filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on behalf of Khaled El-Masri, an innocent victim of the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" program. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear El-Masri's case in October 2007.
> Innocent Victim Of CIA Extraordinary Rendition Program Takes Case To International Tribunal (4/9/2008)
> Petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Alleging Violations of the Human Rights of Khaled El-Masri by the United States of America
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US End Beating of Children in Public Schools (8/20/2008)
DALLAS – More than 200,000 U.S. public school students were punished by beatings during the 2006-2007 school year, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union said in a joint report released today. In the 13 states that corporally punished more than 1,000 students per year, African-American girls were twice as likely to be beaten as their white counterparts.
International Drug Policy Up For Debate At Landmark UN Forum (7/7/2008)
VIENNA, Austria – The American Civil Liberties Union today joins a diverse coalition of civil and human rights organizations participating in the United Nations’ “Beyond 2008 Forum,” a historic opportunity to assess the past decade of international drug policy and to shape its future course. The ACLU and others will speak to the inability of current, principally punitive drug policies to reduce the supply of or demand for illicit drugs, as well as the significant violence, health problems, and civil and human rights violations directly attributable to these policies.
ACLU Calls For Greater Accountability For Unlawful Deaths In US Custody (6/30/2008)
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today urged the United States government to heed the concerns of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions. Special Rapporteur Philip Alston, whose mission includes reporting on alleged killings in the U.S. and overseas for which U.S. government and military officials may be responsible and the failure to prosecute and punish those responsible, announced his preliminary findings after touring the U.S. at the invitation of the U.S. government.
On International Day To End Torture, ACLU Renews Call For Independent Prosecutor (6/26/2008)
NEW YORK - On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the American Civil Liberties Union calls on the United States government to appoint an independent prosecutor for U.S. torture crimes, to put an end to practices that involve torture and abuse and to fulfill its obligations under the Convention Against Torture (CAT). The CAT, ratified by the U.S. in 1994, forbids governments from deliberately inflicting severe physical or mental pain or suffering upon those under their control, prohibits the use of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and bars the transfer or the rendition of persons to countries where they could be at risk of being tortured.
ACLU Welcomes UN Independent Expert On Extrajudicial Executions To US (6/16/2008)
NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union today welcomed a fact-finding mission to the U.S. by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions. Special Rapporteur Philip Alston's mission includes reporting on alleged killings in the U.S. and overseas for which U.S. government and military officials may be responsible, and the failure to prosecute and punish those responsible. The ACLU calls on the U.S., state and local governments to fully cooperate with the special rapporteur.
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