Democracy, Constitutionalism and the War on Terror – Amherst College – Audio
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Under Pressure from Corporations, Ashcroft Threatens to Overturn a 200 Year-Old Law Used to Fight Human Rights Abusers and War Criminals – Debate – Democracy Now Video
Debate between Michael Ratner and Daniel Griswold from the Cato Institute
Under Pressure from Corporations, Ashcroft Threatens to Overturn a 200 Year-Old Law Used to Fight Human Rights Abusers and War Criminals – Democracy Now Transcript
We host a debate between Daniel Griswold of the Center for Trade Policy Studies and international human rights lawyer Michael Ratner. Earlier this year the Justice Department launched an effort to overturn the 200-year-old Alien Tort Claims Act. The Justice…
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The Cases of the Foreign Generals Brought to Justice – in Fighting for Public Justice: Cases and Trial Lawyers that Made a Difference – with Beth Stephens – PDF
2001 The Cases of the Foreign Generals Brought to Justice For Hector Gramajo, the former Minister of Defense of Guatemala, it was a proud day. He had been in the U.S. for nearly a year, pursuing post-graduate studies at Harvard’s…
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Wiwa et al v. Royal Dutch Petroleum et al
http://ccrjustice.org/home/what-we-do/our-cases/wiwa-et-al-v-royal-dutch-petroleum-et-al Wiwa v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, Wiwa v. Anderson, and Wiwa v. Shell Petroleum Development Company are three lawsuits filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and co-counsel from EarthRight International on behalf of relatives of murdered activists who…
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Using Law and the Filartiga Principle in the Fight for Human Rights – ACLU International Civil Liberties Report – with Beth Stephens – PDF
1993 Using Law and the Filartiga Principle in the Fight for Human Rights