ABILA Committee Details

International Human Rights

Committee:	International Human Rights
Committee Chair(s):	Christina M. Cerna Organization of American States 550 N St. SW, #S-901 Washington, DC 20024 W: (202) 488-4883 F: (000) 000-0000 ccerna@oas.org Scott Horton 96 Witherbee Ave. Pelham, NY 10803 W: (914) 712-0706 F: (000) 000-0000 shorton@pbwt.com
Committee Activities:	The Human Rights Committee members may write on either of the ILA committee projects, the impact of IHRL on ICJ judgments and/or the response to the Supreme Court in the Medellin case decision, in which it stated that no State automatically enforces ICJ decisions in domestic courts (Art. 94 of the UN Charter). Such a response would look at the domestic enforceability of ICJ judgments (in the human rights area) and other decisions and judgments of international human rights bodies. The goal is to have some drafts ready for the 2010 ILA meeting in The Hague. The Committee is also developing advocacy projects with the International Humanitarian Law Committee. Arnold Pronto, the Secretary of the Human Rights Committee, can be reached at: apronto@earthlink.net.
Committee Reports:	Amicus Brief, Commonwealth v. Diemer, 2003-2004 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 100, available at: http://heinonline.org Letter to the Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senate. RE: International Law and Constitutional Law Ramifications of the President’s Military Order of November 13, 2001, 2001-2002 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 140, available at: http://heinonline.org Initial Draft Provisions for an International Protocol on Rights of Persons With Disabilities, 1999-2000 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 473, available at: http://heinonline.org Letter to the Honorable Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State, United States Department of State, 1999-2000 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 479, available at: http://heinonline.org Letter to the Honorable Gray Davis, Governor, State of California, 1999-2000 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 483, available at: http://heinonline.org Letter to Slobodan Milosevic, President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1999-2000 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 489, available at: http://heinonline.org Amicus Brief, Breard v. Netherland, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1997-1998 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 129, available at: http://heinonline.org Letter to the Attorney General of the United States, Accompanying Report on the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 1997-1998 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 159, available at: http://heinonline.org Report on the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations: Rights, Wrongs, and Remedies, 1997-1998 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 163, available at: http://heinonline.org International Abductions, 1993-1994 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 63, available at: http://heinonline.org Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women,1993-1994 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 68, available at: http://heinonline.org Letter to Department of State Regarding Election of Officials to the Organization of American States, 1993-1994 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 84, available at: http://heinonline.org Reports on Universal Declaration on Human Rights, 1991-1992 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 46, available at: http://heinonline.org Report on Right to Food, 1991-1992 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 96, available at: http://heinonline.org Report on International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1991-1992 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 98, available at: http://heinonline.org Amnesty Laws, International Law, and the American Convention on Human Rights, by Robert Kogod Goldman, 1989-1990 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 75, available at: http://heinonline.org Resolution of the Committee on Human Rights regarding amnesty laws, 1989-1990 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 84, available at: http://heinonline.org The Right to Food: Implementation Measures, by Professor Charles Siegal, 1987-1988 Proceedings and Committee Reports of the American Branch of the International Law Association 127, available at: http://heinonline.org The Missing First Step in the Human Rights Movement, by Professor S. Prakash Sinha, 1985-1986 Proceedings and Committee Reports of the American Branch of the International Law Association 71, available at: http://heinonline.org General committee updates, 1983-1984 Proceedings and Committee Reports of the American Branch of the International Law Association 53, available at: http://heinonline.org Human Rights Law, The U.S. Constitution and Methods of Judicial Incorporation, 1983-1984 Proceedings and Committee Reports of the American Branch of the International Law Association 56, available at: http://heinonline.org Amicus Brief in Beharry v. Ashcroft [Originally prepared by the Extradition and Human Rights Committee], 2003-2004 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 45, available at: http://heinonline.org Amicus Brief in DeMore v. Hyung Joon Kim [Originally prepared by the Extradition and Human Rights Committee], 2003-2004 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 45, available at: http://heinonline.org Amicus Brief, Reno et al. v. Kim Ho Ma [Originally prepared by the Extradition and Human Rights Committee], 2001-2002 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 97, available at: http://heinonline.org Amicus Brief, Fierro v. Johnson [Originally prepared by the Extradition and Human Rights Committee], 2001-2002 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 97, available at: http://heinonline.org An Overview of the Pinochet Litigation [Originally prepared by the Extradition and Human Rights Committee], 1999-2000 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 344, available at: http://heinonline.org Reprinted at: William J. Aceves, An Overview of the Pinochet Litigation, 41 Harvard Int'l L.J. 129 (2000) Pinochet, Specialty and Jus Cogens [Originally prepared by the Extradition and Human Rights Committee], 1999-2000 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 344, available at: http://heinonline.org The Pinochet Extradition Case and Beyond: Human Rights Clauses Compared to Traditional Derivative Protects such as Double Criminality [Originally prepared by the Extradition and Human Rights Committee], 1999-2000 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 344, available at: http://heinonline.org Amicus Brief, Kim Ho Ma v. Reno et al.. [Originally prepared by the Extradition and Human Rights Committee], 1999-2000 Proceedings of the American Branch of the International Law Association 344, available at: http://heinonline.org Amicus Brief in Freund v. Societe Nationale Des Chemins De Fer Francais, available here: 2009 Amici Brief of Freund Brief Of Amicus Curiae Of The Human Rights Committee, available here: Republic of Iraq v. Jordan Beaty, et. al.

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