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Report Of The Independent Expert On The Protection Of Human Rights And Fundamental Freedoms While Countering Terrorism, Robert K. Goldman

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The Commission on Human Rights, in resolution 2004/87, decided to designate, from within existing resources, for a period of one year, an independent expert to assist the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the fulfillment of the mandate described in the resolution and, “taking fully into account the study requested in General Assembly resolution 58/187, as well as the discussions in the Assembly and the views of States thereon, to submit a report, through the High Commissioner, to the Commission at its sixty-first session on ways and means of strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms …

Independent Study On Best Practices, Including Recommendations, To Assist States In Strengthening Their Domestic Capacity To Combat All Aspects Of Impunity, By Professor Diane Orentlicher, Diane Orentlicher

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Transmits: Independent study on best practices, including recommendations, to assist States in strengthening their domestic capacity to combat all aspects of impunity / by Diane Orentlicher.

Addressing Staff Sexual Misconduct With Offenders Curriculum (Instructor’S Guide: Staff Sexual Misconduct With Offenders)_2004, Brenda V. Smith, Morris L. Thigpen, Allen Ault, Anadora Moss, Dee Halley, Jaime M. Yarussi, Marcia Morgan, Susan Mccampbell

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Addressing Staff Sexual Misconduct with Offenders is a 36-hour training program that focuses on the complex issues surrounding staff sexual misconduct with offenders in all correctional settings. This training is designed for correctional policy makers, agency managers and administrators, and community leaders who influence correctional policy.

In this guide you will find a suggested program agenda for this training which will provide the instructor with a snap-shot of the training program as a whole. You will also find an overview of each training module, resources you will need, and activities which you may find helpful in the execution of the …

Pathways To Juvenile Detention Reform: Reducing Racial Disparities In Juvenile Detention, Brenda V. Smith, Eleanor Hinton Hoytt, Vincent Schiraldi, Jason Ziedenberg

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Many years ago, Jim Casey, a founder and long-time CEO of the United Parcel Service, observed that his least prepared and least effective employees were those unfortunate individuals who, for various reasons, had spent much of their youth in institutions or who had been passed through multiple foster care placements. When his success in business enabled him and his siblings to establish a philanthropy (named in honor of their mother, Annie E. Casey), Mr. Casey focused his charitable work on improving the circumstances of disadvantaged children, in particular by increasing their chances of being raised in stable, nurturing family settings. …

That Someone Guilty Be Punished: The Impact Of The Icty In Bosnia, Diane Orentlicher

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In That Someone Guilty Be Punished, Diane F. Orentlicher, professor of law at American University, looks at the effects and effectiveness of the ICTY, including lessons to improve future efforts to provide justice for survivors of atrocious crimes. Perhaps most importantly, Orentlicher examines the impact of the tribunal through the words and experiences of those in whose name it was established: the victims and survivors. Their expectations, hopes, and disappointments are chronicled alongside the tribunal’s achievements and limitations. Based on hundreds of hours of interviews—and featuring the voices and perceptions of dozens of Bosnian interlocutors—That Someone Guilty Be Punished provides …

Report On The Situation Of Roma And Sinti In The Osce Area, Diane Orentlicher

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A report on the situation of Roma and Sinti in the OSCE area with regard to discrimination and racial violence, education, living conditions and political participation.The Report on the Situation of Roma and Sinti in the OSCE Area contains detailed information on discrimination and racial violence, education, living conditions and political participation. It also includes recommendations on these issues.Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe available at https://www.osce.org/hcnm/32350

An End To Silence: Women Prisoners’ Handbook On Identifying And Addressing Sexual Misconduct, 2nd Ed., Brenda V. Smith, Marcia Greenberger, Nancy Duff Campbell, Deborah Brake, Joanna Grossman, Kathie Donnelly, Laura Cutiletta, Christina Davis, Marelisa Fabrega, Kristin Flynn, Kristin Holman, Jessica Jackson, Heather Lamberg, Kimberly Harris, Shauna Helton, Alvin Stith, Aurie Hall, Jonathan Smith, Andie Moss, Theresa Hunt Katsel, Drs. Elaine Carmen, Shelley Neiderbach

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The National Women’s Law Center is a non-profit organization that has been working since 1972 to advance and protect women’s legal rights. The Center focuses on major policy areas of importance to women and their families including education, employment, reproductive rights, health, family support and income security, with special attention given to the concerns of low-income women.

As a legal arm of the women’s movement, the Center has litigated ground-breaking cases and filed briefs in landmark Supreme Court decisions; advocated before state and federal policymakers to shape legislation and policies affecting women’s lives; and educated the public about issues important …