Protecting People And The Planet: A Proposal To Address The Human Rights Impacts Of Climate Change Policy, Laurel E. Fletcher, Michelle Leighton, Alice M. Miller, Cymie R. Payne
Nov 2009
Protecting People And The Planet: A Proposal To Address The Human Rights Impacts Of Climate Change Policy, Laurel E. Fletcher, Michelle Leighton, Alice M. Miller, Cymie R. Payne
Laurel E. Fletcher
To ensure that responses to global climate changes are effective, sustainable, and advance global human
development, security, equality, and freedom, this paper proposes that the Conference of Parties
(COP) mandate a Process within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) to support states in the development and implementation of policy. This Process, to include
the full range of stakeholders – including state representatives, international human rights
and humanitarian agencies, and civil society – would make certain that all mitigation and adaptation
policies incorporate international human rights standards and best practices. In so doing, this
Process would advance the …
Terrorist For Sale, Laurel E. Fletcher, Jeremy Harding, Eric Stover
Oct 2009
Terrorist For Sale, Laurel E. Fletcher, Jeremy Harding, Eric Stover
Laurel E. Fletcher
Book review for The Guantanamo Effect: Exposing the Consequences of US Detention and Interrogation Practices by Laurel Fletcher and Eric Stover
Guantanamo Haunts Released Detainees, Laurel E. Fletcher, Eric Stover
Jun 2009
Guantanamo Haunts Released Detainees, Laurel E. Fletcher, Eric Stover
Laurel E. Fletcher
No abstract provided.
Returning Home: Resettlement And Reintegration Of Detainees Released From The U.S. Naval Base In Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Laurel E. Fletcher, Eric Stover
Feb 2009
Returning Home: Resettlement And Reintegration Of Detainees Released From The U.S. Naval Base In Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Laurel E. Fletcher, Eric Stover
Laurel E. Fletcher
On January 22, 2009, President Obama signed an executive order to close the detention facilities in
Guantánamo Bay Naval Base within 12 months. A comprehensive plan for closing the camp should
include a resettlement and reintegration program for detainees released from the facility since 2002.
Our data indicate that social stigma, unemployment, and impairments to mental and physical
health hinder eff orts of former detainees to reestablish their lives after release from custody.
United States support for reintegration efforts is strategically and morally justified. Such efforts will
(1) protect U.S. national security, (2) help repair the U.S. image abroad, (3) …
