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Andrea Pestone Capellán

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Submission To The United Nations Economic And Social Council (Unecosoc) Regarding Education And Indigenous Rights, Andrea P. Capellán Apr 2011

Submission To The United Nations Economic And Social Council (Unecosoc) Regarding Education And Indigenous Rights, Andrea P. Capellán

Andrea Pestone Capellán

In 2011, UN ECOSOC issued a High Level Segment Open Call for Oral and Written Statements regarding "Implementing the Internationally Agreed Goals and Commitments in regard to Education." This is the 500-word submission by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights.


Inter-American Commission On Human Rights Request For Precautionary Measures: Villas Del Sol, Puerto Rico, Andrea P. Capellán, Smita Rao, Meetali Jain Jan 2010

Inter-American Commission On Human Rights Request For Precautionary Measures: Villas Del Sol, Puerto Rico, Andrea P. Capellán, Smita Rao, Meetali Jain

Andrea Pestone Capellán

The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Puerto Rico and the International Human Rights Law Clinic at American University Washington College of Law (IHRLC) filed this request asking the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to intervene in the case of the Puerto Rican community of Villas del Sol, where over 200 families have been subjected to continuous human rights violations by the Puerto Rican government and local law enforcement. Members of the community, made up of both Dominican immigrants and American citizens including over 300 children, have been subjected to police brutality, denied access to basic water and …


Brief On The Merits-Inter-American Court Of Human Rights: Fleury V. Haiti, Andrea P. Capellán, Smita Rao, Meetali Jain Jan 2009

Brief On The Merits-Inter-American Court Of Human Rights: Fleury V. Haiti, Andrea P. Capellán, Smita Rao, Meetali Jain

Andrea Pestone Capellán

This is a brief on the merits authored by my co-counsel, Smita Rao, and I to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the case of Lysias Fleury v. Haiti (Case No. 12.459). This case was recommended to the Inter-American Court by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The brief was filed on behalf of Lysias Fleury, a Haitian human rights defender, by the Washington College of Law International Human Rights Law Clinic.


Brief On The Merits-Inter-American Court Of Human Rights: Fleury V. Haiti (French), Andrea P. Capellán, Smita Rao, Meetali Jain Jan 2009

Brief On The Merits-Inter-American Court Of Human Rights: Fleury V. Haiti (French), Andrea P. Capellán, Smita Rao, Meetali Jain

Andrea Pestone Capellán

FRENCH VERSION. This is a brief on the merits authored by my co-counsel, Smita Rao, and I to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the case of Lysias Fleury v. Haiti (Case No. 12.459). This case was recommended to the Inter-American Court by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The brief was filed on behalf of Lysias Fleury, a Haitian human rights defender, by the Washington College of Law International Human Rights Law Clinic.