Task force on the Americas
Special Reports
Report of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) Delegation on the October 7, 2012 Presidential Election in Venezuela
January 23, 2013
Report on Venezuelan Primary Elections
February 22, 2012
NLG, AAJ, IADL Joint Report on Constitutional Issues and Honduras Coup
August 3, 2010
HonduranSupremeCourtLetter
May 25, 2010
Final Report on August Honduras Delegation
Spanish -- English translation to come
November 2, 2009
Honduras Report
2009
Honduras English report
October 4, 2009
National Lawyers Guild: Report of Delegation to Bolivia 2007
July , 2007
The Bolivarian Revolution and the Rule of Law
Report from 2006 NLG Delegation to Venezuela
June 1, 2006
Also of interest:
Letter to Mexico House of Deputies and Senate on Labor Law Reform
October 18, 2012
Venezuela 2012 Delegation Application
May 1, 2012
Letter to Obama and Clinton on Guatemalan victims' right to compensation
February 14, 2012
Letter to Mexican Officials on Human Rights Violations in Chiapas
December 18, 2011
Letter to Honduras Contractors with Signers (Spanish)
May 26, 2011
Letter to Honduras Contractors with Signers
May 26, 2011
NLG IC Letter in Support of Dr. Leo Valladares (Spanish)
March 10, 2011
Colombia Delegation Flyer - May 27-June 5, 2011
February 8, 2011
Letter to President Obama
November 12, 2010
NLG Puerto Rico Resolution
2010
Letter to President Obama
November 12, 2010
Press Release on Honduran Election
NLG Members Comment on Conditions in Tegucigalpa
November 30, 2009
Other NLG subcommittees
& projects:
Environmental Human Rights Subcommittee
Human Rights Framework Project
Indigenous Rights Subcommittee
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NLG's Emily Yozell on Guatemala's Rios Montt trial
May 14, 2013
Former Guatemalan dictator, General Efrain Rios Montt, was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity on Friday, May 10. During the trial, NLG International Committee attorney Emily Yozell...
Forthcoming delegation to Honduras, November 2013
May 10, 2013
The NLG International Committee, Task Force on the Americas is organizing a delegation to monitor the presidential elections in Honduras in November 2013. The approximate dates will be November 20...
Letter to Obama Regarding the State of Siege in Guatemala
May 10, 2013
The following letter was sent by NLG President Azadeh Shahshahani to US President Obama, regarding the state of siege in Guatemala, following the NLG...
NLG joins letter to Kerry urging US to recognize Venezuelan election results
April 19, 2013
The following open letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, calls on the US government to immediately recognize the results of the Venezuelan elections. NLG President Azadeh Shahshahani is one of the...
National Lawyers Guild Monitors Conclude Venezuelan Elections Were Well-Organized, Fair and Transparent
April 16, 2013
Task Force on the Americas to sponsor urgent delegation to Guatemala April 15-20, 2013
March 21, 2013
The Case of Oscar Lopez Rivera: Presentation at Puerto Rico Human Rights Conference
December 25, 2012
National Lawyers Guild Delegation Observes Changes in the Electoral Process in El Salvador
March 19, 2012
Week of Action for Mexican Labor Rights: Take Action + Webinar now online for Download
February 20, 2012
2012 El Salvador Election Monitoring Delegation and Investigation of Trade Tribunals
November 24, 2011
Register today! International Committee CLE at the NLG Convention
REGISTER TODAY - International CLE: The Inter-American System: International Options When Justice is Blocked
August 31, 2011
NLG IC Tells President Obama: Respect Puerto Rican Self-Determination, Free Political Prisoners
June 13, 2011
NLG IC signs on to letter supporting Bolivian efforts to hold human rights violators accountable
April 14, 2011
Aristide's Return to Haiti
Lawyers, Law Professors and Law Students Urge U.S. to Respect Human Rights
March 17, 2011
Rep. Luis Gutierrez highlights repression in Puerto Rico and attacks on Bar Association
March 7, 2011
International Committee Webinar highlights "material support" laws
International solidarity activism and government repression
November 19, 2010
Report from Task Force on the Americas meeting at NLG Convention
- and how to get involved in Task Force work
October 25, 2010
NLG calls upon UN Secretary-General to reconsider Uribe appointment to Gaza flotilla investigation
August 23, 2010
NLG Condemns Disciplinary Actions by Honduran Supreme Court Against Judges, Magistrate, and Public Defender
May 29, 2010
National Lawyers Guild initiates campaign to raise awareness of the attack on the Puerto Rican Bar Association
April 6, 2010
U.S. Military Policy and Vieques:
The Constitutionality and Consequences of Bombing a Nation
March 2, 2010
Shut Down the School of the Americas/Assassins!
NLG International CoChair Joins Father Roy Bourgeois and Thousands of Others at Fort Benning
November 21, 2009
Honduras NLG/AAJ/IADL Delegation Returns
DOWNLOAD ENGLISH PRELIMINARY REPORT HERE
Op Ed from NLG's Emily Yozell
September 8, 2009
Report on NLG 2008 Election Delegation to Venezuela
Regional Elections for Governors, Mayors and State Legislatures
April 13, 2009
2006 Delegation to Venezuela Submits Report
The Bolivarian Revolution and the Rule of Law
July 6, 2006
About the Task force on the Americas
Task Force on the Americas
The Task Force on the Americas came out of the February 2006 Delegation to Venezuela, a delegation sponsored by the NLG and National Latino/a Law Students Association. The delegation of 16 lawyers, 6 law students and a filmmaker spent a week in Caracas and was inspired by the Bolivarian Revolution and its effort to further regional integration and an alternative to neoliberal trade policies in the Americas. The Task Force has sponsored the April U.S. tour of Justice Fernando Vegas of the Venezuela Supreme Court and was invited to Washington DC by Congressman Gregory Meeks of NY to give a congressional briefing on the Bolivarian Constitution in May 2006. We sent a delegation to Bolivia in 2007 and have sent several delegations to observe elections in Venezuela and El Salvador. We have sponsored numerous workshops at NLG Conventions, including three scheduled for the 2009 Convention. We have a list serve and hold annual meetings at the NLG Convention(write Judy Somberg at judy_somberg@igc.org to join the list serve.)
Because the Bolivarian Revolution is based on the 1999 Venezuelan Constitution and laws pursuant to it and constitutional change has been a key demand of progressive forces in Bolivia, Ecuador and Honduras, lawyers and judges from the US can play an important role in explaining developments in left-leaning states, resisting US intervention and contradicting US media disinformation.
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