Undoing the Bush/Cheney Legacy: A Tool Kit for Congress
As soon as this administration is out of the White House, we need to push Congress to repeal unlawful Regulations, Laws, Acts of Congress, Executive Orders, Signing Statements, and Treaties passed by the Bush/Cheney Administration. This book contains a succinct summary of over 100 laws that should be ammended or repealed. The book will be published in October, 2008. Pre-order today! Check out a mock-up of the book by clicking here.Proposed Local Resolutions for U.N. Human Rights Reporting Committees
Interest in MCLI's 3-Treaties Reporting Project is steadily growing, with backers for local implementation in several American cities. There is a need for compliance laws to be written and implemented, aligning local laws with UN treaties regarding civil and political rights, racism, and discrimination against women. Brave activists in such places as Marin County, CA, San Francisco, Eugene, OR, Milwaukee, WI and the state of Colorado are bringing these laws to the attention of their lawmakers- are you ready to make the commitment? Download the proposed resolution template as a PDF.Make a Tax-deductible Donation to MCLI Today!
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New Books Available
“The Living Constitution with Highlights from the Supreme Law of the Land.”
ORDER NOW!The Living Constitution: MCLI Little Orange Book No. 2. Full text of Constitution in force today, including amendments with deleted sections in Appendix, and excerpts from U.N. Charter, Nuremberg Principles, Convention on Elimination of Racial Discrimination, et al.
“Human Rights Organizations & Periodicals Directory 12th Edition”
ORDER HEREStudents and activists, NGOs new and old are looking for the next edition of the Human Rights Organizations & Periodicals Directory. Universities, libraries and career centers all over the country, and the world, find it an invaluable resource. Local and national organizations are described in the Directory and many international libraries buy it.
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Bonus material from the May 2008 issue of Human Rights Now!
-Boardmember Lindsley Smith passes along an article about The Bush administration's attacks on states' programs.-MCLI has issued a flyer soliciting information for Little Orange Book #3, asking which laws passed by Bush need to be repealed.
-Editor Jim Syfers' truncated book review of When I'm Sixty-Four: The Plot against Pensions and the Plan to Save Them appears in the May issue of HRN!, but you can get the full text of his review here.
MCLI Submits Supplemental CERD Report to UN
IIn anticipation of the February Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, MCLI has submitted a report to the UN. Hosted in Geneva, Switzerland, Hon. Claudia Morcom will present the report, on behalf of Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute and the National Lawyers Guild, under the auspices of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers.View MCLI Report
View official US Report
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Human Rights Reporting Project
The first report to the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination from the City of Berkeley, CA is available here!Download Berkeley Report
Find out how to convince your city, county, or state to file reports to the U.N. Committees enforcing Human Rights Treaties here:
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