Using the Law

Human Rights Reporting Project

• About the Project

Local & State

See Index of Local & State publications for a complete list

Highlights:

• One City's Commissions Made Required Reports to Department of State
  The Miami police department received federal funding to quell demonstrators expected at rallies against the Free Trade in America Agreement (FTAA). The Miami city officials made the request in advance and made a report afterward to the federal government on how the money was spent - on riot gear, pepper spray, rubber bullets, extra police forces, etc.
• Four laws for civil and political rights and against discrimination and police misconduct in the United States.
  Steps to take to file a report on a violation of human rights or peace law.
• Enforcing and Implementing UN Treaties at the State and Local Levels.
  Getting A City To Live by UN Human Rights Treaties, by Ann Fagan Ginger
• Take the Profit Out of War and War will End Sooner
  The Berkeley City Council passed this resolution unanimously (9-0) on April 8, 2003.

Federal

See Index of Federal publications for a complete list.

Highlights:

• Four laws for civil and political rights and against discrimination and police misconduct in the United States.
  Steps to take to file a report on a violation of human rights or peace law.
• Preemptive War/Preventive War Both Are Against The Law of the United States. by Ann Fagan Ginger.

International

See Index of International publications for a complete list.

Highlights:

• Four laws for civil and political rights and against discrimination and police misconduct in the United States.
  Steps to take to file a report on a violation of human rights or peace law.
• Socially Responsible Cities 2003 Edition. Revised & updated. Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, Immigrant Rights, Human Rights Ordinance, Precautionary Principle, Resolutions against PATRIOT Act and war in Iraq.

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