“The human rights advocacy minor is really exciting because [it’s] basically the only undergraduate opportunity in the country where students learn practical training in human rights advocacy,” Nagra told the Argus.
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“What this asks of the Inter-American Commission is that it acts and urges the United States to stop these dangers, to stop forcing people to return to situations where their lives are at risk,” said Yale Law School professor James Cavallaro. “It’s a precautionary measure — it is not a final resolution — and that is why it is something that is urgent, and it is something that can be responded to quickly in a manner that might save lives and protect people from irreparable harm.”
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"Is that it act, and that it urge the United States to stop these dangers, to stop forcing people to return to situations where their lives are at risk,” said James Cavallaro, a law school professor at Yale.
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“What we’re urging the Commission to do is to ask the United States government to stop this process, to stop barring the entry of these individuals and others,” James Cavallaro, a former president of the IACHR and a petitioner, told reporters on Thursday.
Cavallaro added that Title 42, under which most migrants are unable to file asylum claims in the US, is exposing people to “severe and urgent risks to their lives, to their wellbeing [and] to their physical integrity”.
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“On Thursday, lawyers from Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic and University Network for Human Rights, representing Sane Energy Project and Cooper Park Resident Council, filed a motion in state Appellate Court in Brooklyn to halt National Grid’s work meant to support trucking liquefied gas into Greenpoint.”
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“The risk of developing cancer from air pollution in the census tract closest to the plant is 50 times the national average – the highest in the country, according to a University Network for Human Rights report based on the EPA's most recent assessment, released in August 2018.
Among residents surveyed who lived near the plant, cancer prevalence was 71% higher than the national rate, according to the group’s 2019 report, called ‘Waiting to Die.’”
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“I’m optimistic that this will serve as a bridge to seek justice for the victims,” he said. “They’ve done such a thorough investigation that it’s hard to refute [the abuses].
“There needs to be a clear message that you cannot shoot unarmed people and get away with it.”
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“Va a mostrar lo que muchas instituciones han mostrado, que hubo masacres en Sacaba, Senkata, Pedregal y varios sitios en Bolivia, y va a exponer lo que pasó, y ojalá tener un mapa de cómo podemos conseguir justicia para las víctimas, cómo podemos comenzar una forma de reparación para todos los que han sufrido”, mencionó en contacto con Bolivia TV.
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“Environmental activists protesting changes to National Grid’s Greenpoint hub for more than a year are claiming a legal victory…Following a court order, National Grid last week stopped construction work at the Brooklyn site that could be used to load and unload trucks containing liquefied natural gas, or LNG.”
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“Several key climate and refugee organizations have endorsed the report, including the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), University Network for Human Rights; Mayors Migration Council; Truman National Security Project; Amnesty International; and Welcoming America.”
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The report (pdf), entitled U.S. Opportunities to Address Climate Displacement, was published by the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), with the endorsement of six groups: Amnesty International, Mayors Migration Council, Natural Resources Defense Council, Truman National Security Project, University Network for Human Rights, and Welcoming America.
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“A temporary restraining order has been issued to halt construction of Liquefied Fracked Gas Infrastructure that consumer advocacy groups say is illegal…State Supreme Court Justice Karen B. Rothenberg issued the order halting ‘all construction activities and other physical alterations contained in National Grid’s pending LNG Variance Petition’… until a decision has been made on the merits of the case.”
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“A New York judge ordered National Grid PLC's New York City gas utility to temporarily stop certain construction at its Brooklyn liquefied natural gas terminal in response to a lawsuit by local groups alleging the work is illegal. New York State Supreme Court Justice Karen Rothenberg on July 27 placed a temporary restraining order on all construction activity and physical alterations outlined in a 2016 variance petition.”
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“Sane Energy and the Cooper Park Resident Council have filed a lawsuit against New York City and National Grid over alleged illegal construction at the utility’s Greenpoint LNG facility. The two groups are represented by the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic and the University Network for Human Rights.”
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“Cooper Park Resident Council, which represents over 700 families residing in the evacuation zone of the Greenpoint facility, and Sane Energy Project, which represents residents along the controversial North Brooklyn Pipeline that would connect to the facility if completed are being represented by the University Network for Human Rights and Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic.”
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Coverage of our lawsuit on behalf of the Sane Energy Project and Cooper Park Resident Council to halt illegal construction of fracked gas infrastructure at corporate utility National Grid’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility in Brooklyn, New York. The lawsuit seeks a Temporary Restraining Order and injunction to halt construction until and unless the environmental review mandated by law is fully complete.
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“Resulta claro que México enfrenta una severa crisis en materia de derechos humanos. El papel de la impunidad en esta crisis es particularmente grave (...) La ausencia de esclarecimiento, responsabilización y sanción ante los crímenes y abusos establece un contexto institucional en el cual el delito y las violaciones a los derechos humanos se reproducen, incentivando así su repetición sistemática”, concluyó el reporte.
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As climate change intensifies, the people of Central America will disproportionately feel its effects and experience displacement as a result. Immigration and human rights experts from Yale Law School, Harvard Law School, and the University Network for Human Rights have published a 90-page report charting a path for immigration reform and calling on the Biden administration to revise immigration and climate policy to afford protections to those fleeing devastating climate change impacts.
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“The St John human rights petition cites a 2021 study by the advocacy group, the University Network for Human Rights, which implemented survey-based health research in the area.
The study, which appeared in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Justice in February, found higher rates of cancer, respiratory problems, and other health issues in people who live in closer proximity to Denka.”
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