Human Rights and Women's Rights
Jessica Gonzales v. U.S.A.
In the first case brought by a survivor of domestic violence against the U.S. before an international human rights tribunal, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) found that the United States violated the human rights of Jessica Lenahan (formerly Gonzales) and her children. The decision underscores that the U.S. is failing in its legal obligation to protect women and girls from domestic violence.
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4 Human Rights and Women's Rights Cases
Feb 2012
Case Profile - Sabbithi, et al. v. Al Saleh, et al.
The suit charges the country of Kuwait and a Kuwaiti diplomat and his wife with trafficking three women and forcing them to work as domestic employees and childcare workers against their will under slavery-like conditions.
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Human Rights and Women's Rights
Women's Rights
Case Profile - Sabbithi, et al. v. Al Saleh, et al.
The suit charges the country of Kuwait and a Kuwaiti diplomat and his wife with trafficking three women and forcing them to work as domestic employees and childcare workers against their will under slavery-like conditions.
Feb 2012
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Nov 2010
CEDAW: The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
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Human Rights and Women's Rights
Women's Rights
CEDAW: The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Nov 2010
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Aug 2009
KC v Nedelkoff
On June 12, 2008 the ACLU filed a class action lawsuit challenging inhumane practices - punitive solitary confinement, routine strip searches, and other forms of abuse - at the Brownwood State School, a youth prison in central Texas.
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KC v Nedelkoff
On June 12, 2008 the ACLU filed a class action lawsuit challenging inhumane practices - punitive solitary confinement, routine strip searches, and other forms of abuse - at the Brownwood State School, a youth prison in central Texas.
Aug 2009
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