Public Statements for the International Law Community

• October 18, 2024 Statement on the “Child Marriage Prohibition Amendment Act Of 2024,” DC B25-0955
• June 26, 2006 Letter Responding to Senior Division Military Prosecutor I. A. Grubiy's Response to the Section's 11/30/2005 letter about the continuing detention and deteriorating condition of Russian defense lawyer Mikhail Trepashkin.
• November 30, 2005 Letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin expressing grave concern over the renewed detention and current physical condition of Russian defense lawyer Mikhail Trepashkin.
• August 16, 2005 Letter to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad expressing grave concern over the arrest and continued detention of Mohammed Raadoun, President of the Arab Organization of Human Rights in Syria.
• June 28, 2004 Statement of Concern About Incidents Involving U.S. Government Detention of Persons Since September 2001
• March 13, 2002 Comments on the Proposed Regulations of the Department of Justice on "Board of Immigration Appeals: Procedural Reforms to Improve Case Management"
• January 16, 2001 Comments regarding the proposed regulations of the Department of Justice on Asylum and Withholding Definitions.
• November 25, 1996 Proposed letter to send to foreign governments holding attorneys prisoner objecting to their imprisonment according to the Rule of Law.
• January 6, 1995 Comments on Proposed Changes to Administrative Protective Order Procedures.
• June 20, 1994 Comments on the Survey of Administrative Protective Orders under Title VII and Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 as Amended.
• April 23, 1993 Letter to the Prime Minister of Turkey Suleyman Demirel regarding the investigation into the murder of Metin Can.
• March 6, 1992 Letters to the President of Colombia Cesar Gaviria Trujillo; Rafael Pardo, Minister of Defense; and Dr. Carlos Gustavo Arrieta Padilla, Attorney General regarding death threats against Jorge Gomez Lizarazo and his colleagues at Comite Regional para la Defense de los Derechos Humanos.
• July 15, 1991 Letter to the President F.W. de Klerk of South Africa on the Murder of Bheki Mlangeni. **
• July 15, 1991 Comments on the Preliminary Draft Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects approved by the UNIDROIT Study Group on the International Protection of Cultural Property.  **

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