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JURIST - Hotline http://jurist.org/hotline JURISTremove_this@pitt.edu JURIST Guest Columnist Azadeh Shahshahani, Director of the National Security/Immigrants' Rights Project at of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, says that Georgia HB 87, which requires residents to carry proof of citizenship, has negatively impacted both the state's economy and reputation since its http://jurist.org/hotline/2012/05/azadeh-shahshahani-georgia-hb87.php 2012-05-18T10:30:00-05:00 HB 87 Negatively Impacts Georgia Economy and Reputation http://jurist.org/hotline/2012/05/azadeh-shahshahani-georgia-hb87.php Leah Kathryn Sell JURIST Guest Columnist Leila Hanafi, Regional Coordinator of the Middle East and North Africa at the Coalition for the International Criminal Court says the ICC is necessary for Libya to develop its own fair and productive justice system...It is impossible to discuss post-conflict reconstruction in http://jurist.org/hotline/2012/05/leila-hanafi-libya-ICC.php 2012-05-17T10:30:00-05:00 Libya and the ICC: Inspiring Transitional Justice Reform http://jurist.org/hotline/2012/05/leila-hanafi-libya-ICC.php Leah Kathryn Sell JURIST Guest Columnist Ben Jones, Executive Director for the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty, says that Connecticut's repeal of the death penalty is one of the first of a trend of states moving away from capital punishment ...Last month, the Connecticut General Assembly http://jurist.org/hotline/2012/05/ben-jones-capital-punishment.php 2012-05-16T15:00:00-05:00 Connecticut Repeal of Capital Punishment Signals National Trend http://jurist.org/hotline/2012/05/ben-jones-capital-punishment.php Stephen Zumbrun JURIST Guest Columnist Solon Solomon, former member of the Knesset Legal Department, says that the procedures governing UN state admission must be duly adhered to when determining the issue of Palestinian statehood...The recent decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on the http://jurist.org/hotline/2012/05/solon-solomon-palestine-statehood.php 2012-05-13T14:30:00-05:00 Palestine Cannot Circumvent UN State Admission Procedures http://jurist.org/hotline/2012/05/solon-solomon-palestine-statehood.php Stephen Krug JURIST Guest Columnist Charles Radcliffe, Head of Global Issues at the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, says that while international laws protect LGBT persons, proper enforcement is required to combat discrimination...After decades during which the words "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" http://jurist.org/hotline/2012/05/charles-radcliffe-un-lgbt.php 2012-05-12T16:00:00-05:00 LGBT Discrimination and International Enforcement http://jurist.org/hotline/2012/05/charles-radcliffe-un-lgbt.php Leah Kathryn Sell JURIST Guest Columnist Samar Warsi, a Senior Volunteer Attorney for the Muslim Civil Liberties Union, says that the recent revelations regarding NYPD surveillance of Muslims and Muslim-affiliated groups has serious implications for civil liberties in the US...When law enforcement starts to make assumptions about an http://jurist.org/hotline/2012/05/samar-warsi-muslim-surveillance.php 2012-05-09T20:00:00-05:00 Stigma and Suspicion: NYPD Surveillance of Muslims http://jurist.org/hotline/2012/05/samar-warsi-muslim-surveillance.php Clay Flaherty JURIST Guest Columnist J. Wells Dixon, Senior Staff Attorney for the Center for Constitutional Rights, and attorney for Guantanamo detainee Djamel Ameziane, says that the IACHR's acceptance of his case is instrumental in promoting US responsibility for the well-being of detainees at Guantanamo Bay...On March http://jurist.org/hotline/2012/04/wells-dixon-iachr-guantanamo.php 2012-04-27T11:00:00-05:00 IACHR Guantanamo Case a Hallmark for Human Rights http://jurist.org/hotline/2012/04/wells-dixon-iachr-guantanamo.php Leah Kathryn Sell JURIST Guest Columnists Richard Kahlenberg, a senior fellow at The Century Foundation, and Moshe Marvit, a labor and employment discrimination lawyer, say that it is time to amend Title VII of the Civil Rights Act to include the individual's right to organize a union...I an http://jurist.org/hotline/2012/04/kahlenberg-marvit-labor-ii.php 2012-04-24T14:00:00-05:00 Amending Title VII: Labor Organizing as a Civil Right (Part II) http://jurist.org/hotline/2012/04/kahlenberg-marvit-labor-ii.php Dwyer Arce JURIST Guest Columnists Michael Bochenek, Director of Law & Policy for the International Secretariat of Amnesty International, and Kyle Knight, a Fulbright Scholar, say that Nepal's recognition of a third gender is an important fundamental right and the key to ensuring other fundamental rights for http://jurist.org/hotline/2012/04/bochenek-knight-gender.php 2012-04-23T17:00:00-05:00 Nepal's Third Gender and the Recognition of Gender Identity http://jurist.org/hotline/2012/04/bochenek-knight-gender.php Dwyer Arce JURIST Guest Columnists E. Duncan Getchell, Jr., Solicitor General of Virginia, and Michael Brady, Assistant Attorney General of Virginia, argue that the Florida Supreme Court erred in its decision on the reliability of narcotics sniffing dogs and urge the US Supreme Court to overturn it...On http://jurist.org/hotline/2012/04/getchell-brady-florida-canines.php 2012-04-23T15:00:00-05:00 Florida Supreme Court Erred in Drug Dog Ruling http://jurist.org/hotline/2012/04/getchell-brady-florida-canines.php Sean Gallagher