Fwd: Published by IJDH: Check Out These Recent Articles From IJDH-BAI Staff! (1-24-12)

[Ivan Olsen]

A lot of hard work went into the stuff in this email, so check it out, please.

ivan

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From: Brian Concannon  IJDH <br...@ijdh.org>

Date: January 23, 2012 5:15:42 PM PST

To: Ivan Olsen <ya...@att.net>

Subject: Published by IJDH: Check Out These Recent Articles From IJDH-BAI Staff!

IJDH in the News     Dear Ivan,  IJDH and BAI leverage our front-line human rights work by informing broader policy discussions that impact human rights in Haiti. Our writing brings the lessons we learn on the streets and in the courts of Haiti to the U.S. Congress, academia, activist and solidarity communities, the internet and the media. We have had several important pieces published in the last month, including: Op-Ed type advocacy pieces, such as: "Haiti Earthquake 2 Years Later: Homeland Security Has Failed Haitian Families" by IJDH Attorney Steve Forester; and "Nunca Mas, Never Again: U.S. and Latin America Should Support Prosecution of Haiti's Duvalier" by Former BAI International Attorney, Jeena Shah; published online by the Americas Program of the Center for International Policy; and Academic blog pieces, such as: "Two years after the earthquake, members of Haitian civil society want human rights respected" by IJDH Attorney Nicole Phillips and collaborator Sara Paoletti of UPenn Law School in IntLawGrrls; Law Review Articles, such as: "A Rights-Based Approach to Lawyering: Legal Empowerment as an Alternative to Legal Aid in Post-Disaster Haiti" by BAI/IJDH lawyers Meena Jagannath, Nicole Phillips and Jeena Shah, published in the Northwestern Journal of International Human Rights; And book chapters, notably contributions by BAI/IJDH lawyers Mario Joseph, Jeena Shah and Nicole Phillips in the recently released:  "Tectonic Shifts: What Haiti's Massive Earthquake Exposed About the Country's Past--and Tells Us About the Present." On behalf of the entire IJDH-BAI team, thank you for supporting our work!   Donate now to help us bring the lessons from the ground in Haiti to where the decisions about Haitians' human rights are made! http://ijdh.org/get-involved/donate   IJDH is an approved 501(c)(3) charitable organization and all donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.   666 Dorchester Avenue | South Boston, MA 02127 | (617) 652-0876 | http://ijdh.org | in...@ijdh.org

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