Implementation Of The Helsinki Accords Vol. VIII – U.S. Compliance: Human Rights
Tuesday, April 3, 1979, 5:00 am
Witnesses
Peter Bell
Deputy Undersecretary
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Louis Nunez
Staff Director
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Sarah Weddington
Special Assistant to the President
White House
Ray Marshall
Secretary
Department of Labor
John Huerta
Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights
Department of Justice
Robert Bernstein
Chairman
Helsinki WATCH
John Carey
Chairman
Helsinki WATCH Subcommittee on Domestic Compliance
Brent Simons
Staff Attorney
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Phyllis Segal
Legal Director
NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund
Gilbert Padilla
Secretary-Treasurer
United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO
Amy Young-Anawaty
Executive Director
International Human Rights Law Group
Morton Sklar
Chairman
Washington Helsinki WATCH Committee for the United States
Dale Swartz
Director
Alien Rights Law Project of Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Robert T. Coulter
Executive Director
Indian Law Resource Center
Maudine Cooper
Assistant Vice-President for Public Policy
National Urban League
Alvin Bronstein
Executive Director
American Civil Liberties Union, National Prison Project
Ted Mitchell
Executive Director
Micronesia Legal Services Corporation.
Commissioner Claiborne Pell and others in attendance, in this series of hearings, looked at their own country's record on the Helsinki Final Act of 1975. This hearing signified the first time that a state belonging to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), or the "Conference," had looked at its own record in such a manner, taking into account criticism by other signatories and private domestic monitoring groups, no less.
This series of hearings' purpose was to ascertain progress accomplished, learn what more needs to be achieved, and proclaim a reaffirmation of the U.S. commitment to the Helsinki Final Act's full implementation.
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