Implementation Of The Helsinki Accords Vol. VIII – U.S. Compliance: Human Rights

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Members:

Name:

Hon. Clairborne Pell

Title Text:

Co-Chairman

Body:

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Name:

Hon. Jacob Javits

Title Text:

Commissioner

Body:

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Name:

Hon. Jonathan Bingham

Title Text:

Commissioner

Body:

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Name:

Hon. John Buchanan

Title Text:

Commissioner

Body:

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Name:

Hon. Millicent Fenwick

Title Text:

Commissioner

Body:

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Witnesses:

Name:

Peter Bell

Title:

Deputy Undersecretary

Body:

Department of Health, Education and Welfare

Name:

Louis Nunez

Title:

Staff Director

Body:

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

Name:

Sarah Weddington

Title:

Special Assistant to the President

Body:

White House

Name:

Ray Marshall

Title:

Secretary

Body:

Department of Labor

Name:

John Huerta

Title:

Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights

Body:

Department of Justice

Name:

Robert Bernstein

Title:

Chairman

Body:

Helsinki WATCH

Name:

John Carey

Title:

Chairman

Body:

Helsinki WATCH Subcommittee on Domestic Compliance

Name:

Brent Simons

Title:

Staff Attorney

Body:

NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Name:

Phyllis Segal

Title:

Legal Director

Body:

NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund

Name:

Gilbert Padilla

Title:

Secretary-Treasurer

Body:

United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO

Name:

Amy Young-Anawaty

Title:

Executive Director

Body:

International Human Rights Law Group

Name:

Morton Sklar

Title:

Chairman

Body:

Washington Helsinki WATCH Committee for the United States

Name:

Dale Swartz

Title:

Director

Body:

Alien Rights Law Project of Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Name:

Robert T. Coulter

Title:

Executive Director

Body:

Indian Law Resource Center

Name:

Maudine Cooper

Title:

Assistant Vice-President for Public Policy

Body:

National Urban League

Name:

Alvin Bronstein

Title:

Executive Director

Body:

American Civil Liberties Union, National Prison Project

Name:

Ted Mitchell

Title:

Executive Director

Body:

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.

Relevant issues:

Good Governance and the Rule of Law

International Law

Tolerance and Non-Discrimination

Relevant countries:

Russian Federation

United States of America