2009.12.11 - PEGC Update ========================== 1) HUMAN RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 2009 Main Justice -- December 23, 2009 NEW DOJ HUMAN RIGHTS SECTION BECOMES LAW by Andrew Ramonas http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/12/23/new-doj-human-rights-section-becomes-law/ * Human Rights Enforcement Act of 2009 http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:s.01472: Passed the Senate (2009.11.21) by unanimous consent. Passed by the House (2009.12.15) by 416-3 roll-call vote; nays - Young (R-AK-01), Broun (R-GA-10), and Paul (R-TX-14). Signed by the President on 2009.12.22. 2) KIYEMBA v. Obama My count is thirteen amicus briefs total. All the merits briefs for Kiyemba and Amici are here: http://www.pegc.us/Kiyemba_Merits/ SCOTUSblog -- December 17th, 2009 KIYEMBA AND THE ILLINOIS PRISON IMPLICATIONS OF DETAINEE TRANSFERS by Lyle Denniston http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/update-kiyemba-and-the-illinois-prison/ HARPER'S -- December 15, 2009 A NOBLE SPEECH by Scott Horton http://harpers.org/archive/2009/12/hbc-90006237 Best, Charly * * * PROJECT TO ENFORCE THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS (PEGC) http://www.pegc.us PEGC Blog http://pegc.blogspot.com/