Monday, August 16, 2010

10-08-14 Petition Launched, Calling the UN to Issue Honest and Effectual Report on the US Justice System, Human Rights in the United States // Petición lanzados, llamando a la ONU a la Cuestión honesto y eficaz Informe sobre el Sistema de Justicia EE.UU., los derechos humanos en los Estados Unidos

November 2010 UPR (Universal Periodic Review) of Human Rights in the United States
In November 2010 the United Nations will conduct the first ever Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Human Rights in the United States.
Review of the integrity of the US justice system will no doubt be the center of such proceedings.
The United Nations has no enforcement power in the matter.  However, a true and honest UPR Report of the United States, if issued in November 2010, would not doubt gain international publicity.  The United States would be expected to report to the United Nations between 2010 and 2014 on measures that it took to address deficiencies noted in the UPR Report.
Various US Human Rights organizations filed in April 2010 stakeholder's reports.
Human Rights Alert (NGO) filed in April 2010 a report (linked below) with the United Nations, in the center of which were allegations of racketeering in the Los Angeles Courts and large scale false imprisonments in Los Angeles County, California, of which Richard Fine today is the prime example.

REQUESTED ACTION:

Persons of good will are encouraged to take action by signing the online petitions to free Richard Fine, [1] by signing the petition to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations [2], and/or by writing on their own to the United Nations Ambassadors, listed below, and by planning to attend the November 2010 UPR session of the United States (likely site - Geneva).

Joseph Zernik, PhD
Human Rights Alert (NGO) 
Locations of visitors to this page 
http://www.scribd.com/Human_Rights_Alert
http://human-rights-alert.blogspot.com/

LINKS:

[1] Please sign the petition: Free Richard Fine
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/free-fine
[2] Please sign the online petition, addressed to United Nations Ambassadors, listed below.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/calling-upon-the-un-human-rights-council-to-issue-an-honest-and-effectual-2010-report-on-the-us/____________________






Petition  to the United Nations Human Rights Council in re:
November 2010 Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights in the United States 
We, the undersigned, who live in the United States and elsewhere, call upon the Human Rights Council of the United Nations to engage in a thorough and review of the justice system in the United States as part of the first ever November 2010  UPR (Universal Periodic Review) of Human Rights in the United States.
We call upon the Human Rights Council to issue in November 2010 an honest report, calling upon the United States to take effective measures to restore integrity of its judiciary and its justice system.
Conditions now prevailing in the United States amount to large scale abuse of the people by the government of the United States. Moreover, such conditions pose risks that are difficult to assess to world peace and welfare.
Such conditions were documented in both state and United States courts, be it civil, criminal, bankruptcy, or family courts.
Reports, which were filed by stakeholders as part of the review process, provided evidence of widespread corruption of the justice system in the United States:
·        Executions continue, at times, as the outcome of judicial proceedings that would be deemed unreasonable by any reasonable person.
·        Torture was allowed to become part of the judicial process and the justice system, and confessions extracted through torture were admitted in courts.
·        With privatized, for-profit prisons, the United States holds a prisoner population that is entirely out of proportion with any other developed, democratic nation; Minorities were disproportionately imprisoned in numbers that defy logic.
·        Large-scale false imprisonment of juvenile was exposed in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, as part of the Kids for Cash scandal, and is yet to be fully corrected; Large-scale false imprisonments were exposed in Los Angeles County, California, as part of the Rampart scandal a decade ago, which the US government is refusing to correct.
·        Regardless of United States government promises, detentions in Guantanamo Bay were never brought to an end; Proceedings, which such detainees were subjected to, violate international conventions.
·        Attorneys, who represent clients in civil rights matters, or in causes that were not favored by government or by judges, suffered severe retaliation, or even imprisonment.
·        Whistleblowers were routinely subjected to harsh retaliations, while the perpetrators – be it government officials, large corporations, or others, suffer no consequence at all.
·        Racketeering by judges in the United States was and is prosecuted in some courts, but in other cases, even when exposed with indisputable evidence, the United States government refused to take action.
·        Large banks and financial institutions colluded with the judges in looting of homeowners across the United States under the current financial crisis; Even when fraud in the courts by financial institutions and law-firms was exposed and acknowledged by the Courts, such financial institutions and such law-firms suffered no consequences at all.
·        Credible evidence was provided of racketeering by judges, attorneys, and judicial officers in receiverships and conservatorships.
·        Judges, all the way from state courts to the Supreme Court of the United States, introduced the practice of issuing rulings, orders, and judgments, that were not signed by judges and were not authenticated/attested by the clerks; Such rulings, orders, and judgments could not possibly be deemed valid court records, which required "full faith and credit", but were nevertheless treated as valid court rulings, orders, and judgments.
·        Computerized case management and online public access systems were installed in the US and state courts, which effectively deny public access to true and honest court records – to inspect and to copy;  Such systems effectively concealed what the courts deemed signatures and stamps that were required to set such records as honest, valid, and effectual court records.
If not for the sake of the safeguard of the Human Rights of the people of the United States, the United Nations should be concerned with disintegration of the frameworks of government in the United States and dysfunctional banking regulation. There simply is no way to establish honest and effectual banking and corporate regulation under current conditions at the United States courts today.  Reckless conduct by United States banks and large corporations inflicted harm on workers and investors world-wide. An integrity crisis is at the foundation of the current economic depression, and economic conditions are not likely to improve unless integrity of the United States government is restored.
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WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES?
*     "On July 26, 2010, Laurence Tribe, Senior Counsel for the United States Department of Justice, Access to Justice Initiative, delivered an important speech to the Conference of Chief Justices, challenging them to halt the disintegration of our state justice systems before they become indistinguishable from courts of third world nations."
Prof Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law School (2010), per National Defender Leadership Institute http://www.nlada.net/library/article/national_dojspeechto%20chiefjustice07-26-2010_gideonalert _____________________________
WHAT DID THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA?

*     "Innocent people remain in prison"
*     "...the LA Superior Court and the DA office, the two other parts of the justice system that the Blue Panel Report recommends must be investigated relative to the integrity of the system, have not produced any response that we know of..."
LAPD Blue Ribbon Review Panel Report (2006)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24902306/

*   "...judges tried and sentenced a staggering number of people for crimes they did not commit."
Prof David Burcham, Dean, Loyola Law School, LA (2000)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/29043589/*   "This is conduct associated with the most repressive dictators and police states... and judges must share responsibility when innocent people are convicted."
Prof Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, Irvine Law School (2000)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/274339

_____________________________
2010 UPR (UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW) OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE UNITED STATES BY THE UNITED NATIONSApril 19, 2010 Human Rights Alert submission for the 2010 UPR (Universal Periodic Review) of Human Rights in the United States by the United Nations:
a) Press Release:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30200004/

b) Submission:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30147583/

c) Appendix:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30163613/

d) UPR Tool Kit by the Urban Justice Center:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/29867561/

________________________________

The following nations have already filed UPR Reports voicing their concerns regarding Human Rights in the United States:
a. Algeria
b. Bolivia
c. Brazil
d. Canada
e. Chile
f. Czech Republic
g. Denmark
h. Egypt
i. Germany
j. Italy
k. Mexico
l. Netherlands
m. Philippines
n. Slovenia
o. Sweden
p. United Kingdom
________________________________
Full List of Addressees to which the Petition will be delivered prior to the November 2010 UPR session of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations.
United Nations, UPR Office:
United States Department of State, UPR Office:

Membership of the Human Rights Council and Other Nations’ Missions to the UN


Officers of the Human Rights Council

President 
                 H.E. Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow (Thailand)
Vice President and Rapporteur
                 H.E. Madam Bente Angell-Hansen (Norway)
Vice Presidents
                 H.E. Mr. Arcanjo Maria Do Nascimento (Angola)
                 H.E. Mr. Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez (Cuba)
                 H.E. Mr. Fedor Rosocha (Slovakia)

Membership of the Human Rights Council 19 June 2010-18 June 2011

(When no Term year listed – not a member)

#
Nation
Term
1)       
Algeria
H.E. Mr. Youcef Yousfi,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 759-9538
-
2)       
Angola
H.E. Mr. Arcanjo Maria Do Nascimento 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 861-9295, 9438
2013
3)       
Austria
H.E. Mr. Gerhard Pfanzelter
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 949-1840
-
4)       
Australia
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: 212 351 6610
-
5)       
Argentina
H.E. Mr. Jorge Arguello,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 980-8395
2011
6)       
Bahrain
H.E. Mr. Tawfeeq Ahmed Almansoor,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 223-6206
2011
7)       
Bangladesh
H.E. Ms. Ismat Jahan,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 972-4038
2012
8)       
Belgium
H.E. Mr. Johan C. Verbeke (212) 378-6361,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 681-7618
2012
9)       
Bolivia
Name not found
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 687-4642
-
10)    
Brazil
H. E. Mrs. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 371-5716
2011
11)    
Burkina Faso
H.E.M. Michel Kafando,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 308-4690
email address not found
2011
12)    
Cameroon
H.E. Martin Belinga-Eboutou,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 249-0533
email address not found
2012
13)    
Canada
H. E. John McNee,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 848-1195
-
14)    
Chile
H.E. Sr. Heraldo Munoz,
Fax: (917) 322-6890
-
15)    
China
H.E. Mr. Wang Guangya
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 634-7626
-
16)    
Czech Republic
H.E. Mr. Martin Palous,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (646) 981-4099
-
17)    
Chile
H.E. Sr. Heraldo Muñoz,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (917) 322-6890
2011
18)    
China
H.E. Mr. Wang Guangya,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 634-7626
2012
19)    
Cuba
H.E. Mr. Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 779-1697
2012
20)    
Denmark
H.E. Mr. Carsten Staur,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 308-3384
email address not found
-
21)    
Djibouti
H.E.M. Roble Olhaye,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 223-1276
2012
22)    
Ecuador
H.E. . . .,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 935-1835
2013
23)    
Egypt
H.E. Mr. Maged A. Abdelaziz
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 949-5999
-
24)    
Finland
H.E. Mr. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 759-6156
email address not found
-

25)    

France

H.E. M. Jean-Maurice Ripert,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 421-6889
email address not found
2011
26)    
Gabon
H.E. M. Denis Dangue Réwaka,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 689-5769
email address not found
2011
27)    
Germany
H.E. Mr. Thomas Matussek,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 940-0402
email address not found
-
28)    
Ghana
H.E. Mr. Leslie Kojo Christian Ext. 298,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 751-6743
2011
29)    
Guatemala
H.E. Mr. Jorge Skinner-Klée,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 685-8741
2013
30)    
Hungary
H.E. Mr. Gábor Bródi,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 755-5395
2012
31)    
India
H.E. Mr.,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 490-9656 
email address not found
-
32)    
Italy
H.E.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax (212) 490-9656 
-
33)    
Israel
H.E.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 499-5515 
email address not found
-
34)    
Japan
H.E. Mr. Yukio Takasu
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: not found
2011
35)    
Jordan
H.E. Mr. Mohammed F. Al-Allaf 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax (212) 832-5346
2012
36)    
Kyrgyzstan
H.E. Mr. Nurbek Jeenbaev
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax (212) 486-5259
email address not found
2012
37)    
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
H.E. Mr. Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax 212-593-4787
2013
38)    
Malaysia
H.E. Mr Hamidon Ali
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax 212-490-8576
2013
39)    
Maldives
H.E. Name not found
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax  not found
Email not found
2013
40)    
Mauritania
H.E. Name not found
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax not found
Email not found
2013
41)    
Mauritius
H.E. Mr. Somduth Soborun
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax (212) 697-3829
2012
42)    
Mexico
H.E. Claude Heller
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax (212) 688.8862 
2012
43)    
Netherlands
H.E. Herman Schaper
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 370-1954
-
44)    
New Zealand
H.E. Jim Mclay
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: 212 - 758 0827
-
45)    

Nicaragua

H.E. Mrs. Maria Rubiales de Chamorro
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 286-0815
-
46)    
Nigeria
H.E. U. Joy Ogwu 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212)-697-1970
Email address not found
2012
47)    
Norway
H.E. Madam Bente Angell-Hansen
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: 212-688-0554
2012
48)    
Panama

H.E. name not found

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: not found
Email not found
-
49)    
Pakistan

H.E. Abdullah Hussain Haroon

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 744-7348
2011
50)    
Philippines
H.E. Mr. Libran N. Cabactulan
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax:(212)840-8602
-
51)    
Poland
H.E. Mr Witold Sobków
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 517 6771
2013
52)    
Portugal
H.E. José Filipe Moraes Cabral
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: 212 588 0217
-
53)    
Qatar
H.E. name not found
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax not found
Email not found
2013
54)    
Republic of Korea
H.E. Mr Park, In-kook
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax 212-986-1083
2011
55)    
Republic of Moldova
H.E. Mr. Alexandru Cujba 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 447-4067
2013
56)    
Russian Federation
H.E. Mr Vitaly Churkin 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 628-0252
2012
57)    
Saudi Arabia
H.E. name not found
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax 212 983 4895
2012
58)    
Senegal
H.E. Mr. Badji
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax (212) 517-3032
2012
59)    
Slovakia
H.E. Mr. Fedor Rosocha
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax  2122868419
2011
60)    
Slovenia
H.E. Sanja Stiglic
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 370-18 24 

-
61)    
Spain
H.E. Mr. Juan Antonio Yáñez-Barnuevo
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax  (212) 949 7247
Email address not found
2013
62)    
Sweden
H.E. Mr. Marten Grunditz
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 583-2549
-
63)    
Switzerland
H.E. Mr Paul Seger
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax  212 286 1555 
2013
64)    
Thailand
H.E. Mr. Sihasak Phuangketkeow 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax:  (212) 688-3029
2013
65)    
Uganda
H.E. Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax (212) 687-4517
2013
66)    
Ukraine
H.E. Mr Yuriy A. Sergeyev
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax (212) 355-9455
2011
67)    
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
H.E. Mark Lyall Grant became 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax: (212) 745-9316
2011
68)    
United States of America
H.E. Ms Susan E. Rice
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax:  212-415-4053
Email address not found
2012
69)    
Uruguay
H.E. Mr José Luis Cancela
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax
2012
70)    
Venezuela
Ms. Gabriela del Mar Ramirez Perez
Secretary, Network of the NHRIs of the Americas
-
71)    
Zambia
H.E. name not found
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Fax not found
Email not found
2011