Additional Resources UN Press release with full text EU Statement in support of Resolution 1904 Remarks of US Ambassador Susan Rice about Resolution 1904 Fourth Freedom Forum Report: Overdue Process: Protecting Human Rights
On Sept. 23, 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder issued a memorandum instituting new Department of Justice policies and procedures for using the Executive state secrets privilege. The policy, which parallels several related recommendations from
On May 1, 2012, lawyers for KindHearts for Charitable Humanitarian Development, the Ohio-based charity shut down “pending investigation” by the Treasury Department in February 2006, announced a settlement agreement with Treasury ending the litigation on terms
The legal authority for the Department of Treasury to designate a person or organization as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) or freeze assets "pending investigation" is based on laws providing for economic sanctions
The following proposals that would allow legitimate charitable work to be completed were submitted to the Obama transition team in late 2008. Overview: Implement the State Department Guiding Principles on Non-Governmental Organizations in the U.S., including
From OMB Watch The power of the federal government to release "blocked" assets seized from entities designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations for Specially Designated Nationals derives from the same statutory framework as the power
