ACLU picks our Katrina coverage.I wanted you to know that the ACLU ACLU: see American Civil Liberties Union. is submitting a Shadow Report to the United Nations on the U.S. compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is a United Nations treaty based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, created in 1966 and entered into force on 23 March 1976. . One small part of that report is the mention of Orleans Parish Prison during Katrina that cites your wonderful article "Imprisoned im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- in New Orleans" (Spring 2006) for the racial data that we needed to make the connection between race and abandonment. Thanks for the good work on the article, and know that it will hopefully be put to more good use! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Katie Schwartzmann Staff Attorney, ACLU Foundation of Louisiana CODE, OF LOUISIANA. In 1822, Peter Derbigny, Edward Livingston, and Moreau Lislet, were selected by the legislature to revise and amend the civil code, and to add to it such laws still in force as were not included therein. |
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