CHRC Staff-Only Briefing:

Humanitarian Assistance and Foreign Policy –

The New F Bureau at the US Department of State

Thursday, October 26th, 2006 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Room: 2318 Raybrun

In February 2006, Secretary of State Rice announced  the creation of a new office within the Department of State to more effectively coordinate foreign policy goals and U.S. foreign assistance, using her authority under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (PL 87-195).  Please join the Congressional Human Rights Caucus for a staff-only briefing on the newly created coordination office of Director of Foreign Assistance. >> 

 

CHRC Staff Briefing Human Rights in Indonesia:

An Overview and Update on the Munir Case featuring Ms. Suciwati and Usman Hamid

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Room:  2200

In one of the most bizarre attacks on a human rights activist, prominent Indonesian human rights attorney Nunir Said Thalib was found dead on September 7, 2004, on board a Netherlands-bound Garuda Airlines flight from Jakarta to Amsterdam. According to the investigating Dutch Forensic Institute, Munir had died as a result of a dose of arsenic poison.  Please join the Congressional Human Rights Caucus at a staff briefing on the human rights situation in Indonesia and the murder of Indonesia's prominent human rights lawyer, Munir Said Thalib.  >>

 

CHRC Staff Briefing:  ASEAN – A Regional Approach to Human Rights in Burma

Friday, October 6th 2006 11:00am-12pm Room: 2216 Rayburn HOB

According to human rights reports by the U.S. State Department and private organizations, Burma's extremely poor record worsened even further in 2004 and 2005. These reports have laid out a familiar pattern of government and military abuses of civilians: killings, torture, rape, arbitrary arrests, and forced labor.  Please join the Congressional Human Rights Caucus at a staff briefing on regional efforts to address the human rights problems in Burma. >>

 

CHRC Briefing:

Uganda – Gender Equity in Property Rights

Thursday, September 28, 2006 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 pm. Room:  2203 Rayburn