Center for Constitutional Democracy in Plural Societies
Facing the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Indiana University Maurer School of Law Professor David C. Williams on Wednesday (Sept. 30) urged the federal government not to relax sanctions on the Burmese military regime until demonstrable progress can be shown in constitutional development and human rights.
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The Indiana University Maurer School of Law will partner with the Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic this Friday (May 15) for an in-depth discussion on the human rights and political challenges facing the people of Burma.
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Twenty years ago this month, Ngun Cung "Andrew" Lian faced seven armed Burmese soldiers in his home town, Matupi, a small outpost in Western Burma. Massive protests had swelled up throughout the country on Aug. 8, 1988, but being in a remote location, Lian and his fellow citizens didn't get the news until a day later.
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Friday, Aug. 8, marks the 20th anniversary of the 8/8/88 protests that were the beginning of a nationwide pro-democracy movement in Burma. Ngun Cung "Andrew" Lian, a Burmese exile since 1988 and now a research associate at the Center for Constitutional Democracy in Plural Societies at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington, and law professor David C. Williams, founder and director of the CCDPS, are available to discuss the anniversary.
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Indiana University President Michael McRobbie announced today (Dec. 12) that Lilly Endowment is giving the IU Foundation two major gifts, totaling $69 million, to secure the international standing of the IU Jacobs School of Music, provide its world-class music faculty and students with a state-of-the-art studio facility and propel the IU School of Law-Bloomington to the upper echelon of public university law schools.
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Professor Fred H. Cate and former head of the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel and Professor Dawn Johnsen are available to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to hear rendition case of Khaled el-Masri, a German man who claims the CIA kidnapped and tortured him. Both are faculty members at the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington.
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