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Doug Cassel Human Rights Commentary
From 1992 to 1993, Doug was special counsel to the United Nations Commission on the Truth for El Salvador. He has also served as a consultant on human rights to the U.S. State Department and the Organization of American States.
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U.S. Detention Policy and Terror Trials  
Doug Cassel is Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School and Worldview Human Rights Contributor.
Do we Have a Human Right to a Healthy Environment?  
Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor
Guatemala: Canadian Mining Company under Scrutiny  
Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor

Oxfam America Report: 

Metals Mining and Sustainable Development in Central America: An Assessment of Benefits and Costs

Justice for Cambodia’s Killing Fields?  
Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview human rights contributor
A New Administration, and A New Day for Human Rights  

Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor

Corruption: Corroding Democracy, Stifling Economies  
Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor
Obama Presidency and Human Rights  

Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor

Behind the Charm of Hugo Chavez  
Doug Cassel – Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview's Human Rights Contributor
International Labor Standards: More Effective Protection for Workers  
Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor
Former Bosnian Serb President Karadzic Arrested  
Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor
Peru’s Former President Fujimori In the Dock  
Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor
U.S. Supreme Court’s Landmark Guantanamo Ruling  
Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor
Remembering William Ford  
Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor
Next President Must Restore America’s Human Rights Credibility  

Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor

Iran: War Drums in Washington  

Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor

The Texas Death Penalty: Rights of Mexicans Here and Americans Abroad  

Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor

Iraq: Does International Law Matter After All?  

Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor

Global Capitalism and Poverty  

Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor

Iran: Women Struggling for Rights  

Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor

The US: Blowing it in Pakistan, Again  

Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor

International Criminal Court and Africa  

Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor

Padilla v. Yoo: Lawfare or Rule of Law? - Part 2 of 2  

Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor

Padilla v. Yoo: The Alleged Torture - Part 1 of 2  

Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor

Kenya: Why The Election Was Worth Stealing  

Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor

CIA Torture: Destroying the Evidence  

Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor

Guantanamo: Round Three Before the Supreme Court  

Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor

Listen to the Lawyers, Not to the Dictator  

Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor

Chavez Charms Now, But How Will Venezuela Feel in the Morning?  
Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor
CIA Kidnapping: No Remedy?  
Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor
CIA Torture: At it Again  
Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor
Opening the Debate on Israel  
Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor
Rwanda’s Genocide: More Complicated Than We Thought?  
Doug Cassel — Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School. Worldview Human Rights Contributor
Shaming Ourselves at Guantánamo  
Doug Cassel, Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School. Worldview Human Rights Contributor
A Chance to Do Right for Iraq  
Doug Cassel — Center of Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor
Liberty: Where and for Whom?  
Doug Cassel — Center of Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor
No Saviour in Sight for Darfur  
Doug Cassel — Center of Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor
Farewell to Free Press in Moscow and Caracas  
Doug Cassel — Center of Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor
Saving the Children: Mission Possible  
Doug Cassel — Center of Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame Law School
Chavez’ Vision for Venezuela: Adios to Human Rights  
Doug Cassel — Center of Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Commentator
Guantanamo: Still a Law Free Zone  
Doug Cassel — Center of Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame Law School
Dueling Human Rights Reports: China and the United States  
Doug Cassel—Center of Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Commentator
Accountability of States for Genocide Committed Abroad  
Doug Cassel—Center of Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame Law School.  In his regular Human Rights commentator, Doug responds to this week's World Court decision about the genocide in the Balkans.
Doug Cassel Human Rights Commentary  
Doug Cassel Human Rights Commentary
Former U.S. Congressman and Catholic Priest Dies  
Doug Cassel—Center of Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Commentator
Bush Official Says Law Firms Representing Guantanamo Detainees Should be Punished  
Doug Cassel—Center of Civil and Human Rights, Notre Dame Law School
 
Human Rights--Hussein Execution  
Regular Commentator Doug Cassel: “Saddam: How Not to Try a Tyrant”
Human Rights-Candor from the Departing UN Secretary-General  
Doug Cassel—Director, Center of Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame Law School; Human Rights Contributor
The International Ban on War Propaganda  
Doug Cassel—Center of Civil and Human Rights, Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Contributor
D.R. Congo—Hopes for a Lasting Peace  
Doug Cassel — Director, Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame Law School
Darfur—No Time to Delay Action  
Doug Cassel—Center of Civil and Human Rights at Notre Dame Law School
Uganda—“If You Want Peace, Work for Justice”  
Doug Cassel—Director, Center for Civil and Human Rights, Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Commentator
Torture Compromise Bill Approved by the Senate  
Doug Cassel—Director, Center for Civil and Human Rights, Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Commentator
U.S. Senate’s Alternate Military Tribunal Bill  
Doug Cassel—Director, Center for Civil and Human Rights, Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Commentator
Strategy behind the Word “Islamofascism”  
Doug Cassel—Director, Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Commentator
Ironic Similarities in Chinese and American Justice  
Doug Cassel—Director, Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Commentator
President Bush Says He Wants to End Guantanamo Prison Camp  
Doug Cassel—Director, Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Commentator
Seven Principles of International Law  
Doug Cassel—Director, Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Commentator
Charles Taylor Case Validates the International Criminal Court  
Doug Cassel—Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Commentator
International Criminal Court Arrests First Defendant  
Doug Cassel—Director, Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame Law School; Human Rights Commentator
Sex, Honor, and Shame: More Countries Embrace U.N. Convention to End Discrimination against Women  

Doug Cassel—Director, Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Commentator

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Dubai Uproar is Just Politics  
Doug Cassel—Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Commentator
Latin America—Stemming the Political “Pink Tide”  
Doug Cassel—Human Rights Commentator; Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame Law School
Bush Administration Defends Warrant-less Wiretapping Program  
Doug Cassel—Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights at the University of Notre Dame Law School
Worldview Human Rights Commentator
Color Complex: How to Prevent Racism from Becoming Genocide  
Doug Cassel—Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Commentator
Russia Thwarts International Human Rights Body  
Doug Cassel—Director of the Center for Civil and Human Rights, University of Notre Dame Law School; Worldview Human Rights Commentator
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