Collection 219 - Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law (Southern Africa Project) : [Part 1]

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ZA COM MR-AAO-219

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Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law (Southern Africa Project) : [Part 1]

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  • 1963 - present (Accumulation)

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The Law Faculty at the State University of Florida holds materials covering the period 1980-1993 and it contains annual reports, committee reports, press releases, letters and memoranda.

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The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law was created at the request of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. It provided legal representation in political and quasi-political trials in South Africa. It sent out alerts to organisations in the US and to State Department officials concerning human rights violations.

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+1202-662-8600
+1202-783-0857
www.lawyerscommittee.org
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law
1401 New York Avenue NW
Suite 400
Washington, D.C.
20005
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law
1401 New York Avenue NW
Suite 400
Washington DC
District of Columbia
United States of America

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