In 2020, a group of international human rights practitioners and academics from the United States (US) and Canada formed a working group to develop International Monitoring Panels to Evaluate Trials in the United States (IMPETUS). The group identified a need to assess implementation of international human rights laws, norms, and standards within the US justice…
IMPETUS report: US v. Donziger, 24 January 2022
United States v. Steven Donziger, No. 19-CR-561 (LAP); 11-CIV-691 (LAK), United States Federal Court, South New York Trial Division: Final Observations and Conclusions on the Criminal Contempt Proceedings in the Trial Division, 2019-2021, 24 January 2022. The report is posted at https://impetusmonitors.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMPETUS.Donziger.FinalReport.January2022.pdf.
US v. Donziger: International monitors find criminal contempt proceedings violated US international law obligations | Statement
IMPETUS Statement (full pdf) Donziger Criminal Contempt Proceedings Violated US International Human Rights Obligations Statement issued by IMPETUS 24 January 2022 An international group of legal scholars and practitioners, International Monitoring Panels to Evaluate Trials in the United States (IMPETUS), has released a 55-page report of their findings of US Federal Court criminal contempt proceedings…