Wednesday, April 11, 2007

NJ COSPOSNORS OF HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION

The following is a list of New Jersey Representatives and Senators who have signed on as cosponsors of selected human rights legislation (Source: THOMAS, April 11, 2007). Amnesty International USA is campaigning on behalf of all of these bills except HRES 101. While AIUSA is not organizing support for HRES 101, it is campaigning for ratification of CEDAW in the Senate.


VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

HRES 100 Violence Against Women in Guatemala (4 NJ/84 Total Cosponsors)
Rep Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1]
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9]
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10]
Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12]

HRES 101 CEDAW (Convention on the Elitmination of All Forms of Discrimnation Against Women) Ratification (6 NJ/93 Total Cosponsors)
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6]
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8]
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9]
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10]
Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12]
Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13]

DARFUR & RELATED CONFLICTS

SRES 76 Chad/Sudan/Central African Republic (0 NJ/12 Total Cosponsors)

“WAR ON TERROR”

HR 1352 Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act (4 NJ/48 Total Cosponsors)
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9]
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10]
Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12]
Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13]

HR 1416 Habeas Corpus Restoration Act (1 NJ/24 Total Cosponsors)
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9]

S 185 Habeas Corpus Restoration (1 NJ/10 Total Cosponsors)
Sen Lautenberg, Frank R.

HR 1415 Restoring the Constitution Act (1 NJ/25 Total Cosponsors)
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9]

S 576 Restoring the Consutitution (2 NJ/11 Total Cosponsors)
Sen Lautenberg, Frank R.
Sen Menendez, Robert

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