Rights

Monica Basche quoted in a Baltimore Sun article about the MD Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services rolling out body-worn cameras for correctional officers: “Any additional oversight is better than the status quo, but body-worn cameras are not a substitute for hiring qualified individuals and training them to respect the constitutional rights of prisoners.” – Go Health Pro

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Monica Basche quoted in a Baltimore Sun article about the MD Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services rolling out body-worn cameras for correctional officers: “Any additional oversight is better than the status quo, but body-worn cameras are not a substitute for hiring qualified individuals and training them to respect the constitutional rights of prisoners.” – Go Health Pro

Brown, Goldstein & Levy attorney Monica Basche was quoted in a recent Baltimore Sun article that reported on the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (“DPSCS”) pilot program for body-worm cameras for correctional officers.  The pilot program will start with a staggered roll-out  at five Maryland prisons, with  an agency-wide roll-out later this … Read more

Anthony May joined the American Diabetes Association webinar on Diabetes Rights and Public Accommodations as part of the 2025 annual Fighting for Fairness webinar series. – Go Health Pro

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Anthony May joined the American Diabetes Association webinar on Diabetes Rights and Public Accommodations as part of the 2025 annual Fighting for Fairness webinar series. – Go Health Pro

Brown, Goldstein & Levy partner Anthony May joined colleague Brittany Bruggemann, M.D., as a speaker for the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Fighting for Fairness 2025 webinar series. Anthony spoke on “The Rights of People with Diabetes in Public Accommodations” on February 19, 2025. The Fighting for Fairness webinar series, which consists of six sessions, addresses … Read more

A Human Rights Perspective On The Transfer Of US Prisoners To Salvadoran Jails – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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A Human Rights Perspective On The Transfer Of US Prisoners To Salvadoran Jails – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

On the 4th of February 2025, the President of El Salvador offered the United States of America ‘the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system’, transferring convicted U.S. criminals into the Salvadoran mega-prison (CECOT) ‘in exchange for a fee.’ Amidst an increasingly fragile rule of law, mounting carceral expansion and documented human rights abuses … Read more

The Council of Europe’s Proposed Definition of Terrorism Infringes Human Rights – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

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A Human Rights Perspective On The Transfer Of US Prisoners To Salvadoran Jails – EJIL: Talk! – Go Health Pro

The Council of Europe (CoE) is preparing to amend its legal definition of terrorism, to largely replicate key elements of the European Union’s (EU) definition in its Counter-terrorism Directive 2017 (and previous Framework Decision on Combating Terrorism 2002). The proposed definition aims to make the CoE definition more comprehensive than the CoE’s existing Convention on … Read more

Are Muslims perceived as a threat to LGBTQ+ rights? – Go Health Pro

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Are Muslims perceived as a threat to LGBTQ+ rights? – Go Health Pro

Drawing on new research, Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte, Alberto López Ortega and Michael Hunklinger find that a clear majority of people in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK and the United States believe that Muslims pose a threat to LGBTQ+ rights. In recent years, political narratives in western countries have increasingly portrayed Muslim communities as a threat to … Read more

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