Humanitarian Law Project
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The Humanitarian Law Project (founded 1985) is a U.S.-based non-profit organization
organization, working to protect human rights
and promote "the peaceful resolution of conflict by using established international human rights laws and humanitarian law."
The organization was the named party and lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court of the United States
case of Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project
, 130 S. Ct. 2705 (2010).
The organisation's mandate includes the long-term strengthening of human rights standards—particularly those ratified
by nation-state
s—and to promote human rights dialogue between human rights activists, legal academics, members of the US Congress and their staffs, and other interested U.S. citizens.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
organization, working to protect human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
and promote "the peaceful resolution of conflict by using established international human rights laws and humanitarian law."
The organization was the named party and lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
case of Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project
Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project
Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, 561 U. S. ____ , was a case decided in June 2010 by the United States Supreme Court regarding the USA PATRIOT Act which prohibits material support to groups designated as terrorists...
, 130 S. Ct. 2705 (2010).
The organisation's mandate includes the long-term strengthening of human rights standards—particularly those ratified
Ratification
Ratification is a principal's approval of an act of its agent where the agent lacked authority to legally bind the principal. The term applies to private contract law, international treaties, and constitutionals in federations such as the United States and Canada.- Private law :In contract law, the...
by nation-state
Nation-state
The nation state is a state that self-identifies as deriving its political legitimacy from serving as a sovereign entity for a nation as a sovereign territorial unit. The state is a political and geopolitical entity; the nation is a cultural and/or ethnic entity...
s—and to promote human rights dialogue between human rights activists, legal academics, members of the US Congress and their staffs, and other interested U.S. citizens.