Raising the issue of torture in the Presidential campaign
Coalition partners are concluding a six month initiative in Iowa working to raise awareness of the issues surrounding U.S. interrogation policy and torture and abuse suffered at the hands of U.S. officials. With the first-in-the-nation presidential caucus scheduled for January 2008, Iowans play a unique and important role in shaping the national dialogue on a number of issues.
Justice for Our Neighbors - Iowa
Justice for Our Neighbors - Iowa provides free legal services to low-income immigrants as they try to follow the complicated immigration laws and processes to obtain and retain their legal status in the United States. The group works to strengthen advocacy for immigrants in their churches, in their communities, and with their representatives in government.
University of Iowa Center for Human Rights
The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights (UICHR), founded in 1999, is a direct outgrowth of Global Focus: Human Rights '98, a year-long University of Iowa commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 10 December 1948.