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Article: RUTGERS CONSTITUTIONAL LITIGATION CLINIC, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION TAKE FELON DISENFRANCHISEMENT ISSUE TO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- September 18, 2006
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Rutgers University issued the following news release:
The Constitutional Litigation Clinic at Rutgers School of Law-Newark and the American Civil Liberties Union have petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to rule that New Jersey's refusal to grant the right to vote to people on parole and probation violates universal human rights principles and the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man. The IACHR, headquartered in Washington, DC, is a body of the Organization of American States that investigates human rights complaints and issues non-binding decisions.
The petition, filed on September 14, argues that because more than 60 percent of those on ...