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Amnesty International

Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organization with its headquarters in the United Kingdom focused on human rights. It is a global movement of more than 10 million people in over 150 countries and territories who campaign to end abuses of human rights.

Legal Services of Hudson Valley

The mission of LSHV is to provide high quality counsel in civil matters for low-income individuals and families and other vulnerable persons who do not have access to legal representation to maintain their basic needs, and to pursue equity through dismantling systemic oppression. These include urgent legal needs such as: housing emergencies (eviction and foreclosure prevention), domestic violence (orders of protection, child custody, etc.), healthcare, disability and benefits, elder law, consumer fraud and more.

CEJIL

The Center for Justice and International Law’s (CEJIL) mission is to contribute to the full enjoyment of human rights in the Americas through the effective use of Inter-American System tools and other international human rights law protection mechanisms.

CEJIL offers advice and free legal representation to victims of human rights abuses—and to organizations that defend their causes—when justice proves impossible to achieve in their own countries. In this effort, CEJIL prioritizes the hemisphere’s most persecuted and excluded populations. 

 

The Division of Criminal Justice

The Division of Criminal Justice is responsible for the investigation and prosecution of all criminal matters in the State of Connecticut. It is an independent agency of the executive branch of state government, established under the Constitution of the State of Connecticut. The Division of Criminal Justice is composed of the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney, located in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, and the Offices of the State’s Attorneys for each of the thirteen Judicial Districts in the State of Connecticut.