Humanitarian Law Project, et al., Petitioners David D. Cole, Counsel of Record
Ralph Fertig is a retired judge and president of the Humanitarian Law Project (HLP), which has advised insurgent organizations like the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on how to use international law to further their causes. Nagalingam Jeyalingam is an American physician of Tamil descent who wishes to support the humanitarian and political activities of the LTTE. On October 8, 1997, the U.S. Government designated the PKK and LTTE as foreign terrorist organizations as defined by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), which prohibited Americans from supporting the two rebel groups….
