Human Rights Committee of the Bar of England and Wales, Human Rights Advocates, et al.
Amici Curiae
Constance de la Vega, Counsel of RecordThe Human Rights Committee of the Bar of England and Wales and Human Rights Advocates are joined in this brief by Human Rights Watch and the World Organization for Human Rights USA. All are nonprofit organizations dedicated to upholding international human rights standards. Constance de la Vega is a professor of law at the University of San Francisco. She received her law degree from the University of California at Berkeley. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on July 15, 2004.International law…