Above photo: Steven Donziger attends his pre-sentencing rally. From Law and Crime.
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Report of monitors: United States v. Steven Donziger, No. 19-CR-561 (LAP); 11-CIV-691 (LAK) United States Federal Court, South New York Trial Division.
Pilot project to establish International Monitoring Panels to Evaluate Trials in the United States (IMPETUS)
Donziger Criminal Contempt Proceedings Violated International Human Rights Law and Standards
Final Observations and Conclusions on the Criminal Contempt Proceedings against Steven Donziger in the Trial Division, 2019-2021.
Stephen Rapp
Catherine Morris
Etienne Toussaint
24 January 2022
Executive Summary
This executive summary presents an overview of key findings of a international group of legal scholars and practitioners who conducted impartial monitoring of the case of United States v. Steven Donziger, No. 19-CR-561 (LAP); 11-CIV-691 (LAK). This summary sets a brief background, the principle findings of the monitoring group and the Panel’s recommendations. The summary contains no footnotes; references to relevant sections of the fully-footnoted report are provided.
The Panel has determined that the conduct of judges and prosecutors in Steven Donziger’s case has led to numerous and serious violations of his rights with respect to liberty, arbitrary detention and fair trials under international human rights law, in particular Articles 9 and 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ratified by the United States in 1992. The Panel has recommended that by way of remedy he be immediately released from custody and be compensated for the violations he has experienced.
