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Letters & Testimony

118th Congress

07/20/2023
Senate Leadership and Senate Committee on Armed Services
ABA Urges the Senate to ensure that S. 2327, the Afghan Adjustment Act, is included in the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act

07/11/2023
State Department
ABA Expresses Continued Support for the Singapore Convention on Mediation, Urges State Department to Seek Prompt Senate Approval

4/20/2023
State and Local Bar Presidents
ABA Urges State and Local Bars to Encourage Their Secretaries of State to Authorize the Use of Electronic Apostilles and Registers

4/6/2023
The Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
ABA Letter to President Biden Regarding Evidence of Potential Atrocity Crimes Committed in Ukraine

2/14/2023
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
ABA Submits Comments to FinCEN on Proposed Beneficial Ownership Information Access and Safeguards Rule

1/6/2023
OECD Public Governance Committee
ABA Letter on the OECD Draft Recommendation on Access to Justice and People-Centered Justice Systems

117th Congress

12/15/2022
Senate Leadership and Senate Appropriations Committee
ABA Letter Supporting the Afghan Adjustment Act

10/6/2022
United States Agency for International Development
ABA Letter Offering Input on draft Anti-Corruption Policy

9/28/2022
Senate Judiciary Committee
ABA Statement Submitted for the Hearing “From Nuremberg to Ukraine: Accountability for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity"

6/30/2022
Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
ABA Testimony Regarding Fiscal Year 2023 Funding for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Programs

6/3/2022
House Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
ABA Testimony Regarding Fiscal Year 2023 Funding for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) Programs

4/27/2022
Honorable Chief Justice N.V. Ramana, Supreme Court of India
ABA Letter Regarding the Detention of Journalists in Jammu and Kashmir

4/22/2022
His Excellency Naftali Bennett, Prime Minister of Israel
ABA Letter Regarding Israel's Designation of Six Palestinian Human Rights and Humanitarian Organizations as Terrorist Entities

4/20/2022
Financial Action Task Force
ABA Urges FATF Not to Adopt New International Anti-Money Laundering Guidance to the Real Estate Sector Requiring Lawyers to Disclose Protected Client Information

4/6/2022
House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
ABA Letter Supporting an Update to the Foreign Agents Registration Act

3/21/2022
United States Agency for International Development
ABA Letter Offering Input on USAID draft Rule of Law Policy

3/3/2022
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary of State Antony Blinken
ABA Letter Urging Immediate Temporary Protected Status for Ukraine

10/5/2021
Secretary of State Antony Blinken
ABA Expresses Support for Singapore Convention on Mediation, Urges State Department to Seek Prompt Senate Approval

9/23/2021
Secretary of State Antony Blinken
ABA Letter Expressing Support for Continuing Efforts to Facilitate the Evacuation from Afghanistan for Lawyers and Judges at Risk

8/20/2021
FATF Secretariat
ABA Urges FATF Not to Amend Existing International Anti-Money Laundering Standards to Require Lawyers to Disclose Confidential Client Information to Government Authorities

8/9/2021
Senator Marco Rubio
ABA Letter to Senator Marco Rubio Regarding Rule of Law Enhancement Efforts in Colombia

8/3/2021
U.S. Government Accountability Office
ABA Provides U.S. Government Accountability Office with Information on the Association's Efforts to Fight Money Laundering

7/6/2021
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing Commander-in-Chief of Defense Services 
ABA Letter Regarding Rule of Law, Independence of the Judiciary and Legal Profession, and Respect for Human Rights in Myanmar

6/11/2021
House Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
ABA Statement Regarding Fiscal Year 2022 Funding for Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Programs

4/13/2021
The Minister of Law and Justice in India
ABA Letter Concerning the Possible Deportation to Myanmar of Rohingya refugees in India

116th Congress

11/30/2020
UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
ABA Letter Responding to Request for Input on New Global Project

10/25/2019
House and Senate Armed Services Committees
ABA Letter in Support of Several Provisions of the House National Defense Authorization Act

6/3/2019
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Committee on Appropriatons
ABA Testimony in Support of Programs to Promote the Rule of Law Internationally
 

3/12/2019
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Committee on Appropriations
Statement in Support of Programs to Promote the Rule of Law Internationally

1/11/19
 Senate State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee
ABA Letter on Constitutional Court in Guatemala

115th Congress

4/17/18
Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Judiciary Committee
ABA Letter in Support of Marrakesh Treaty

2/7/18
California State Senator William Monning
ABA Letter in Support of California Senate Bill 766

12/7/17
House and Senate Appropriations Committees
ABA Letter in Support of Essential Funding for Democracy, Rights, and Governance Programming in FY18 Appropriations

12/5/17
Russian Deputy Minister Denis Novak
ABA Letter to Russian Deputy Minister of Justice Regarding Liberalized Legal Services Market

9/14/17
Department of State
ABA Letter Urging State Department to Prioritize Promotion of Democracy, Human Rights, Justice, and Rule of Law

5/5/17
Department of Homeland Security
ABA Urges DHS to Preserve Attorney-Client Privilege and Client Confidentiality During Border Searches of Lawyers’ Electronic Devices

114th Congress

7/24/2015
Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security and Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
ABA Urges Reassessment of DHS Policy Banning Counsel from Overseas Refugee Interviews