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113A - Urges business enterprises to
implement, the guidance set forth in the
report, “Shared Space Under Pressure:
Business Support for Civic Freedoms
and Human Rights Defenders: Guidance
for Companies,” published jointly by the
Business and Human Rights Resource
Centre and the International Service for
Human Rights in September 2018.
113B - Urges all governments to prioritize
dignity rights in crafting, implementing,
and enforcing laws, policies, regulations,
and procedures.
113C - Urges the United States Government
to enforce fully and consistently the
Arms Export Control Act and the Foreign
Assistance Act, particularly the Human
rights provisions thereof.
115A - Urges Congress to ensure that
the health care delivered by the Indian
Health Service (IHS) is exempt from
government shutdowns and federal
budget sequestrations on par with the
exemptions provided to the Veterans
Health Administration.
115B - Urges Congress, states, and
territories to enact legislation that would
provide stronger remedies and protections
against pay discrimination on the basis of
sex (including gender and gender identity),
race and ethnicity and for employees with
disabilities to help overcome the persistent
barriers that continue to impede the
achievement of pay equity.
115C - Supports the constitutionality of
the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) in
the effort to strengthen tribal jurisdiction
over their child welfare system, uphold
tribal kinship and set standards specific
for American Indians/Alaska Natives child
and youth placement.
115D - Urges the Department of Justice
to retain—as a minimum threshold—
existing policy protections, as codified at
28 C.F.R. § 50.10 (2016), that limit federal
law enforcement in obtaining information
from, or records of, members of the
news media, and that limit federal law
enforcement in questioning, arresting, or
indicting members of the news media.
healthcare providers requirements that
are not medically necessary or have the
purpose or effect of burdening patients’
access to healthcare services.
115H - Urges the United States Government,
and Governments around the world to
promote the human right to a basic income
by increasing the funding, development
and implementation of basic income
strategies to prevent infringement of this
right.
116 - Urges courts, as well as their
respective bar associations, to carefully
review their policies on use and admittance
of cellphones in courthouses, to ensure
meaningful access to our judicial system,
balancing the security risks posed by
cellphone use with the needs of litigants,
and in particular, those who are self-
represented or of lower income.
117A - Urges states, counties, tribal and
local governments to enact legislation
to ensure that any proceeds they receive
from the current opioid litigation be used
for remedying the harm resulting from the
opioid epidemic.
117B - Urges Congress to enact legislation
to amend the Ethics in Patient Referrals
Act of 1989 (commonly known as the Stark
Law) to modernize the law and encourage
the adoption of value-based payment
arrangements and other coordinated care
arrangements that will lower costs to the
Medicare program and improve the quality
of services to its beneficiaries.
118 - Emphasizes the right of parents and
children to family integrity and family
unity and the maintenance of family
connectedness if a child does need to enter
foster care.
120 - Urges the United States and other
countries to take measures in response to
the crimes committed against the Rohingya
by the Burmese/Myanmar military.
121A - Recommends that the Executive
Office for Immigration Review amend 8
C.F.R. §1003.1(h) and establish, through
rulemaking, standards and procedures for
the Attorney General certification process.
115E - Advocates the requirement of
all law enforcement agencies to adopt
regulations similar to the standards set
by the Commission on Police Officer and
Standard Training (POST). 121B - Recommends that the Executive
Office for Immigration Review create a
presumption to extend the filing of an
appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals
(BIA) for pro se applicants.
115F - Urges federal, state, local, territorial,
and tribal governments to refrain from
imposing upon medical facilities or 121C - Recommends that the Executive
Office for Immigration Review continue
the implementation of an integrated,
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system-wide electronic filing and case
management system nationwide, with
adequate funding from Congress.
121D - Recommends that the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) codify the core
requirements of the 2009 Parole Directive
into regulation.
121E - Recommends that the Circuit
Court of Appeals establish or expand
pro bono programs to provide pro bono
representation to pro se appellants to help
efficiently resolve immigration cases.
121F - Recommends that the Executive
Office for Immigration Review amend
regulations to eliminate the automatic
termination of voluntary departure when
an applicant petitions for judicial review
under 8 C.F.R. §1240.26(i) and also to
implement an automatic stay of removal
or deportation pending judicial review by
the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals or the
pendency of the appeal period.
122 - Grants approval to 3 programs, grants
reapproval to 17 paralegal education
programs, withdraws the approval of 8
programs at the request of the institutions,
and extends the term of approval for 42
paralegal education programs.
200 - Revises the Principles and Guidelines
on the Election Process for Officers of the
Association.
400A - Recommends that certain
Association policies that pertain to public
issues and are 10 years old or older be
archived.
400B - Recommends that certain
Association policies that pertain to public
issues that were adopted in 1999 which
were previously considered for archiving
but retained be archived.
If there is anything I can do for you as your
delegate to the ABA, please let me know.
Thank you all for the opportunity to serve
as your delegate.
All my best,
David Miller