Word: mallard
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Bemis Professor of International Law DetlevVagts, who worked in the State Department duringthe 1970s, says that the State Department islegally required to investigate Mallard'scomplaints...
...Mallard is not alone in urging greatergovernment response to alleged human rightsviolations overseas. A proposed Congressionalbill--which would permit Americans to seekrecourse in the U.S. court system for human rightsviolations outside the country--and an upcomingSupreme Court case are at last bringing the issueto greater public attention, and Mallard says hehopes these measures are a start in the rightdirection...
...Mallard says that experiences of the past12 years have led him largely to give up theexpectation that the State Department will take upKeene and Maes' case of its own accord. Theexecutive-turned-human rights activist says hishopes now rest with the efforts underway inCongress and in the Supreme Court...
...will continue to pursue the matter," hesays. "[Keene and Maes, and others like them]deserve better from their country."Photo Courtesy Herbert K. MallardHERBERT K. MALLARD...
Soon afterward, Herbert K. Mallard, operations manager for the Saudi Industrial Company, hired Keene and Maes as foremen for an industrial port in Jubail...