Advocates wanted to see affirmative help for crime victims to be at least as extensive as that provided to the offenders, and for victims to receive compensation from offenders whenever this was practicable.

Cockburn entered the Faculty of Advocates in 1800, and attached himself, not to the party of his relatives, who could have afforded him most valuable patronage, but to the Whig party, and that at a time when it held out few inducements to men ambitious of success in life.

According to International Advocates for Justice, Falun Gong has filed the largest number of human rights lawsuits in the 21st century and the charges are among the most severe international crimes defined by international criminal laws.

Meanwhile, two members of Telangana Advocates JAC filed criminal case against Chiranjeevi and 12 other leaders of his party for opposing separation of Telengana.

This suit coming on this day before this court for withdrawal in the presence of Mr. R. Rangachariar, Advocate for the Plaintiffs herein, of Mr. K. Venugopala Iyengar, Advocate for Defendants 1 herein, and of Mr. R. Soundara rajan, Advocate for Defendants 2 to 5 herein, and the said Advocates for the parties hereto represent to this court that the suit has been settled out of court, it is ordered as follows :-

* Court Appointed Special Advocates

There are no permanent Advocates General attached to the General Court ( unlike the European Court of Justice which has 8 Advocates General ).

Becoming a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1763, he soon acquired a leading position in the Scottish legal system ; and he had the advantage of the success of his half-brother Robert ( 1713 – 1787 ), who had become Lord President of the Court of Session in 1760.

* Faculty of Advocates, the rough equivalent in Scotland to the English Inns of Court

On April 11, 2001, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders ( GLAD ) sued the Massachusetts Department of Health in Superior Court on behalf of seven same-sex couples, all residents of Massachusetts, who had been denied marriage licenses in March and April 2001.

In addition to scholarships, Theta Foundation also supports the Fraternity's educational programs as well as the Fraternity's international philanthropy, Court Appointed Special Advocates ( CASA ).

Court Appointed Special Advocates ( CASA ), adopted as the international philanthropy in 1989, are community volunteers who serve as the voice for abused and neglected children in court, their purpose is to ensure all legal actions made are in the child's best interest.

Many Lord Advocates in fact nominated themselves for appointment as Lord President of the Court of Session or as Lord Justice Clerk

In 1532, the Writers to the Signet were included as Members in the newly established College of Justice, along with the Faculty of Advocates and the Clerks of the Court of Session.

Recently the Dane County Court Appointed Special Advocates ( CASA ) in Madison, Wisconsin unveiled the world's largest gingerbread man.

At the High Court of Justiciary prosecutions are brought by the Crown Office, who are represented in Court by Advocates Depute.

Court Appointed Special Advocates ( CASA ) is a national association in the United States that supports and promotes court-appointed advocates for abused or neglected children in order to provide children with a safe and healthy environment in permanent homes.

The Samueli foundation has supported The Orangewood Children ’ s Foundation, CASA ( Court Appointed Special Advocates ), Kidworks Hillview Acres, Canyon Acres, the Children ’ s Bureau, ChildShare, and other agencies that provide both preventative and restorative care for at-risk families and foster youth.

Robert Blair of Avontoun ( 1741 – 1811 ) was a Scottish advocate and judge who served as Solicitor General for Scotland from 1789 to 1806, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 1801 to 1808 and Lord President of the Court of Session from 1808 to his death.

Guardians Ad Litem may also be called, in some states, CASA, or Court Appointed Special Advocates ( www. CASAforchildren. org ) They are the voice of the child, and may represent the child in court ( usually with the help of an attorney ).

The Faculty of Advocates is an independent body of lawyers who have been admitted to practise as advocates before the courts of Scotland, especially the Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary.

Advocates General are also part of the European Court of Justice ( ECJ ), where there are eight of them.

It is the role of the Advocates General to propose to the Court, in complete independence, a legal solution to the cases for which they are responsible.

The Browns have endorsed new Texas license plate, which is designed to raise public awareness for child abuse and neglect and the need for Court Appointed Special Advocates ( CASA ) volunteers.

In December 2009, a 96-page report titled Human Rights in Ethiopia: Through the Eyes of the Oromo Diaspora, compiled by the Advocates for Human Rights, documented human rights violations against the Oromo in Ethiopia under three successive regimes: the Abyssinian Empire under Haile Selassie, the Marxist Derg and the current Ethiopian government of the Ethiopian People ’ s Revolutionary Democratic Front ( EPRDF ), dominated by members of the Tigray People ’ s Liberation Front ( TPLF ) and which was accused to have arrested approximately 20, 000 suspected OLF members, to have driven most OLF leadership into exile, and to have effectively neutralized the OLF as a political force in Ethiopia.

Sandra Henry and Emily Taitz ( Betty Friedan, Fighter for Woman ’ s Rights ) and Susan Taylor Boyd ( Betty Friedan: Voice of Woman ’ s Right, Advocates of Human Rights ), wrote biographies on Friedan ’ s life and works.

* Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, Marital and Intimate Partner Sexual Assault, Stop Violence Against Women.

These include, or have included, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Australian Privacy Foundation, the Electronic Privacy Information Center ( US ), Statewatch ( UK ), the Electronic Frontier Foundation ( US ), the European Digital Rights Initiative, Consumers International, the Foundation for Information Policy Research ( UK ), Liberty ( UK ), the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, the Moscow Human Rights Network, Amnesty International, Privacy Ukraine, Quintessenz ( Austria ), Human Rights Watch, Bits of Freedom ( Netherlands ), freedominfo. org, Index on Censorship, the Association for Progressive Communications, the Global Internet Liberty Campaign, Charter 88 ( UK ), the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates and the Thai Civil Liberties Union.

He was the convener of the Human Rights Committee of the Faculty of Advocates.

In 2005, a report undertaken by Harvard Law Student Advocates for Human Rights claimed that the UN stabilization force " effectively provided cover for the police to wage a campaign of terror in Port-au-Prince's slums ", which constitute " an unflinching bastion of support for Aristide and for Lavalas ".

Though a Segway-focused organization, Disability Rights Advocates for Technology, advocates for Segway PT sidewalk and facility access as an ADA issue, Segways cannot be marketed in the US as medical devices: they have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a medical device and Johnson & Johnson claims exclusive rights to the medical uses of the balancing technology found in the iBOT and Segway.

* Equal Rights Advocates ( since 1974 ), a women's rights organization

NCOD was founded in 1988 by Robert Eichberg, a psychologist from New Mexico and founder of the personal growth workshop, The Experience, and Jean O ' Leary, an openly-gay political leader from Los Angeles and then head of the National Gay Rights Advocates.

The first headquarters was located in the West Hollywood, California offices of the National Gay Rights Advocates.

* Washington Post, April 25, 2004: Abortion Rights Advocates Flood DC

Terry Collingsworth, a lawyer with International Rights Advocates who is involved with the multi-million dollar litigation, said: " This is a landmark case, maybe the biggest terrorism case in history.

* Equal Rights Advocates

During the early 1980s she focused on building National Gay Rights Advocates, then one of the largest national gay and lesbian rights groups.

* We, the Other People: Alternative Declarations of Independence by Labor Groups, Farmers, Woman's Rights Advocates, Socialists, and Blacks, 1829-1975.

* Equal Rights Advocates

He has been a member of the Governing Boards of the Saybrook Institute and the Gay Rights Advocates, a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and a California State Board of Psychology Commissioner, among other roles.