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June 16, 2010
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April 25, 2010
Students from the Human Rights Clinic traveled to Costa Rica in the spring of 2010 to investigate the proposed creation of the largest hydroelectric project of its kind in Central America and its impact on the indigenous Teribe people. In violation of international human rights law, the Costa Rican government is proceeding without the consultation […] -
April 25, 2010
Lysias Fleury, a former Haitian human rights defender, was illegally and arbitrarily arrested and detained, tortured, and forced into hiding for almost five years, and he is now an asylee in the United States. His case has been sent to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and will be only the second case where Haiti […] -
April 25, 2010
In Indonesia, oil palm tree plantations normally replace tropical forest lands and even whole forest ecosystems which are often traditionally owned by indigenous peoples pursuant to their own customary laws. Human Rights Clinic students conducted, at the request of the Forest People’s Program, research on international legal rules and procedures regarding labor practices and the […] -
April 24, 2010
Students conducted research on the ways poverty leads to exclusion from society, institutional practices and obstacles that limit those in poverty’s participation in society, and how to improve those institutions’ practices in order to allow and encourage this participation. The study was prepared for the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights. -
April 24, 2010
The Clinic conducted a follow-up project on the three-volume report on corporate complicity and legal accountability released by the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ). The Clinic researched corporate complicity cases in the Americas to determine how courts are dealing with claims seeking civil, criminal, and constitutional remedies for the harms produced by companies’ complicity with […] -
March 19, 2010
The Immigration Clinic places students at the epicenter of the fight for human rights in the U.S.. Part of the Clinic’s work is done at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center, a prison for immigrant women run by the Corrections Corporation of America. Many of the women at Hutto are asylum seekers who have suffered […] -
March 19, 2010
When I began the Immigration Clinic, I had a strong inclination toward practicing immigration law. Helping people realize their dream of remaining in the U.S. was more rewarding than I could have imagined. I also had to face the harsh reality that, regardless of the outcome of each case, I had to remain as professional […] -
March 19, 2010
The Human Rights Clinic has probably been my most substantive and influential law school experience. Given my future aspirations to work in the human rights field, I welcomed and appreciated the rigor and depth of the HRC. Without a doubt, the HRC was a demanding course, but it was an authentic and realistic glimpse of […] -
March 19, 2010
I am extremely grateful that I had the opportunity to work with the Human Rights Clinic over three semesters—first as a volunteer, then as a student, and continuing as an advanced student. Throughout my time I worked with other students on projects that illuminated different aspects of human rights advocacy. I wrote an amicus curiae […]
