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December 2, 2014
In 2013-14, the Clinic co-counseled with criminal defense attorneys to represent a journalist named Barrett Brown who was being prosecuted in federal court in Dallas on a variety of charges, including computer crimes, obstruction of justice, and internet threats. The case involved First Amendment rights to engage in journalism research using internet sources and methods, […] -
September 2, 2014
In the fall of 2014, the Clinic partnered with the ACLU of Texas and the ACLU Border Rights Office to write an issue brief regarding rights violations and abuses at short-term U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities at or near the border. During the summer of 2014, when there was an increase in migrant flows […] -
June 2, 2014
Wrongful Imprisonment and Right to Counsel for the Criminally Accused 2014
In 2013-2014, the Clinic co-counseled with the Texas Fair Defense Project (TFDJ) and private counsel, to represent a Dallas-area resident who was arrested in one county based on a warrant from another county, jailed in violation of state law for twenty two days, and denied access to appointed counsel despite numerous requests. The warrant for […] -
April 24, 2014
The Working Group on Human Rights and the Border Wall prepared a submission to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights highlighting violations of the Right to Property, Non-Discrimination, and Indigenous Rights of Residents of the Texas Rio Grande Valley and the Texas-Mexico Border. -
April 2, 2014
In the spring of 2014, the Clinic partnered with the Texas Fair Defense Project to compile information on national and state standards and best practices relating to criminal representation of juveniles with mental health issues or intellectual or developmental disabilities. TFDP used the research to propose guidelines for the use of social workers at all […] -
December 2, 2013
In the fall of 2013, the Clinic co-counseled with attorneys at the Texas Civil Rights Project and the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) to represent Prison Legal News, a project of HRDC that publishes a monthly legal journal for prisoners. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Antonio, alleged that Comal County Jail violated […] -
October 7, 2013
Students travel all over the world on behalf of Human Rights Clinic
During the fall semester of 2013, eight students travelled on behalf of the Human Rights Clinic. The Clinic sent three students to Brownsville, Texas to visit the U.S.-Mexico border, three students to Panama, and two students to Argentina. The students who visited Brownsville and the U.S.-Mexico border went there to meet with (among others) Dr. […] -
September 2, 2013
In the fall of 2013, the Clinic partnered with the ACLU of Texas to research legal questions, including Fourth Amendment protection for searches and seizures at the border and First Amendment rights to film law enforcement officers. Using this research, Clinic students drafted know-your-rights materials. -
July 2, 2013
The Clinic is partnering with the ACLU of Texas to conduct legal and fact research relating to legislative efforts relating to deployment of the Texas Department of Public Safety and other state law enforcement officers along the international border with Mexico. -
October 25, 2012
Guatemala: Access to information for Human Rights abuses in Guatemala
The HRC worked with the Open Society Justice Initiative conducting legal research on the balance between the right to access to information on human rights abuses, the right to privacy, and the presumption of innocence.
