News & Announcements
June 2013
Celebration to honor Dean Grossman as recently elected Chair of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
April 2013
Human Rights Brief Selects New Co-Editors-in-Chief, Diana Damshroder and Michelle Flash
Center announces call for applications for new AU Student Human Rights Collaboration Committee
Special Rapporteur on Torture and Inter-American Commission call for end of indefinite detention at Guantánamo
IHRIB Co-Director spoke with recent conference participants about the impact of commodity speculation of food security
Center Sends Trial Observation Missions to Guatemala
Center Co-Director discusses his experience defending a juvenile detained at Guantanamo Bay
Initiative for Human Rights in Business Co-Director presents a paper analyzing the private security industry
Center co-hosts several panel discussions on International Humanitarian Law and Disability
March 2013
Representatives from the Initiative for Human Rights in Business Project participate in an international conference on price fluctuations in international commodities
Director of the Center's Local Human Rights Lawyering Project attends a recent event at the U.S. Department of Justice considering the future of indigent defense fifty years after Gideon v. Wainwright
Special Rapporteur participates in the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights' first ever hearing on Solitary Confinement in the Americas
Congratulations to Antoine Perret and Sharad Bansal, winners of the 2013 IHL Student Writing Competition!
Special Rapporteur on Torture releases a report following up on a recent trip to Uruguay
February 2013
Center representatives join the discussion on the future of legal services in the United States
WCL community to celebrate the life of transformational lawyer, Chief Justice Arthur Chaskason
Center Director participates in State Department Discussion on Ending Racial Discrimination
Hadar Harris in London to help protect the right to education in times of conflict
Center will host a discussion with experts on mass shootings and mental disability rights in the US
Special Rapporteur on Torture releases a new report to the Human Rights Council
IHL writing competition applications received!
LHRL Advisory Board strategizes on how to expand the impact of the Project
January 2013
Anti-Torture Initiative returns from outreach visit in Tunisia
WCL receives USAID grant to launch a collaborative partnership with universities in Colombia focusing on promoting and protecting human rights
Anti-Torture Initiative Conducts Outreach Visit in Tunisia
Applications to join Center’s Student Advisory Board due by Jan. 18
2013 International Humanitarian Law Student Writing Competition ends on Jan. 31
Initiative for Human Rights in Business Launches informative eNewsletter
Dean Grossman moderates a panel on the role of global engagement in legal education at the annual meeting for the Association of American Law Schools
December 2012
Anti-Torture Initiative Hosts Convening of Experts to Discuss Torture in Healthcare Settings with UN Special Rapporteur
First-ever Joint Legal Aid Complaint Submitted to UN Special Rapporteur by Local Human Rights Lawyering Partners
Local Human Rights Lawyering Project Director and Human Rights Coordinators Present at NLADA Conference
Now Accepting Applications for the 2013 Student Advisory Board
November 2012
Local Human Rights Lawyering Project Consultant trains Maryland attorneys to incorporate human rights norms into domestic violence cases
Local Human Rights Lawyering Project Director highlights the utility of using human rights law in U.S. courts in recent ABA AIDS Coordinating Committee Meeting
Center spearheads collaborative human rights luncheon for AU faculty
Center's Executive Director engages media professionals from around the world on global human rights at a recent State Department panel
Center co-hosts panel discussion with election law experts as part of school-wide effort to promote free and fair elections
Announcing Kady Buchanan the winner of the 2012 Human Rights Film Series Student Grant Competition
October 2012
Joint UN Press Conference by Center Co-Directors, WCL Dean Claudio Grossman, Chair of the UN Committee Against Torture, and Professor Juan Mendez, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture; click to view webcast
Now accepting submissions for Third Annual International Humanitarian Law Student Writing Competition, co-sponsored with ASIL
Latest edition of the Human Rights Brief now available at www.hrbrief.org
Center co-sponsors high-level discussion at WCL on Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, View C-SPAN coverage
Winner of the Fall 2012 UDHR Photo Project Competition spotlights homelessness in DC
September 2012
Call for Papers: Center announces launch of Third Annual International Humanitarian Law Student Writing Competition, co-sponsored with ASIL
Center launches 13th Annual Human Rights Film Series in partnership with AU Center for Social Media
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, WCL Professor Juan Méndez, presents preliminary findings from first visit to Morocco
Program on Human Trafficking and Forced Labor publishes new article on www.RightsWork.org--Do John Schools Really Decrease Recidivism?
Initiative for Human Rights in Business Project Co-Director John Richardson participates in expert panel on human rights and financial regulation
Center launches new Speak Truth To Power Human Rights Teaching Fellows Program in partnership with RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights
WCL welcomes Chair of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Ron McCallum
August 2012
Center launches new Speak Truth To Power Human Rights Teaching Fellows Program in partnership with RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights
Center Co-Director and WCL Professor Herman Schwartz publishes new article--How the Supreme Court Came To Embrace Strip-Searches for Trivial Offenses
Local Human Rights Lawyering Project Director Lauren E. Bartlett appointed to newly constituted ICCPR Taskforce
Center launches new Disability and Human Rights Fellows Program, Welcomes first cohort of fellows from around the world
Center Executive Director Hadar Harris appointed to the Advisory Council of the American Bar Association Center for Human Rights
Local Human Rights Lawyering Project holds partners meeting and specialized training in labor and employment rights in Texas
July 2012
Local Human Rights Lawyering Project Director Lauren Bartlett presents at American Bar Association's 2012 HIV/AIDS Law and Practice Conference–Rights Protection through Representation
Program on Human Trafficking and Forced Labor features new article on www.RightsWork.org--Review of Prabha Kotiswaran’s “Dangerous Sex, Invisible Labor: Sex Work and the Law in India”
Center Co-Director and WCL Dean Claudio Grossman receives Hispanic National Bar Foundation Lifetime Leadership Award
Participants from over 100 remote locations participated in the Center's live web-briefing on human rights implications of key SCOTUS decisions in the 2012 term
University of Haifa honors Itzik Dessie, former Israel-US Civil Liberties Rights Law Program Fellow, with distinguished alumni award
WCL Professor Robert Dinerstein conducts training in Argentina for new disability rights clinicians from across Latin America and Africa
Center Co-Director and WCL Dean Claudio Grossman publishes new article–Challenges to Freedom of Expression Within the Inter-American System: A Jurisprudential Analysis
Center Program Coordinator and WCL alumna Whitney Hayes reflects on International Human Rights Law Clinic experience
Latest edition of the Human Rights Brief now available on www.HRBrief.org
June 2012
U.S. Supreme Court takes important, but insufficient, step to adhere to human rights obligations by banning mandatory life without parole for juvenile offenders
Center welcomes new Anti-Torture Follow and Impact Initaitive Outreach Coordinator and WCL alumna, Maria Noel Leoni
Uruguayan Parliament appoints WCL alumna Ariela Peralta to Governing Board of new National Institute of Human Rights in Defense of the People
NPR story on legal help for the poor highlights Local Human Rights Lawyering Partner, Maryland Legal Aid Bureau
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, WCL Professor Juan Méndez, participates in expert panel discussion on the death penalty
Over 100 attend first 2012 Congressional Human Rights Summer Series briefing on Capitol Hill
Local Human Rights Lawyering Project partners appoint first legal aid human rights coordinators
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, WCL Professor Juan Méndez, presents preliminary findings on first mission to Tajikistan
May 2012
Announcing the winner of the Spring 2012 UDHR Photo Project competition
Program on Human Trafficking and Forced Labor's new working paper now available on www.RightsWork.org
Center Co-Director Dean Claudio Grossman, in his role as chair of the UN Committee Against Torture, addresses alleged human rights abuses in Syria
Center seeks Anti-Torture Outreach Coordinator
Learn more about professional opportunities at the Center
Congratulations to the winners of the Second Annual International Humanitarian Law Student Writing Competition
