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Promoting Human Rights through Teaching, Scholarship, and Service.

AUWCL established the Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law as part of its long-standing commitment to international human rights and the rule of law.  For over 25 years, the Center has worked with students, faculty and the international legal community to provide support for human rights initiatives in the U.S. and around the world through teaching, scholarship and service. The Center engages in exciting innovations in human rights education and advocacy by way of training, complementary education, outreach, workshops and conferences, and research and publications.  All Center programming promotes the value of service, thereby grounding the Center as a core resource to the NGO community and a bridge between academia and civil society.

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“The Center is a place where everyone can come together to ensure that human rights are respected and humanitarian law is enforced.”

Macarena Sáez, Faculty Director

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Global Transformation towards Gender Equality and Agenda 2030

Activists, practitioners, scholars, and judges interested in gender equality and gender-based violence are invited to submit individual abstracts for the upcoming conference titled, Global Transformation towards Gender Equality and Agenda 2030: A conversation about innovative approaches to break the cycle of violence against women. Read more

 

Center Research Assistant Wins Super Regional Jessup Competition

AUWCL's Jessup Moot Court Team, represented by Center research assistant Cynthia Park, HJ Brehmer, Hannah Stambaugh, and Katherine Youssouf, who won the Super Regional Jessup Competition! The team went on to defeat West Virginia University in the quarters, Harvard University in the semi-finals, and the University of Virginia in the final round. Read more

 

Human Rights Brief Hosts Symposium on Disability Rights in 2018

The Symposium included three panel discussions on immigration and disability rights; women and disability rights, and deinstitutionalization and community integration. There was also a luncheon keynote address with Judith Heumann, the former special advisor for international disability rights at the US State Department. Read more

 

Center Hosts Signing of "The Wall and the Gate: Israel, Palestine, and the Legal Battle for Human Rights"

The Center and the International Human Rights Law Clinic, in partnership with the New Israel Fund, Foundation for Middle East Peace, and Americans for Peace Now hosted a discussion with author Michael Sfard about his new book, "The Wall and the Gate: Israel, Palestine, and the Legal Battle for Human Rights". Read more

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