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Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

The Academy was created to promote practical approaches to human rights and humanitarian law as well as to strengthen links between human rights organizations, practitioners, and educators worldwide. We hope to enhance the culture and prominence of human rights and humanitarian law around the world. Additionally, we wish to offer relevant, empowering training for scholars, practitioners, and students interested in the international human rights system and laws. The Academy accomplishes these tasks through its programs, partnerships, and scholarly endeavors.

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Summer Program Professors Nominated to International Human Rights Bodies

Two Summer Program Professors Nominated to International Human Rights Bodies - The Academy would like to congratulate Summer Program Professors Flavia Piovesan and Felipe Gonzalez for being appointed Commissioner to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, respectively.

 

Co-Director of Academy Elected to UN Committee against Torture

American University Washington College of Law congratulates Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, professorial lecturer in residence and co-director of the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, on his appointment to the United Nations Committee against Torture. Rodríguez-Pinzón, from Colombia, was one of the five experts elected to the Committee this week who will begin their four year term on Jan. 1, 2018. Read more

 

2018 Topic of the Human Rights Essay Award

The Academy is proud to announce the topic for the 2018 Human Rights Essay Award and the Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition: Gender Violence and International Human Rights Law.

 

Summer Program Professors Nominated to International Human Rights Bodies

Two Summer Program Professors Nominated to International Human Rights Bodies - The Academy would like to congratulate Summer Program Professors Flavia Piovesan and Felipe Gonzalez for being appointed Commissioner to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, respectively.

 

Co-Director of Academy Elected to UN Committee against Torture

American University Washington College of Law congratulates Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, professorial lecturer in residence and co-director of the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, on his appointment to the United Nations Committee against Torture. Rodríguez-Pinzón, from Colombia, was one of the five experts elected to the Committee this week who will begin their four year term on Jan. 1, 2018. Read more

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May 29 12:30PM-2:00PM Warren Building - NT01 Human Rights Month 2018 Panel: The Struggle for Justice in International and Domestic Jurisdictions: Is the glass half-empty or half-full? May 31 12:30PM-2:00PM Warren Building - NT01 Human Rights Month 2018 Panel: The Recurrence of Sexual Violence in Conflict and Other Situations of Generalized Violence: The Legal and Political Challenges to Prevent its Commission May 31 12:30PM-2:00PM Yuma Building - YT01-01 Report Launch by the Independent Panel for the Election of Inter-American Human Rights Judges June 06 12:30PM-2:00PM Warren Building - NT01 Human Rights Month 2018 Panel: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights at 40: Achievements and Challenges Ahead June 07 12:30PM-2:00PM Warren Building - NT01 Human Rights Month 2018 Panel - The Colombia Peace Process: Current Challenges in Securing Justice June 12 12:30PM-2:00PM Warren Building - NT01 Human Rights Month 2018 Panel - Human Rights and Human Mobility: Protecting the Vulnerable in a Time of Populism June 14 12:30PM-2:00PM Warren Building - NT01 Human Rights Month 2018 Panel - Business and Human Rights: Recent Developments in this Complex Relationship June 15 12:30PM-2:00PM Warren Building - NT01 Human Rights Month 2018 Panel - Regional Human Rights Mechanisms in Times of Crisis: An Update on the Inter-American, European and African Systems
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