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The Human Rights Summer is an annual event that features conferences, workshops, a film festival, and a discussion of recent publications in the human rights sector. Through the Human Rights Summer, the Academy provides a forum for the education and discussion of human rights theory. Participants have the opportunity to share first-hand experiences, as well as network with fellow practitioners, scholars, and activists in the field. This initiative, co-sponsor with the Academy´s LL.M. in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, offered over 10+ panels in English and Spanish and aimed to continue promoting human rights in both the academic and professional human rights community, by providing an overview of pertinent human rights topics in the world today. The series encouraged discussions regarding ways to prevent and denounce human rights violations in the ongoing crisis and its aftermath. This series was part of the substantive discussions offered to LL.M. students, complementing in-class instruction.

The events features panelists from a variety of backgrounds and expertise ranging from AUWCL faculty, leaders within the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, non-profit Executive Directors and representatives, local activists, and chairs, rapporteurs, and special advisors with the United Nations.

On May 2nd, Politico published a leaked draft Supreme Court majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that explicitly overturn  Roe v. Wade. Please join the WCL Women and the Law Program, the Health Law and Policy Program and the Program on Law & Government for a conversation with WCL Professors Kraiem, Manian, Nicola, and Wermiel as they break down what this unprecedented leak means for the future of Reproductive Rights in the USA and answer your questions.