International Human Rights Clinic

Audiencia sobre racismo estructural y violencia policial en #EEUU. #DDHH #CIDH #177PeriodoCIDH

We're Live! Follow the hearing on "Structural Racism and Police Violence in the U.S." before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, here:

Tomorrow! Mañana! 11am EST, 8am PST Please register here for a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that will address "Structural Racism... and Police Violence in the U.S." WHEN: October 7 at 11am EST (8am PST) WHAT: The hearing will address the urgent need for police accountability and redress, and highlight how the prevailing culture of impunity in the U.S. has long violated international human rights law. The hearing is being organized by the following partners: Santa Clara Law - International Human Rights Clinic American Civil Liberties Union Center for Justice and Accountability Mothers Against Police Brutality US Human Rights Network RFK Human Rights Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, Howard University School of Law Please share it widely within your networks.

Coalition of Human Rights groups, alongside families of police violence, set to testify on structural racism and police brutality in the United States. October 7 at 11am EST Register by clicking here: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_9t46CN7cSey8Jdfr6dMFog Organized by: Santa Clara Law - International Human Rights Clinic... American Civil Liberties Union Center for Justice and Accountability Mothers Against Police Brutality US Human Rights Network RFK Human Rights Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, Howard University School of Law https://rfkhumanrights.org//rfk-human-rights-set-to-testif

Join us for an important hearing on "Racism and Police Violence in the US" before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. October 7 at 11am EST Register by clicking here: https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_9t46CN7cSey8Jdfr6dMFog Santa Clara Law - International Human Rights Clinic... American Civil Liberties Union Center for Justice and Accountability Mothers Against Police Brutality US Human Rights Network RFK Human Rights Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, Howard University School of Law See more

Santa Clara Law's Katharine & George Alexander Law Prize Committee is seeking nominations for the 2021 recipient of the annual Katharine & George Alexander Law Prize. The Committee also encourages the sharing of this message with friends and other contacts for additional Prize nominations. The Alexander Law Prize is a bright light during such challenging times. Katharine and George Alexander created the Prize in 2008 to bring recognition to those who have used their legal ca...Continue reading

(In Spanish) HOY jueves a las 7pm el director de la Clínica de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad de Santa Clara, Francisco Rivera, estará participando en un Facebook Live para conversar sobre el trabajo que ha hecho la clínica para atender las violaciones de derechos humanos contra dominicanos de ascendencia haitiana en la República Dominicana.

Santa Clara Law's International Human Rights Clinic is proud to be one of over 360 civil society groups and 143 families of victims of police violence that called on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to ensure effective implementation of a recent UN Human Rights Council resolution on police violence and structural racism. The letter calls on the High Commissioner to examine individual cases of extrajudicial killings of people of African descent and impunity for polic...e violence including but not limited to the murder of George Floyd. The letter also calls on the High Commissioner to examine the history of racist policing in the United States and in other countries and make recommendations for robust accountability measures and mechanisms towards ending police violence and dismantling structural racism. Finally, the letter calls to allocate sufficient resources, including financial resources, towards this effort and hold virtual public hearings on police violence and use of excessive force against protesters and journalists in the wake of #BlackLivesMatter protests. We thank the ACLU and the US Human Rights Network for their leadership in this campaign. https://aclu.org//letter-high-commission-human-rights-reso

(EN ESPAÑOL) Seminario sobre Abuso Policial y Derechos Humanos Martes 16, 13:00 (México), 11:00 (California), 14:00 (EST)

International Human Rights Clinic students continue their work on cases during pandemic

Violence Against Women is the world’s most widespread human rights violation. It is also a public health emergency and an economic crisis. Yet, there is no specific global treaty to address violence against women. For the past 6 years, the International Human Rights Clinic has been working with Every Woman, an organization seeking global support for an international treaty on violence against women. Today, Every Woman launched the Safer Sooner report, which makes the case for... such a treaty. As one of the contributors to this report, we strongly believe that we need to make this happen. Can we count on your support? Please share! Join us: https://everywoman.org/safer-sooner

Pre-Law Magazine gives top rankings to Santa Clara Law for our International Law program and student diversity https://law.scu.edu//pre-law-magazine-gives-top-rankings-/

Santa Clara students in the International Human Rights Clinic submitted a report to the United Nations highlighting violations of human rights by the U.S. in the areas of detention of immigrant children and access to abortion. Check out the blog post they wrote about it, here: https://law.scu.edu//students-submit-report-to-the-united/

Check out this piece that highlights the social justice work of so many programs at Santa Clara Law, including our summer abroad programs in Costa Rica and Geneva, and the work of the International Human Rights Clinic!

SCU IHRC Fall 2019 class! (From left: Prof. Francisco Rivera, Monique Israel, Vanessa Sibrian, Bianca Bonjean, Nura Heydari, Melina Moss-Vazquez, Carsyn Henry, and Caterin Miralda. Missing: Brittany Ricketts, Katherine Mirassou, and Marco Segura) This semester we're continuing our work on immigration issues in the U.S. (child separation and indefinite detention), violence against women, trans rights, torture, corporate accountability, labor rights in agriculture, and even access to public transportation!