Together with Pels Riicken and the International Human Rights Clinic at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, the Foley Hoag United Nations Practice Group’s presented a lecture on on “Implementing the Duty to Prevent Genocide under International Law” on December 5, 2022 at the Pels Rijcken offices in The Hague….Continue Reading Implementing the Duty to Prevent Genocide Under International Law
Hear from Afghan Women Rights Defenders Horia Mosadiq, Yalda Royan, Zarqa Yaftali, and Prof. Karima Bennoune University of Michigan Law School as Professor Garry speaks with them on confronting the Taliban’s gender apartheid regime through international law in solidarity with Afghan women and girls. …Continue Reading International Women’s Day: Confronting Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan through International Law
Join us for a speaker event featuring Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp, former US Ambassador-at-Large, Office of Global Criminal Justice, and former Chief Prosecutor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, will discuss ongoing global efforts in national courts as well as before the International Criminal Court for prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide being perpetrated in Ukraine and their impact. He will also detail current efforts towards establishing a special international tribunal for prosecution of Russian officials for the crime of aggression, options being considered, and the prospects for its establishment….Continue Reading Speaker Event: International Crimes in Ukraine featuring Keynote Speaker Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp
USC Gould School of Law’s International Human Rights Clinic Professor Hannah Garry together with Keynote Speaker Professor Iryna Zaverukha (USC Gould Lecturer in Law) discuss the Russian War in Ukraine Wednesday, November 2 12:00-1:30PM in Room 101 at the USC Gould Musick Law Building….Continue Reading The Russian War in Ukraine: Accountability and Challenges to the Global Order
USC Gould School of Law’s International Human Rights Clinic together with the International Law & Relations Organization and the International Refugee Assistance Project held an event on Oct. 3rd featuring Democracy Defender Sunny Cheung who played a key role as an opposition leader in the Hong Kong protests. He is now in exile in the US and, as Advisor of the Hong Kong Democracy Council, has testified before governments and institutions in the US, UK, EU, Australia and Taiwan calling for democracy and human rights in Hong Kong….Continue Reading In Defense of Democracy: an Inside View on Hong Kong Protests
Join a discussion with experts about one of the first comprehensive reports examining the efficacy of anti-sex trafficking law enforcement operations, commonly referred to as “raids,” “stings,” or “sweeps.” Authored by the University of Southern California Gould School of Law’s International Human Rights Clinic, the report centers the voices and perspectives of persons who have been sex trafficked to ask:
1.Whether such operations meet the goals of the 2000 Trafficking Victims Protection Act; and
2.Whether they should remain the primary anti-sex trafficking tool used by the U.S. government….Continue Reading EVENT – OVER-POLICING SEX TRAFFICKING: How U.S. Law Enforcement Should Reform Operations
Panel 1: February 17, 2021
4:00 pm GMT, 11:00 am EST
Event Sign Up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/panel-1-of-the-oxford-conference-on-us-senate-resolution-684-11am-dc-time-tickets-139927473841?fbclid=IwAR3b3eo-RiTYPmLZrZhK_avbdhIjumAg0pu5M46dbDCBADBKNcZkv9lJpC4…Continue Reading EVENT: The Oxford Conference on US Senate Resolution 684 – Re: The Conflict in Anglophone Cameroon
Watch a recording of the event here: https://foleyhoag.com/news-and-events/media-center/2020/state-control-of-internet-access-freedom-of-press-and-atrocity-situations …Continue Reading EVENT: State Control of Internet Access, Freedom of Press, and Atrocity Situations
Watch a recording of the Nov. 2, 2020, virtual side event at the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York….Continue Reading Virtual Event on Structural Racism, Police Violence and the Right to Protest
Watch the Oct. 9, 2020, discussion on United Nations human rights advocacy concerning Black victims of policy brutality, peaceful protestors and systemic racism in the U.S. …Continue Reading UN Human Rights Advocacy: Black Victims of Police Brutality, Peaceful Protestors and Systemic Racism in the U.S.