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Expert Testimony: Law Enforcement Operations to Combat Sex Trafficking

  • Publication date October 22, 2025
Prof. Hannah Garry speaking on camera the CA State Assembly session.

Professor Hannah Garry, director of the International Human Rights Clinic at the USC Gould School of Law, testified before the California State Assembly Public Safety Committee Oct. 15 during an informational hearing on sex work-related crimes and efforts to combat human trafficking. Professor Garry, an expert in international human rights law, presented findings from the…Continue Reading Expert Testimony: Law Enforcement Operations to Combat Sex Trafficking

Malawi report documents gender-based-violence, human rights violations

  • Publication date June 18, 2025
Scenic overlook in Malawi

The Clooney Foundation for Justice TrialWatch program, in partnership with the Centre for Human Rights Education, Advice and Assistance (CHREAA) and USC Gould International Human Rights Clinic released a new report from Malawi that documents a disturbing trend: many women imprisoned for violent offenses are actually survivors of gender-based violence. They weren’t protected — they…Continue Reading Malawi report documents gender-based-violence, human rights violations

Best Practices and Resources for Representing Operation Allies Welcome Parolees and Afghan Nationals

  • Publication date April 22, 2023

The USC Gould International Human Rights Clinic, in collaboration with the Law Office of Spojmie Nasiri, Human Rights First, and AILA, published a guide on best practices and resources for attorneys assisting Afghan Nationals and Operation Allies Welcome Parolees. …Continue Reading Best Practices and Resources for Representing Operation Allies Welcome Parolees and Afghan Nationals

The Clinic and TrialWatch Update: Moroccan Journalist Omar Radi Subjected to ‘Abuse of Process’

  • Publication date July 31, 2022

For years, together with the Clooney Foundation for Justice TrialWatch Initiative, USC Gould School of Law International Human Rights Clinic student attorneys Pablo Aabir Das, Celine Ang, Tomi Johnson, Krisha Mae “Kimy” Cabrera, Sophie Sylla, David Wright, and supervising attorney Prof. Henna Pithia have monitored criminal cases brought by the Moroccan government against investigative journalist Omar Radi in an effort to silence him. Our latest report details how these have been riddled with fair trial rights violations and as TrialWatch expert, Professor Garry notes how these are part of a deeply concerning trend in Morocco of using shame inducing charges to stifle critical reporting and political dissent. Read the report: https://lnkd.in/g-QfiqXt…Continue Reading The Clinic and TrialWatch Update: Moroccan Journalist Omar Radi Subjected to ‘Abuse of Process’

The Clinic works to obtain humanitarian parole for Afghans

  • Publication date June 15, 2022

An Afghan family, in hiding in Pakistan, turned to the University of Southern California Gould International Human Rights Clinic for help applying for humanitarian parole. The process hasn’t been easy, says Henna Pithia, acting director. “What’s frustrating is that the method of accessing humanitarian parole has not been updated to reflect the current crisis for this particular community,” she says. https://bit.ly/3Gd5OA4…Continue Reading The Clinic works to obtain humanitarian parole for Afghans

Appeals Chamber reverses the acquittals of Hassan Habib Merhi and Hussein Hassan Oneissi and convicts them in the case of Prosecutor v. Merhi and Oneissi

  • Publication date March 16, 2022

The International Human Rights Clinic welcomes this judgement with the hopes that it provides some measure of justice/satisfaction for the victims….Continue Reading Appeals Chamber reverses the acquittals of Hassan Habib Merhi and Hussein Hassan Oneissi and convicts them in the case of Prosecutor v. Merhi and Oneissi

Professor Garry’s Op-Ed for The Hill: Senate can help Ukraine by confirming Beth Van Schaack now

  • Publication date March 6, 2022

In the op-ed, Garry explains why Dr. Beth Van Schaack should be confirmed as the first woman U.S. Ambassador at Large for Global Criminal Justice: “With Van Schaack in office, the U.S. can provide pragmatic, targeted support to the [International Criminal Courts] prosecutor on specific cases that align with U.S. interests, seeking accountability for massive crimes such as those currently happening in Ukraine.”…Continue Reading Professor Garry’s Op-Ed for The Hill: Senate can help Ukraine by confirming Beth Van Schaack now