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Read more about the article Best Practices and Resources for Representing Operation Allies Welcome Parolees and Afghan Nationals
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Best Practices and Resources for Representing Operation Allies Welcome Parolees and Afghan Nationals

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.

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April 22, 2023
Read more about the article Implementing the Duty to Prevent Genocide Under International Law
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Implementing the Duty to Prevent Genocide Under International Law

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.

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April 21, 2023
Read more about the article The Clinic and TrialWatch Update: Moroccan Journalist Omar Radi Subjected to ‘Abuse of Process’
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The Clinic and TrialWatch Update: Moroccan Journalist Omar Radi Subjected to ‘Abuse of Process’

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

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July 31, 2022
Read more about the article The Clinic works to obtain humanitarian parole for Afghans
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The Clinic works to obtain humanitarian parole for Afghans

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

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June 15, 2022
Read more about the article Over-Policing Sex Trafficking: How U.S. Law Enforcement Should Reform Operations
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Over-Policing Sex Trafficking: How U.S. Law Enforcement Should Reform Operations

The USC Gould International Human Rights Clinic will release Over-Policing Sex-Trafficking: How U.S. Law Enforcement Should Reform Operations, on Monday, November 15, 2021. The report is one of the first comprehensive reports about U.S. anti-sex trafficking law enforcement operations, jointly coordinated at the federal, state and local levels, and often known as “raids”, “stings” or “sweeps”. They involve law enforcement working undercover or investigating private establishments to identify persons who are sex trafficked (referred to as survivors or victims), and perpetrators. The U.S. government has long used these operations as a primary means for addressing sex trafficking, presenting them as an effective anti-sex trafficking tool through compelling media releases and press conferences. Meanwhile, there is little public data about operations’ outcomes and funding, despite distressing claims that operations harm and retraumatize persons who are sex trafficked, while perpetuating systemic racism as well as discrimination against LGBTQ individuals and undocumented immigrants.

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November 15, 2021
Read more about the article EVENT – OVER-POLICING SEX TRAFFICKING: How U.S. Law Enforcement Should Reform Operations
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EVENT – OVER-POLICING SEX TRAFFICKING: How U.S. Law Enforcement Should Reform Operations

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.

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November 7, 2021
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Clinic Director Hannah Garry files SCOTUS brief on behalf of torture survivors

Professor Hannah Garry filed a SCOTUS amicus brief on August 20th on behalf of torture survivors in the first case to make it to the Supreme Court on the U.S.’s enhanced interrogation program following 9/11. The case is timely in that it’s being heard on the year that marks the 20th anniversary since the attacks of 9/11.

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August 24, 2021