Projects and Cases
The IHRC practices in four main areas at home and abroad: international criminal justice and accountability; refugee rights; anti-human trafficking work; and fair trial rights. Examples of some of the projects and cases undertaken include:
Fair Trial Rights Monitoring
Monitoring of Trials Globally of Journalists, Human Rights Defenders and others for Upholding Fair Trial Rights
Human Trafficking Client Representation
T-Visa, U-Visa and VAWA cases
International Criminal Tribunal Litigation
International Criminal Court
The Prosecutor v. Ngudjolo
Victims Participation and Reparations Section
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
Case 001: Kaing Guek Eav alias Duch
Case 002: Nuon Chea et al.
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Trial
The Prosecutor v. Bizimungu et al.
The Prosecutor v. Karemera & Ngirumpatse
The Prosecutor v. Nizeyimana
Special Tribunal for Lebanon
The Prosecutor v. Ayyash et al.
2011 Casebook Index Project
Refugee Rights Advocacy
Representation of clients for asylum, resettlement and family reunification; advocacy for refugee resettlement
U.S. Courts Litigation
- U.S. Supreme Court: Arzoumanian et al. v. Munchener Ruckversicherungs-gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft AG, Brief of Amici Curiae Armenian Bar Association et al. in support of Petition for a Writ of Certiori
- U.S. District Court: Motions for Class Action and Summary Judgment on behalf of Iranian refugees seeking resettlement to the U.S.
- CA Supreme Court: Amicus Curiae Brief with USC Gould’s Post Conviction Justice Project in People vs. Moffett and People vs. Gutierrez, challenging CA Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentencing under International Human Rights Law
Advocacy trip to The Hague, ICC Assembly of States Parties for communique on Cameroon 
Prof. Garry’s amicus arguments before the ICC regarding Afghanistan 
Lebanon April 2018 working with Syrian refugees at IRAP for resettlement 
Global Magnitsky Act Lobbying Trip for Cameroon in Washington DC—Spring 2019 
Lebanon April 2018 working with Syrian refugees at IRAP for resettlement 
IHRC in Lebanon 
At the human trafficking bureau 
ECCC
Partner Organizations
- Access Now
- ACLU
- Canadian Centre for International Justice
- Center for Constitutional Rights
- CAST
- Dentons
- ECCC
- Foley Hoag LLP
- Human Rights Watch
- Human Rights First
- ICC
- IRAP
- Jewish World Watch
- International Justice Monitor/Open Society Justice Initiative
- Public Counsel
- Refugee Forum of Los Angeles
- STL
- TrialWatch/Clooney Foundation
- U.S. Red Cross Legal Adviser’s Office
- WilmerHale
- Willow International
Human Rights Internships and Fellowships
Following their Clinic experience, student attorneys have been placed in a number human rights internships and fellowships including with the:
- Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- Human Rights First
- International Criminal Court
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
- Special Tribunal for Lebanon
- U.S. Department of Justice Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section
- Willow International