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The Washington Post Cites International Human Rights Clinic’s Report on Over-Policing Sex Trafficking
In a recent article, The Washington Post cited the International Human Rights Clinic’s report, “Over-Policing Sex Trafficking: How U.S. Law Enforcement Should Reform Operations”. The article, which talks about how “increased sex trafficking during the Super Bowl is a dangerous myth” according to L.A. sex workers and advocates, refers to the Clinic in arguing that…Continue…
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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…
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The Clinic Welcomes Henna Pithia, Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor of Law!
The International Human Rights Clinic welcomes Henna Pithia (JD 2015) as visiting clinical assistant professor of law! She joins us to supervise the IHRC during IHRC Founding Director Hannah Garry’s Fulbright grant-funded research semester in Norway. Pithia was a student attorney in the IHRC and, after graduation, named the clinic’s first teaching fellow. She has…Continue…
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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…
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Moroccan Journalist Omar Radi Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison
Based on reports from TrialWatch’s monitors inside the courtroom, the court’s treatment of evidence was unacceptable throughout the proceedings. Mr. Radi was not allowed to call a number of key witnesses, including Arnaud Simons—the man the prosecution said was Mr. Radi’s Dutch intelligence ‘handler’ as part of the national security allegations against him. This was…
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Great news on our work in response to systemic racism in U.S. law enforcement
This past academic year, in response to a call for input from Michelle Bachelete, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Laura and Ava took the lead (collaborating with partners at Access Now), in drafting a 24-page submission providing data on U.S. law enforcement’s responses to anti-racism peaceful protests across the U.S. from June-Dec. 2020…
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Crisis in Anglophone Cameroon Update: US State Department Announces Visa Restrictions on Those Undermining the Peaceful Resolution of the Crisis in the Anglophone Regions of Cameroon
The International Human Rights welcomes the State Department made an announcement on June 7th “establishing a policy imposing visa restriction on individuals who are believed to be responsible for or complicit in, undermining the peaceful resolution in the crisis in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon.” The Clinic calls for all sides of the conflict to immediately…
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The International Human Rights Clinic, partners, and professors request that U.S. Congress hold Azerbaijan accountable for human rights violations, amend Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act
The International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC), based at the USC Gould School of Law, has joined with a number of institutional partners and professors to request that the U.S. Congress hold Azerbaijan accountable for its grave human rights violations committed during and after its September 2020 attacks on the Nagorno-Karabakh region and Armenia. The Clinic…
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Trial Monitoring with the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s TrialWatch Project: “Pre-Trial Proceedings Against Maâti Monjib in Morocco Raise Concerns”
Excerpt from the statement drafted by Clinic Student Attorney Pablo Das with TrialWatch: “The Clooney Foundation for Justice and the USC Law International Human Rights Clinic announced today that the Clinic intends to monitor criminal proceedings against academic and activist Maâti Monjib in Morocco as part of CFJ’s TrialWatch initiative. Mr. Monjib was arrested late…
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Clinic Director Professor Hannah Garry testifies before the Canadian House of Commons on the unfolding atrocity situation in Cameroon
On February 16, 2021, Professor Hannah Garry testified before the Canadian House of Commons’ Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development on the unfolding atrocity situation in Cameroon. …Continue Reading Clinic Director Professor Hannah Garry testifies before the Canadian House of Commons on the unfolding atrocity situation…