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The Clinic Joins In Signing Onto A Letter to the Biden Administration Re: U.S. participation in the third Universal Periodic Review of the United States
As one of the members of the US Human Rights Network (USHRN), the Clinic signed onto a letter to the Biden administration urging the administration to “meaningfully participate in the UPR in March” and pursue “thoughtful, strategic, and creative ways to improve engagement with human rights mechanisms to live up to longstanding U.S. values, commitments…
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The Clinic Joins More than 70 Non-Governmental Organizations, Faith-Based Groups, and Academic Institutions Call for the Biden Administration to Repeal ICC Sanctions
The International Human Rights Clinic has joined more than 70 organizations in urging “the Biden Administration to engage constructively with the International Criminal Court (ICC). The U.S. government’s support for the ICC could help secure justice for victims in situations from Myanmar to Darfur, just as it helped facilitate the February 4 historic conviction of…
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The Clinic Joins Over 100 Organizations Call for Life Saving Executive Action for Black Migrants
“100 STATE, LOCAL, AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR IMMEDIATE 18-MONTH DESIGNATION OF DEFERRED ENFORCED DEPARTURE OR TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS FOR CAMEROON”…Continue Reading The Clinic Joins Over 100 Organizations Call for Life Saving Executive Action for Black Migrants
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USC Gould International Human Rights Clinic signs onto a letter urging President Biden to close Guantánamo
The USC Gould International Human Rights Clinic joins 111 organizations as a signatory to a letter led by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the Center for Victims of Torture. The letter urges President Biden to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. …Continue Reading USC Gould International Human Rights Clinic signs onto a letter…
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U.S.-Based Civil Society Organizations Demand International Attention and Action to the Systemic Anti-Black Racism in the Criminal Legal System
IHRC joined the ACLU and 20 other civil society organizations in drafting this statement for UN Missions to pay explicit attention to the structures of oppression in our country that marginalize and criminalize people of African descent, and violate both their human rights as well as their civil rights under the U.S. Constitution….Continue Reading U.S.-Based…
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USC International Human Rights Clinic Condemns Recent Deportation of Cameroonian Refugees
The International Human Rights Clinic at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law is alarmed by the recent deportation of over 100 Cameroonian refugees from the United States. …Continue Reading USC International Human Rights Clinic Condemns Recent Deportation of Cameroonian Refugees
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Statement on Attacks Against Civilians in Armenia and Artsakh
The International Human Rights Clinic is alarmed by recent targeted attacks against the civilian populations of Armenia and Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh)….Continue Reading Statement on Attacks Against Civilians in Armenia and Artsakh
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Fairness Report on Morocco v. Omar Radi
Clinic students collaborated with the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s TrialWatch to monitor and report on the trial of journalist Omar Radi in Morocco. Mr. Radi was convicted and given a four-month suspended sentence for a single tweet criticizing an appellate judge for upholding severe sentences for protesters. Our Fairness Report concludes that Mr. Radi’s trial…Continue…
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Urgent Appeal on Racial Injustice
Clinic students worked with our partners to submit an Urgent Appeal to the UN Special Rapporteur to intervene on racial injustice and crackdowns on peaceful protests. Read the press release from Access Now below:…Continue Reading Urgent Appeal on Racial Injustice
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Forging a legal pathway to resettlement
USC International Human Rights Clinic student-attorneys help Syrian refugees escape persecution…Continue Reading Forging a legal pathway to resettlement