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Special Tribunal for Lebanon Issues Historic Trial Judgment on the 2005 Assassination of Prime Minister Hariri

USC Gould's International Human Rights Clinic and Middle Eastern and North African Law Student Association hosted Ms. Olga Kavran, head of outreach at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Oct. 13, 2020, for a discussion about the death of Prime Minister Rafic Hariri of Lebanon and 21 others.

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October 1, 2020
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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…

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September 19, 2020
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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.

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September 10, 2020
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Ensuring accountability for journalist Omar Radi

In collaboration with the Clooney Foundation for Justice's TrialWatch, IHRC student attorneys Sophie Sylla, Krisha Mae Cabrera, and David Wright worked to focus on countries that weaponize courts against marginalized…

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December 26, 2019
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Professor Garry Argues before the International Criminal Court

On 6 December 2019, Professor Hannah Garry argued before the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court in an appeal concerning an investigation into alleged crimes relating to the armed conflict in Afghanistan.

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December 19, 2019
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From left, Hannah Garry, director of USC’s International Human Rights Clinic, Aysha Pamukcu (JD 2011) and (facing camera) Brian Rifkin (JD 2011) in a cell at the infamous S-21 prison in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Credit: Vinh Dao)
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Clinic celebrates 10 cohorts of impactful advocates

Students, clinic earn attention of human rights community.

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December 12, 2019
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Clinic defends human rights defenders

  • By Christina Schweighofer

In their respective home countries, Anna and Rachel stood up for other women — until they too became victims, targeted specifically for their human rights activism. Both women fled to the United States, where their applications for asylum were approved thanks to the work of four students in the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) at the USC Gould School of Law.

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November 10, 2018