International Human Rights Clinic - Santa Clara Law

11/14/2024

Today at 4p.m. EST, Santa Clara Law’s International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) is proud to participate in an Inter-American Commission on Human Rights hearing examining the effects of special economic zones and low financial transparency jurisdictions on fiscal justice and climate change.

Our clinical students—Astrid Souto (3L), Colleen Gill (2L), Jemila Moses (2L), Melissa Chen (2L), Phill Hu (2L), Simon Choe (2L), Shelby Sartor (2L), and Denisse Vera-Romo (2L)— and alumna Rochel Go (JD ‘24) are advocating for human rights in Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Barbuda, Puerto Rico, and other Latin American and Caribbean countries.

Register via Zoom to watch the hearing: https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_lI1T0U7oT7Snfua4syvtrw #/registration

https://law.scu.edu/ihrc/

07/26/2024

The International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) Plays a Pivotal Role in Landmark Hearing
The IHRC recently played a crucial role in a landmark hearing addressing climate change and human rights in Brazil. IHRC Deputy Director Britton Schwartz provided an advisory opinion to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, contributing to its ongoing deliberations. Read More.

The International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) at Santa Clara Law played a pivotal role in a landmark hearing focused on climate change and human rights in Brazil. IHRC Deputy Director Britton Schwartz presented crucial observations to the Inter-American Court of Human… Read more ›

11/05/2023

Santa Clara Law’s International Human Rights Clinic Receives Congressional Commendation for Work on Gender Equity

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 24, 2023—In May of this year, Santa Clara County became one of a dozen or so local jurisdictions to implement provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, mandating antidiscrimination measures… Read more ›

03/09/2023

Interested in the intersection between human rights law and the environment? Check out this toolkit developed by the International Human Rights Law clinics at Santa Clara Law and the University of Illinois Chicago. It addresses the latest developments in the Inter-American Human Rights System and suggests ways in which the Escazú Agreement can be used to strengthen and complement existing norms in the Americas and the Caribbean.
https://repository.law.uic.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1024&context=whitepapers

03/07/2023

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/iachr-event-how-to-use-the-escazu-agreement-tickets-537770414787
The International Human Rights Clinics at Santa Clara Law and the University of Illinois Chicago invite you to register and attend (online) tomorrow's (March 8 at 12pm PST, 3pm EST) training event on how advocates can engage in environmental human rights litigation within the Inter-American System using the new Escazú Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation, and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Inter-American Commission Event: How to use the Escazú Agreement in Inter-American Litigation of Environmental Cases.

02/01/2023

The International Human Rights Clinic at Santa Clara Law proudly supports the call for a new global treaty on violence against women and girls. Read the latest report co-authored by the clinic’s Director, Francisco Rivera, and join the call to end this most prevalent human rights violation!

https://everywoman.org/safer-now-report/

11/17/2022

https://emails.uofi.uic.edu/newsletter/1677814843.html
This Friday! ¡Este viernes! 2-6pm EST
Symposium on environmental justice and human rights.
Speakers:
Professor John Knox, Henry C. Lauerman Professor of International Law at Wake Forest Law and Former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment.
Professor Francisco Rivera Juaristi, Clinical Professor of Law and Director, International Human Rights Clinic at Santa Clara University School of Law
Professor Thomas Antkowiak, Professor of Law and Director of International Human Rights Clinic at Seattle University School of Law
Danielle Andrade, Attorney at Law and Partner at Goffe Law
Britton Schwartz, Deputy Director, International Human Rights Clinic at Santa Clara University School of Law

The University of Illinois Chicago School of Law is introducing sustainable conferencing in honor of the 27th annual Belle R. & Joseph H. Braun Memorial Symposium and its focus on environmental justice and human rights. 

10/27/2022

Violence against women is the most ubiquitous human rights abuse in the world. Join Justice Revival and our expert guest speakers for a special conversation to explore Violence Against Women as a human rights abuse, and consider what is most needed to advance justice on this crucial issue.

06/29/2022

Clinic submits brief to support collective property rights of indigenous peoples in Guatemala

By International Human Rights Clinic students Franziska Angerer, Devon Hickey, and Diann Jayakoddy, under the supervision of Prof. Francisco Rivera In Spring 2022, the International Human Rights Clinic at Santa Clara Law (“Clinic”) submitted an amicus curiae (“friend of the… Read more ›

06/29/2022

31 Years Later, the Family of Slain Paraguayan Journalist, Santiago Leguizamón, Will Finally Receive Justice

by IHRC students Diann Jayakoddy, Alexis Hatcher, and Christopher Bittel, under the supervision of Professor Francisco Rivera In Fall 2021 and Spring 2022, the International Human Rights Clinic at Santa Clara Law (“Clinic”) drafted an amicus curiae brief aimed at… Read more ›