International Human Rights Clinic

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The International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) of the Human Rights Program (HRP) gives students the opportunity for firsthand experience with the vital issues, institutions, and processes of the human rights movement through domestic and international advocacy and research. In addition to work in Cambridge, students travel regularly with clinical supervisors to document abuses and promote respect for the rule of law. Students' work will generally consist of research, writing, advocacy, and fact-finding. These are just some of the projects IHRP is working on:

• Rights of the indigenous peoples of Colombia
• Prison abuse in Panama and Brazil
• Torture and unjust imprisonment of environmental-rights defenders in Mexico
• Prosecution of former Bolivian President and Minister of Defense for attacks on civilians
• Accountability for US doctors and psychologists involved in torture
• Human rights issues in Burma and South Korea
• Land displacement in Israel
• Apartheid litigation in South Africa
• Human rights litigation by the gold mining industry in South Africa
• Prosecution of rights abuses in the Sudan
• Housing and water rights in South Africa
• Torture in Somalia in the FSIA case of Samantar v. Yousuf
• Sexual violence against South African girls
• Women's rights in Namibia
• Promoting the new convention on cluster munitions
• Global Rights' LGBTI initiative

Clinical and Course Information

International Human Rights Clinic
Fall or Spring clinical
Open to 2L, 3L students
LLM students by permission
Co-requisite: Gender and Human Rights: Clinical Seminar or Combating the Human Costs of Armed Conflict: Clinical Seminar (both offered in Fall 2012); Human Rights Advocacy and Litigation: Clinical Seminar or The Promises and Challenges of Disarmament: Clinical Seminar (both offered in Spring 2013)

International Human Rights Clinic: Advanced
Fall or Spring clinical
Open to 2L, 3L students
LLM students by permission
Pre-requisites: Prior semester of International Human Rights Clinic
Pre- or co-requisite: Advanced Skills and Training for Human Rights Advocacy (offered in Fall 2012)

Contact

6 Everett Street, Suite 3139 (WCC)
Harvard Law School
(617) 495-9362
hrp@law.harvard.edu