Human Rights Institute

Our mission

"The Institute aims to make Georgetown Law the premier training academy for the next generation of human rights advocates by providing them with the intellectual foundation, the real world experience, and the practical skills necessary to be effective in today’s challenging environment."

Alumni Profile

Dino Singson de Leon (LL.M.’23) is a partner at the De Leon Arevalo Gonzales law offices (Dargon Law), which handles litigation, dispute resolution, insolvency, labor, taxation, corporate, and intellectual property cases. He also co-founded a food franchising company, Ate Rica's Bacsilog, with more than 180 branches nationwide in the Philippines. In addition to these roles, Dino devotes his time to human rights cases, working on a pro bono basis and using the material and financial resources from his day jobs to continue the struggle against human rights violations in the Philippines.