Africa’s highest human rights court has granted the Human Rights Institute leave to participate as amicus curiae in its highly anticipated advisory opinion on the protection of human and peoples’ rights in the context of the climate crisis.
HRI Distinguished Fellow Scott Busby at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission with Human Rights First. Read his recommendations here.
HRI Faculty Advisor John Mikhail quoted in the Washington Post. Read the article here.
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Africa’s highest human rights court has granted the Human Rights Institute (“HRI”) leave to participate as amicus curiae in its highly anticipated advisory opinion on the protection of human and peoples’ rights in the context of the climate crisis.
A case brought by four Indonesian fishermen who are survivors of slavery at sea just cleared a major legal hurdle. A San Diego federal judge declined tuna giant Bumble Bee’s request to dismiss the suit, meaning the landmark case can now move forward…
Leading human rights lawyer Agnieszka Fryszman, L’96, joined students, alumni and members of the Georgetown Law community on Nov. 13 to deliver the Human Rights Institute’s annual Drinan Lecture on Human Rights. Read the article here.
2025-2026 Drinan Chair in Human Rights Agnieszka Fryszman spoke to Courthouse News Service about a group of Indonesian fishermen who say they were forced to work under intolerable conditions and under the threat of violence on fishing boats that sold…
Executive Director Elisa Massimino featured in Washington Lawyer Magazine November/December issue, "Year in Review: Unpacking the Key Legal Developments of 2025." Read the article here (Page 29).
Last week, The New York Times reported on Lighthiser v. Trump, a high-stakes challenge to three executive orders expanding fossil fuel use. Just days later, students in the Human Rights Advocacy in Action Practicum were in the Missoula, Montana federal…
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