Law students monitoring civil trial between Energy Transfer Partners and Greenpeace
March 11, 2025Law students monitoring civil trial between Energy Transfer Partners and Greenpeace.
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Law students monitoring civil trial between Energy Transfer Partners and Greenpeace
Georgetown Law students spent spring break in North Dakota to monitor the Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace trial.
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February 13, 2025Article in Just Security by HRI Distinguished Fellow Scott Busby.
HRI Faculty Director Andrew I. Schoenholtz gives the 2024 Ellen Catherine Gstalder (C'98) Memorial Lecture "Protecting Refugees at the Border During Humanitarian Crises"
May 8, 2024"Georgetown University Library presents The 2024 Ellen Catherine Gstalder (C'98) Memorial Lecture: "The Challenges of Protecting Refugees at the Border During Humanitarian Crises" with Andrew I. Schoenholtz. From October 2023 through January 2024,…
Georgetown Law Students Advocate for the Protection of Uyghur Refugees
May 6, 2024 Original ContentOn April 16th, a group of Georgetown Law students was invited to the United States Capitol for a reception launching a revitalized Congressional Uyghur Caucus. This opportunity to convene with the Co-Chairs of the caucus, other Members of Congress, and the Uyghur activist community came on the heels of months of student advocacy for the protection of Uyghur refugees under the guidance of leaders of the Human Rights Institute.
HRI Deputy Director Michelle Liu Gives Keynote Address at 2024 Human Rights Summit
March 18, 2024 Original ContentOn March 15, the Human Rights Institute and Hoyas for Human Rights, an undergraduate student club on the Hilltop Campus, co-hosted the 2024 Human Rights Summit. This year's Summit theme was "Working Towards Justice: Human Rights in the 21st Century."
Nobel Laureate Nadia Murad visits Georgetown to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the Yazidi genocide
February 5, 2024 Original ContentOn Jan. 31 the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace, and Security (GIWPS) mourned and commemorated the 10-year anniversary of the Yazidi genocide committed by ISIS with a panel titled “Rebuilding After Atrocities: Accountability and Reconstruction in Sinjar and Beyond.”
Call for Applications: 2024-2026 Dash-Muse Teaching Fellowship
January 16, 2024 Original ContentHRI is recruiting for our 2024-2026 Dash-Muse Teaching Fellow!
Soledad García Muñoz Joins Georgetown Law as the Drinan Chair in Human Rights
October 30, 2023 Original ContentThe Human Rights Institute is thrilled to welcome Soledad Garcia Munoz to Georgetown Law as the 2023-2024 Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Chair in Human Rights! García Muñoz has just concluded two terms of exemplary service as the inaugural Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural, and Environmental Rights for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
HRI Executive Director Elisa Massimino Joins DHS Homeland Intelligence Experts Group
September 25, 2023 Print & Online News ClipsA group of former intelligence officials, as well as privacy and civil liberties advocates, will advise the Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence office, as the future of the office’s authorities is debated in Congress.