On 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.
A 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.
Elisa Massimino was quoted in CQ Researcher about international justice for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. “The whole goal of international justice is to try to shrink that timeline between atrocity and accountability, which is what helps strengthen…
Elisa Massimino was recently named one of Washington DC's 500 Most Influential People of 2023 by the Washingtonian. Professor Massimino was recognized for her work in pressing the Biden administration to deliver on its promise to put human rights at the…
Bridging the Gap Between Science & the Practice of Interrogation
America on Fire is a co-winner of the Book Award at the 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Book & Journalism Awards. Through in-depth research and powerful storytelling, the book presents a nuanced understanding of how racist police violence fueled the Black rebellions of the post-civil rights era from the late 1960s to the early 1970s and how the twin challenge of racial and economic inequality, which underpinned those rebellions, persists.
“The use of Title 42 was a cruel and cynical ploy by the Trump administration to shut down access to refugee protection at the southern border,” Elisa Massimino wrote to The Hoya in an article discussing the Coalition of Jesuit Leaders' letter to the Biden Administration on the topic. “It has been condemned by public health experts as unnecessary and counterproductive. I was proud to see our dean and other leaders of Jesuit institutions call for an end to it.”
Elisa Massimino, with David Luban, Scott Roehm, and others, write on Abd Al-Rahim Hussein Al-Nashiri's case to prevent the U.S. government from using torture-derived evidence in his capital prosecution before the Guantanamo military commissions in Just Security.
Elisa Massimino talks about a new report produced for the Center for American Progress on "Redefining Homeland Security: A New Framework for DHS to Meet Today's Challenges."
POLITICO covers the appointment of Elisa Massimino as the Robert F. Drinan, S.J. Chair in Human Rights in news roundup on September 9, 2019.
Homeland Security Today covers the appointment of Elisa Massimino, human rights advocate and former CEO of Human Rights First, as the Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Chair in Human Rights at the Human Rights Center at Georgetown Law.
