2025-2026 Drinan Chair Agnieszka Fryszman named in 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America
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Human Rights Institute to Join as Amicus in African Court Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
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.
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Bumble Bee still on hook in Indonesian fishermen's claims of forced labor
November 13, 2025 Print & Online News Clips2025-2026 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…
State of Human Rights and Global Peace
November 4, 2025 Print & Online News ClipsExecutive 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).
US reduces rights criticisms of US-allied nations
August 14, 2025 Print & Online News ClipsHRI Distinguished Fellow Scott Busby interviewed by Deutsche Welle about the State Department’s recently released human rights reports. Watch the interview here (Box download)
Interview: ‘Don’t wait for the UN to act’ - Civil society urged to build new institutions
July 30, 2025 Print & Online News ClipsElisa Massimino, Visiting Professor of Law and Executive Director of Georgetown's Human Rights Institute, has urged civil society organisations to be creative and build new institutions in the face of the inaction of the United Nations and other international organisations as human rights decline globally.
ICC punts on shoring up ‘crime of aggression’ prosecution
July 9, 2025 Print & Online News ClipsHRI Executive Director Elisa Massimino quoted in Courthouse News Service.
Historic Climate Justice Petition Heads to African Court: Civil Society Seeks Landmark Advisory Opinion
May 2, 2025 Print & Online News ClipsARUSHA, Tanzania – In an unprecedented legal initiative, a coalition of African civil society groups is preparing to submit a historic petition to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights seeking an Advisory Opinion on the human rights obligations of African states in the context of the climate crisis.
Haiti And The Global Movement For Reparations
April 16, 2025 Print & Online News ClipsHaiti Action Committee is honored to share the keynote address given by Haiti’s former First Lady Mildred Aristide at the April 8th, 2025 Samuel Dash Conference on Human Rights: Truth, Solidarity and Repair. The conference was co-sponsored by the Georgetown Law Human Rights Institute and the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti. The focus of this year’s conference was “Haiti and the Global Movement for Reparations.”
A Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Is Meant to Bankrupt It and Deter Public Protests, Environmental Groups Warn
February 21, 2025 Print & Online News ClipsNext week, not far from where thousands of Indigenous and environmental activists gathered in North Dakota nine years ago in opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline, one of the most consequential trials to emerge from that conflict is set to begin.
A Liberian lawyer and his organization, Global Climate Legal Defense Remembers Former President Jimmy Carter
January 17, 2025 Print & Online News ClipsGlobal Climate Legal Defense (CliDef) joins the Carter Center, the People of the United States, environmental and human rights defenders, the country and the world in mourning the passing of President Jimmy Carter and honoring his legacy in advancing democracy and human rights, and his support for environmental protection.