Elisa Massimino Included in Washington DC’s 500 Most Influential People of 2026 in The Washingtonian
May 5, 2026 Print & Online News ClipsClick here for Washington DC’s 500 Most Influential People of 2026
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Human Rights Institute Urges African Human Rights Court to Center Children’s Rights in Forthcoming Advisory Opinion on Climate Change
The Human Rights Institute (“HRI”) has filed an amicus brief urging Africa’s highest human rights court to address the disproportionate impact of the climate crisis on the human rights of children in its highly anticipated advisory opinion on climate change.
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Youth Advocates, Legal Experts Call for Climate Justice at 2026 Samuel Dash Conference on Human Rights
April 7, 2026 Print & Online News ClipsWith an eye toward identifying the advocates and strategies that will guide the next generation of climate justice work, on March 31, Georgetown Law’s Human Rights Institute (HRI) convened “Futures at Stake: Climate Change, Human Rights, and Youth…
Over 100 International Law Experts Warn: U.S. Strikes on Iran Violate UN Charter and May Be War Crimes
April 2, 2026 Print & Online News ClipsExecutive Director Elisa Massimino one of 100 signatures by international law experts across the United States, including senior professors; leaders of prominent international law associations, non-governmental organizations, and legal clinics; former…
Jurisdiction, Domicile, and the Ratio Decidendi of Wong Kim Ark
March 31, 2026 Print & Online News ClipsWhen the Supreme Court hears oral argument tomorrow in Trump v. Barbara, Solicitor General John Sauer will try to persuade the Justices that a child is born “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States only if the child’s parents are domiciled…
America Is Turning Away People Fleeing for Their Lives — and Breaking the Law to Do It
March 18, 2026 Print & Online News ClipsHRI Distinguished Fellow Scott Busby, and with Mary Giovagnoli, Harold Hongju Koh, and Michael Posner, wrote on Noem v. Al Otro Lado—which was heard by the Supreme Court on March 24—for Just Security. Read more about the bipartisan group of 13 former…
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing: “U.S. Presidency of the G20 – An Opportunity to Champion Human Rights”
March 6, 2026 Print & Online News ClipsHRI Distinguished Fellow Scott Busby at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission with Human Rights First. Read his recommendations here.
Handing defeats to Trump, Supreme Court signals potential course change
February 21, 2026 Print & Online News ClipsHRI Faculty Advisor John Mikhail quoted in the Washington Post. Read the article here.
2025-2026 Drinan Chair Agnieszka Fryszman named in 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America
January 10, 2026 Print & Online News ClipsRead more about this list here.
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).