HRI, IJDH, and BAI have jointly made two significant submissions to the United Nations—one to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and another to the UN Secretary-General—calling for reparatory justice for Haiti in light of the enduring impacts of Transatlantic Chattel Slavery and colonialism, with a particular focus on the so-called “Independence Debt” imposed on Haiti by France in 1825.
Leading academics, lawyers and international human rights advocates gathered on April 8 for “Truth, Solidarity, and Repair: Haiti and the Global Movement for Reparations,” the 2025 Samuel Dash Conference on Human Rights hosted by Georgetown Law’s Human Rights Institute (HRI).
Haiti 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.”
Co-sponsored by Georgetown Law Human Rights Institute, Georgetown Immigration Law Journal, Immigration Law Student Association, Georgetown Law International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP)
Law students monitoring civil trial between Energy Transfer Partners and Greenpeace.
Next 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.
While much of the world’s attention has rightly been focused on the immediate humanitarian and security consequences of President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign assistance, that freeze also encompasses support for democracy and human rights activists fighting to make their societies more responsive to the needs and rights of their citizens.
Global 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.
"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,…
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.
On 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."
