Position announcement: Program Associate / Office Manager
June 23, 2023 Original ContentHRI is hiring for a Program Associate / Office Manager!
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Soledad García Muñoz Joins Georgetown Law as the Drinan Chair in Human Rights
Ecofeminist human rights and environmental lawyer and former Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural, and Environmental Rights at the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights Soledad García Muñoz will join Georgetown Law as the 2023-2024 Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Chair in Human Rights.
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HRI Deputy Director Michelle Liu travels to Guantánamo to observe proceedings
June 14, 2023 Original ContentLast week, HRI Deputy Director Michelle Liu traveled to Cuba as part of the Guantánamo Observers Program run by the Georgetown Center on National Security.
Executive Director Elisa Massimino named one of DC's Most Influential People
May 16, 2023 Print & Online News ClipsElisa 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…
Promoting justice and accountability for Yazidi victims and survivors of genocide
April 19, 2023 Original ContentIn partnership with Nadia's Initiative—an NGO founded by Nobel Peace Laureate Nadia Murad focused on ending sexual violence as a weapon of war—students in the 2022-2023 Human Rights Advocacy in Action Practicum worked to develop and advance innovative strategies to hold the Islamic State (ISIS) accountable for its crimes against the Yazidi people. Applications for the 2023-2024 practicum are now open!
Bridging the gap between science & the practice of interrogation
March 7, 2023 Print & Online News ClipsBridging the Gap Between Science & the Practice of Interrogation
Former war crimes prosecutor speaks on transitional justice
November 14, 2022 Original ContentFormer War Crimes Prosecutor Speaks on Transitional Justice
Religion and human rights: a conversation with Elisa Massimino
October 11, 2022 Original ContentThe Berkley Forum at Georgetown Law's Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs sat down with Elisa Massimino to discuss the aspirations of the Center's Rethinking Religion and Human Rights project, the scope of her advocacy work, and relevant issues at the intersection of religion and human rights.
RFKHR book club spotlights Elizabeth Hinton's 'America on Fire'
October 5, 2022 Print & Online News ClipsAmerica 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.
Guantanamo has become America's cage
October 4, 2022 Opinions"Today, more than 20 years after the United States transferred the first prisoners to Guantanamo, it’s not only the prisoners who are trapped there. It’s our cage, too. And the costs of being stuck there are enormous," writes Elisa Massimino in CNN Opinion.
David Tolbert joins Georgetown Law as the Drinan Chair in Human Rights
September 8, 2022 Original ContentGeorgetown Law announces that international human rights lawyer and former war crimes prosecutor David Tolbert will join the Law Center as the 2022-2023 Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Chair in Human Rights.