Call for Applications: 2024-2026 Dash-Muse Teaching Fellowship
January 16, 2024 Original ContentHRI is recruiting for our 2024-2026 Dash-Muse Teaching Fellow!
News
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.
Recent News
Soledad García Muñoz Joins Georgetown Law as the Drinan Chair in Human Rights
October 30, 2023 Original ContentThe Human Rights Institute is thrilled to welcome Soledad Garcia Munoz to Georgetown Law as the 2023-2024 Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Chair in Human Rights! García Muñoz has just concluded two terms of exemplary service as the inaugural Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural, and Environmental Rights for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
HRI Executive Director Elisa Massimino Joins DHS Homeland Intelligence Experts Group
September 25, 2023 Print & Online News ClipsA 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.
Georgetown Law’s Human Rights Institute partners with Nobel laureate to pursue justice for Yazidi community
September 18, 2023 Original ContentLast January, Alexis Shanes, L’24, found herself in Erbil, a city in Northern Iraq. “It was the most astonishing experience, one I never thought I would be able to have in law school,” she said.
Orientation 2023: 1,000+ new ‘Hoya Lawyas’ arrive on campus
August 31, 2023 Original ContentBy any measure, the entering 1L class at Georgetown Law this fall is impressive.
To commemorate World Humanitarian Day, HRI Executive Director reflects on the life and legacy of human rights lawyer Arthur Helton
August 21, 2023 Original ContentAugust 2023 marks two years since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the collapse of democracy under the Taliban takeover.
Executive Director Elisa Massimino gives statement on accountability for Russian war crimes
August 11, 2023 Print & Online News ClipsElisa 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…
Creating a community of practice on human rights and the sustainable development goals
July 31, 2023 Original ContentThe 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a set of policy priorities designed by the international community — with input from millions of people around the world — and adopted at the United Nations in 2015. The Sustainable Development Goals are ambitious: end poverty, protect the planet, and improve the lives and prospects of everyone on Earth.
Deputy Assistant Secretary Scott Busby to join HRI as Distinguished Fellow this fall
June 26, 2023 Original ContentGeorgetown Law’s Human Rights Institute is thrilled to announce that Deputy Assistant Secretary Scott Busby will join the Human Rights Institute this Fall as a Distinguished Fellow.
Position announcement: Program Associate / Office Manager
June 23, 2023 Original ContentHRI is hiring for a Program Associate / Office Manager!