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Press Releases
International Commission Finds United States Denied Justice to Domestic Violence Survivor (Aug. 17, 2011)
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Press Release (Aug. 17, 2011)
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Decision Press Release (Aug. 17, 2011)
U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women issues report on situation of violence against women in the United States. The report referenced information reported by the Miami Law Human Rights Clinic (June 7, 2011)
Inter-American Commission Orders United States to Stop Deportations to Cholera-Stricken Haiti (June 2, 2011)
ICE Begins Second Round of Deportations to Haiti During Humanitarian Crisis (Apr. 15, 2011)
Press Conference: Stop Deportations to Haiti! (Apr. 14, 2011)
ICE Formalizes Policy to Deport Haitians During Humanitarian Crisis (Apr. 1, 2011)
International Human Rights Commission Summons U.S. to Stop Deportations to Haiti Following First Deportee Death (Feb. 4, 2011)
U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Surveys South Florida Human Rights Issues (Jan. 2011)
Media
Lecture reveals human rights abuses still taking place in Haiti– from police brutality to gender based violence (February 9, 2012)
Lecture Shines Light on Death Penalty's Place in American Criminal Justice System (January 30, 2012)
U.N. Urges Countries to Extend Permits for Haitians (June 21, 2011)
Groups Ask for UN's Help to End Haiti Deportations (June 16, 2011)
HRC students Miraisy Rodriguez, Farrah Elchahal, and Monika Siwiec publish op-ed on violence against women in The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald (March 2011)
The Kojo Nnamdi Show: Deportations of Haitians Resumes with Guests Caroline Bettinger-Lopez and Farrin Anello (see minutes 42-52)
IntLawGrrls Guest Blogger Beatriz Carta Wagman on US Deportations Imperil Haitians (Apr. 30, 2011)
Island TV segment on advocacy before the Inter-American Commission to stop Haitian deportations with activist Marleine Bastien and Miami Law Human Rights Clinic students Beatriz Carta Wagman and Miya Patel (Mar. 11, 2011): www.islandtv.tv/?p=247 (see minutes 21-32; in Haitian Creole & English)
The Miami Herald: Halt Haitian Deportations (Apr. 18, 2011)
Deportations to Haiti: Still a Death Sentence By Vince Warren, Carrie Bettinger-Lopez and Sunita Patel (Apr. 8, 2011)
Human Rights Clinic Partners With Local Community Organizations To Plan U.N. Special Rapporteur's South Florida Visit (Jan. 28, 2011)
NY Times: After Long Fight, Farmworkers in Florida Win an Increase in Pay (Jan. 18, 2011)
Supporters Join Miami Law To Stop Deportations To Haiti One Year After The Earthquake (Jan. 12, 2011)
Miami Law Clinics File Petition To Stop Deportations of Haitians (Jan. 6, 2011)
Human Rights Clinic Partners with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers on New Fair Food CROP Project (Dec. 2010)
UPCOMING EVENTS
ICCPR Forum
The Human Rights Clinic and the ACLU-FL are hosting a forum on the upcoming review by the United Nations Human Rights Committee of the United States' compliance with its treaty obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Come learn about national and local efforts by civil society in the US to promote human rights at home.
When: September 23, 2013
12:30-2:00 pm
Where: University of Miami Law Library
Room D201
Thursday, Sept 26 at 5:30-7:30
Faculty Meeting Room
(4th floor in the law library)
"A Conversation on The Future of International Environmental Law" featuring Dan Magraw, distinguished international environmental lawyer and Jim Nickel, UM Professor of Philosophy and Law.
Click here to register.
Monday, Sept 30 at 5:30-6:30
Law Campus Room E-352
"Destroying What We Seek to Protect: Interrogation, Values and U.S. Foreign Policy" -- Louis Henkin Lecture on Human Rights; Speaker: Alberto Mora, JD '81, Former General Counsel to the Navy.
Click here to register.
MEET OUR DIRECTOR
Caroline Bettinger-López, former Deputy Director of the Human Rights Institute and Acting Director of the Human Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School runs the Human Rights Clinic. Read article about Bettinger-López joining Miami Law.
Watch video and presentation of Bettinger- López discussing the clinic.
HUMAN RIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES
Learn more about Human Rights opportunities at Miami Law.
IN THE NEWS
The ACLU delivers a statement on behalf of several groups at UNHRC urging US government to refrain from deporting Haitians (July 4, 2012)
Professor Caroline Bettinger-Lopez discusses the Miami Law Clinics' work on deportations to Haiti on Pacifica Radio (January 12, 2012)
Miami Law's Human Rights Clinic and Haitian Women of Miami Urge End to Haiti Deportations (June 6, 2012)
GENDER JUSTICE
Learn more about the Gender Justice Convening co-hosted by HRC in February 2011.
JESSICA LENAHAN (GONZALES) V. U.S.
Learn more about Jessica Lenahan (Gonzales) v. United States
STOPPING DEPORTATIONS TO HAITI
The Immigration Clinic and the Human Rights Clinic began a collaborative effort to halt deportations in view of the ongoing effects of the January 2010 earthquake. Read more about this project.
View our Congressional briefing flyer (March 2012) with the latest updates on Haitian deportations.
MISSING AND MURDERED ABORIGINAL WOMEN AND GIRLS IN CANADA
IIn Fall 2011, the Human Rights Clinic began working on the project of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls in Canada with partner organizations the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) and the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA).
View the clinic's briefing paper to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for our thematic hearing on March 28, 2012 on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls in British Columbia, Canada.
View the video of the hearing
Read a Miami Law article about the Human Rights Clinic's trip to Washington, DC
PHOTOS
See more photos of the Human Rights Clinic in action on Flickr.
Miami Law Human Rights Clinic students with Professor Bettinger-López
Miami Law Human Rights Clinic students Lea Dartevelle and Miya Patel discuss the plight of Haitian deportees from the U.S. with a representative of the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) at UNHCR headquarters in Washington, DC.
See more photos of the Human Rights Clinic in action on Flickr.
