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Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
Fall 2023 - Spring 2024
- November 30, 2023: Interntional Law Program News
- November 29, 2023: U.N. Human Rights Committee Offers Critical Recommendations for Transgender Rights in the United States
- November 8, 2023: Experiential Learning Newsletter
- November 3, 2023: Human Rights Clinic and Partners Advocate on Food, Housing, Immigration, and Transgender Rights before the United Nations in Geneva
- November 2, 2023: Environmental Justice Clinic Tackles Food Justice in Miami, Collaborates with Human Rights Clinic
- October 28, 2023: National Right to Food CoP Co-Founder Provides Oral Testimony to the UNHRC on the Right to Food
- October 28, 2023: U.N. Human Rights Committee to Review U.S. Compliance with Civil and Political Rights Treaty
- October 28, 2023: Karen A. Spiller, Food Solutions New England, Testifies about the Right to Food at the UN
- October 25, 2023: United Nations Advocacy — Woven into Miami Law Curriculum
- October 25, 2023: Miami Law Hosts Tenth Annual Louis Henkin Lecture Series on Human Rights with Keith Harper
- October 19, 2023: Crackdown on homeless population is a human rights violation, advocates tell UN
- October 5, 2023: U.S. Receives Failing Grades on Human Right to Housing Report Card
- September 26, 2023: Miami Law Clinic Publishes Trans Rights Report
- September 15, 2023: Anniversary Marks Legal Protection for Indigenous Women, Girls
- September 7, 2023: The Right to Food and Refugees
- August 22, 2023: Top 25 in Clinical Training and International Law in Latest U.S. News Law School Rankings
- August 11, 2023: New report offers solutions to Florida maternal, infant health crisis
- August 2, 2023: Calling for Holistic Maternal Care to Address Racial Disparities: The Role of Midwives and Doulas
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023
- June 16, 2023: Miami Law and Partners Launch Juneteenth Miami Declaration on Food, Housing, and Racial Justice
  June 13, 2023: Surfside's attempt to criminalize soap is latest attack on homeless people
- June 13, 2023: Miami Law's Clinic Newsletter
- June 1, 2023: Human Rights Clinic Alumna Soars at International Human Rights Organization
- May 30, 2023: U.S. Anti-Black Immigration Policies are The Afterlife of Slavery
- May 24, 2023: Via U.N. Advocacy, Clinic Underscores the Need for Gender-Sensitive Drug Treatment
- May 23, 2023: The White House's Gender Policy Council, Assisted by Miami Law's Caroline Bettinger-López, Releases National Plan
- May 15, 2023: ESG Impact: University of Miami Law Professor Tamar Ezer on Seeking Justice in Housing, Maternal Health
- May 5, 2023: Miami Law Honored at Florida Legal Awards 2023
- May 1, 2023: Experiential Learning Newsletter
- April 18, 2023: HRC Showcase
- April 18, 2023: HRC Year in Review
- April 10, 2023: Students from Human Rights Clinic Contribute to U.N. Recommendations
- March 21, 2023: Food, Housing, and Racial Justice Symposium at Miami Law
- March 17, 2023: Addressing Officer-Perpetrated Gender-Based Violence and Ending the "Blue Wall of Silence"
- March 15, 2023: Human Rights Clinic Testifies at Inter-American Comission on Human Rights Hearing on Stopping Deportations to Haiti
- March 10, 2023: U.S. defends deportations to Haiti before Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
- March 9, 2023: Human Rights Organizations Testify Before Inter-American Commission On The United States Government's Ongoing Abusive Practice Of Deporting Individuals to Haiti
- March 1, 2023: Spring 2023: Miami Law Magazine Showcases HRC Fellow Jordan Brooks in ’10 Students to Watch.’
- February 15, 2023: Environmental Law Experts Discuss "The Right to a Healthy Environment"
- February 7, 2023: Clinic Claims Victory in the European Court of Human Rights
- February 2, 2023: Human Rights Program Newsletter
- November 16, 2022: Miami Law's Clinic Newsletter
- November 16, 2022: 'A' Grades Awarded to Miami Law for Business, Criminal, Family, Health, Human Rights, Technology Law from PreLaw Magazine
- November 15, 2022: International Law Program News
- November 14, 2022: Addressing Homelessness through Housing Not Handcufs
- Novemeber 2, 2022: New Clinical Program Facility Unveiled, Will Advance Already Top-Ranked, Robust Program
- November 1, 2022: Extensive International Law Curriculum Expands with Courses in Indigenous Rights, UN Negotiations and Intl Law and War
- October 24, 2022: UM Law's Experiential Learning Newsletter
- September 21, 2022: Human Rights Clinic Advocates for the Rights to Food, Health, and Housing at the U.N.
- September 14, 2022: Human Rights Clinic Newsletter
- September 7, 2022: Internship Jump-Starts International Law Career for Recent Graduate
- August 31, 2022: Yale Professor Harold Koh Speaks at 9th Annual Louis Henkin Lecture on Human Rights
Fall 2021 - Spring 2022
Fall 2021 - Spring 2022
- July 12, 2022: Human Rights Clinic Hosts International Human Rights Clinicians Conference
- July 8, 2022: Encampment Ban is Miami's Latest Effort to Criminalize Homelessness
- July 5, 2022: Localizing Human Rights in Cities
- June 22, 2022: Tamar Ezer Publishes Article on Localizing Human Rights in Cities in Law Review
- June 8, 2022: Miami Law's Human Rights Clinic Partners to Publish Report on Cuba
- May 25, 2022: Miami Law's Clinic Newsletter
- April 27, 2022: Miami Law and Partners Host Symposium on Holistic Approaches to Gender Violence
- April 20, 2022: HRC Year in Review
- April 19, 2022: Human Rights Program and Partners Host Film Screening and Panel Discussion on Nothing Without Us: The Women Who Will End AIDS
- April 14, 2022: HRC Showcase
- March 23, 2022: 9th Annual Henkin Lecture "Inside the Biden Administration's Human Rights Challenge"
- March 23, 2022: Miami Law Hosts Gender Justice and Human Rights Symposium: "Holistic Approaches to Gender Violence"
- March 22, 2022: Celebrating World Water Day by Calling for Respect for Our Environment and Indigenous Communities
- March 16, 2022: Acting Associate Director of Human Rights Clinic Elected to International Board of FIAN International
- March 9, 2022: Human Rights Clinic Contributes to Victory for Right to Food in West Virginia as City of Morgantown Adopts New Municipal Resolution
- March 7, 2022: Two UM School of Law professors appointed to the Biden administration
- March 2, 2022: Via U.N. Advocacy, Clinic Addresses Discrimination and Violence against Women Who Use Drugs
- February 10, 2022: Past Time for Respect for Indigenous Peoples and the Environment
- February 7, 2022: The United States is Far Behind Other Countries on Caregiving Support
- February 3, 2022: Domestic-violence service providers need our help as reports of abuse surge during COVID | Opinion
- February 2, 2022: Two Miami Law Professors To Serve Biden Administration
- January 26, 2022: Alumna Works to Advance Health and Human Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa
- December 15, 2021: Human Rights Clinic Supports Advocacy by Rural and Indigenous Women Before the UN
- December 8, 2021: Five Miami Law Students to Receive Economic Justice Scholarships Funded By Cy Pres Distribution Windfall
- December 2021: Clinics & Community Impact: Fall 2021 ǀ Miami Law
- November 17, 2021: Human Rights Clinic Supports Maine's First-in-the-Nation Right to Food Constitutional Amendment
- November 12, 2021: With Focus on Human Rights and Trial Advocacy, 3L Miami Scholar Serves Country and Those in Need
- October 30, 2021: In Maine, a push to enumerate a constitutional right to food
- October 15, 2021: Conference Addresses Misconceptions, Proposes New Narrative For Haiti
- October 10, 2021: First Responders with a Rights-Based Approach to Mental Health Crises
- October 6, 2021: Miami Law Symposium Fosters a Wealth of Scholarship and Advocacy
- September 22, 2021: Associate Director of the Human Rights Clinic Tamar Ezer Publishes Article on Homelessness
- September 15, 2021: Miami Law launches Human Rights Program
- August 17, 2021: UN Women: Gender-Responsive Policing, Pivotal to Confidence in Law Enforcement
- August 11, 2021: Racial Bias Must be Addressed to Create Real Change in Police Responses to Gender-Based Violence
- August 2021: Human Rights Clinic Newsletter 2021
- August 3, 2021: Biden Administration Appoints Miami Law’s Caroline Bettinger-López to Gender Policy Council
Fall 2020 - Spring 2021
Fall 2020 - Spring 2021
- July 14, 2021: Manne Foundation Gift Creates Fellowships at Disability Independence Group and the Tenants’ Rights Unit of LSGMI
- July 1, 2021: Clinical Training: Human Rights Clinic Students Contribute to National Hunger, Health, and Housing Report
- June 30, 2021: Human Rights at Home Blog - Realizing the Rights to Food, Health, and Housing
- June 25, 2021: Recent Graduate and HOPE Fellow Awarded Prestigious Human Rights Program Fellowship
- June 10, 2021: Human Rights Law Clinic Advocates for the Decriminalization of Homelessness Before the Ninth Circuit
- May 2021: Community Impact: Clinics Spring 2021 ǀ Miami Law
- May 2021: Human Rights Clinic 2020-21 Highlights Video
- May 2021: Challenging Racial Injustice in the Criminalization of Homelessness in the United States: A Human Rights Approach
- May 2021: A Human Rights Framework to Address Racial Inequalities Undermining Health in the U.S.
- April 28, 2021: Human Rights Clinic Files Submission to UN on Rights of Indigenous Women and Girls
- April 22, 2021: HRC Year in Review
- March 29, 2021: Miami Law Delivers International Law & COVID-19 Symposium
- March 24, 2021: Third-year Law Student Receives Prestigious Fellowship at the Environmental Law Institute
- March 19, 2021: Biden’s Aid Package Funnels Millions to Victims of Domestic Abuse
- March 7, 2021: Facing South Florida: Gender Equality
- March 3, 2021: 3L Gabriela Valentín Díaz Receives Prestigious Bertha Justice Fellowship to Work at Earthrights
- February 22, 2021: Gender-Based Violence in Latin America a Prevalent Problem
- February 15, 2021: University of Miami Law Review: Petty Offenses Symposium Synopsis
- February 3, 2021: Victory in the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights - Human Rights Clinic Contributes to a Successful Challenge to Vagrancy Laws
- December 21, 2020: Human Rights in Patient Care: A Special Collection
- December 16, 2020: Alumna Works at Dream Job at Seminole Tribe of Florida
- December 9, 2020: Human Rights Clinic Files Federal Brief to Repeal Law Harming Immigrant Survivors of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Human Trafficking
- December 2, 2020: Student Orgs Partner on Panel, Human Rights & Tech Companies: Rights & Responsibilities in the Digital Age
- November 18, 2020: Care Not Criminalization to Address Drug Dependence
- November 17, 2020: Human Rights Clinic Assesses Impact of COVID-19 on Gender-Based Violence in South FL
- Fall 2020: Human Rights Clinic Contributes to 2020 Global 16 Days Campaign Advocacy Guide and Social Media Toolkit.
- Fall 2020: University of Miami Law Review: Petty Offenses Symposium Special Issue
- Fall 2020: Petty Offenses Symposium Special Issue Forward: Addressing the Criminalization of Poverty and Marginalization
- Fall 2020: Petty Offenses Symposium Special Issue Walking While Trans: Policing Women’s Sexuality
- October 29, 2020: Domestic Violence Survivors Need More Help Than Ever During Pandemic
- October 19, 2020: Joe Biden Ha Luchado De Forma Sincera Contra La Violencia Hacia Las Mujeres | Opinión
- October 14, 2020: Two-Time HOPE Fellow Follows Her Passion for International Human Rights
- October 12, 2020: Joe Biden Has a History of Keeping Women Safe from Domestic Violence | Opinion
- September 29, 2020: Skadden Foundation Tackles Covid Legal Issues Impacting Poor
- September 21, 2020: Miami Law’s Legal Eagles Reflect on Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Legacy
- September 15, 2020: Top Schools for Human Rights Law
- September 14, 2020: Serving Where the Need is Greatest: A Q&A with Drew Aiken of Doctors Without Borders
- September 3, 2020: Constitutionalizing Equality: The Equal Rights Amendment as a Catalyst for Change
Fall 2019 - Spring 2020
Fall 2019 - Spring 2020
- July 8, 2020: Via Human Rights Clinic, 3L Fights Criminalization of Food Sharing for Miami’s Homeless
- June 24, 2020: Human Rights Clinic Submits UN Report on Right to Food
- June 21, 2020: Using ILO Convention 190 for Domestic Advocacy in the U.S.A.
- June 6, 2020: The Shadow Pandemic: 243 Million Women Have Experienced Physical Or Sexual Abuse In The Last Year
- May 27, 2020: Grad Heads to D.C. for Fellowship at Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs
- May 26, 2020: Homes for the Homeless is One of the Best Ways to Protect Them From COVID-19 | Opinion
- May 21, 2020: COVID-19 Leaves Domestic Violence Survivors in the Shadows
- May 20, 2020: Recent Graduate Awarded Prestigious Justice Catalyst Fellowship with Texas Civil Rights Project
- May 13, 2020: Commencement Speaker Heads to the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps
- April 29, 2020: Smart Take: Anti-Immigrant Laws Put Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Victims in Harm’s Way, and Undermine Community Safety by Caroline Bettinger-López
- April 24, 2020: Miami Law Human Rights Clinic Addresses the Rights of Rural Women Before the Organization of American States
- April 23, 2020: Via U.N. Advocacy, Human Rights Clinic Addresses Arbitrary Detention Resulting from Drug Policy
- April 1, 2020: The Law of Covid-19: Miami Law Addresses Civil and Human Rights, Public Health, Financial Stability, and Privacy Law in Pandemic America
- March 25, 2020: Clinic Director Joins New Commission to Investigate Gender-Based Violence
- March 22, 2020: #PoorNotGuilty
- February 3, 2020: New Commission will Investigate Gender-Based Violence
- January 9, 2020:Haitians Gained Protections to Stay in the U.S. after a Devastating Quake. A Decade Later, Trump Wants That to End . A report from the University of Miami School of Law found that people deported after being convicted of crimes — including nonviolent drug offenses — are much more likely to become homeless once they return to Haiti, where they are often viewed as extensions of the United States government, with which Haitians are deeply angry. "Finding gainful employment is out of reach for many deportees," the researchers concluded. "Many deportees do not speak fluent Creole or speak Creole with an accent that is recognizably 'American.'"
- November 15, 2019: Repeal Florida law that leaves immigrant domestic-violence victims in greater danger | Opinion
- October 31, 2019: Miami Law Human Rights Clinic Submits Four Reports to the United Nations Alleging Violations in the U.S.
- September 11, 2019: Clinic Addresses Gender Impacts of Vagrancy Laws Before African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
- September 5, 2019: Petty Offenses Symposium at Miami Law. Please find additional information and materials on the website of the Petty Offenses Symposium: Challenging the Criminalization of Poverty, Marginalization, and Gender Non-Conformity
Fall 2018 - Spring 2019
Fall 2018 - Spring 2019
- July 2, 2019: Broadway Play Commemorates Human Rights Clinic Case Town of Castle Rock v. Jessica Gonzales 20th
- March 6, 2019: Via U.N. Advocacy, Clinic Addresses Discriminatory Drug Laws Against Women
- February 20, 2019: Human Rights Clinic Addresses Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada
- February 6, 2019: PRESS RELEASE: Coalition Calls for Urgent Action to Stop Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls
- January 16, 2019: Human Rights Clinic Students Travel to CO Seeking Answers on Client's Case
- January 9, 2019: Tragedy as a Catalyst for Change
- January 9, 2019: Codifying #MeToo into International Law
- December 5, 2018: Human Rights Clinic Address Officer-Perpetrated Gender Violence before European Court of Human Rights
- December 3, 2018: Miami Law Human Rights Clinic Convenes Roundtable on Gender Bias in Police Response to Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault
- October 13, 2018: Film Chronicles a Mother's Fight for Justice
- October 5, 2018: Jessica Lenahan, Carrie Bettinger-Lopez honored for fight to get restraining orders enforced
- September 27, 2018: A Nation Transfixed by the Kavanaugh Drama - Over 250 law professors who are experts in gender violence, sent a letter to Senators Mitch McConnell, John Cornyn and Chuck Grassley regarding the fundamental flaws in process in Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing.
- September 27, 2018: Kavanaugh’s judiciary hearing becomes teachable moment for UM, FIU students
- August 14, 2018: Miami Law's Human Rights Clinic along with a coalition of three other South Florida-based community organizations announces grant award from the TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund
- August 7, 2018: Human Rights Clinic Augments Expertise with New Associate Director
Fall 2017 - Spring 2018
Fall 2017 - Spring 2018
- June 15, 2018: Professor Caroline Bettinger-Lopez Publishes Op-Ed in Foreign Affairs Magazine: Sessions’ Draconian Asylum Decision, The U.S. Turns Its Back on Domestic Violence Victims
- April 17, 2018: Professor Caroline Bettinger-Lopez Publishes Essay in Foreign Affairs Magazine: The Long Arc of Human Rights: A Case for Optimism
- March 30, 2018: Human Rights Clinic Students Advocate for Rural Women's Right to Food at UN
- March 21, 2018: Joe Biden and Professor Carrie Bettinger-Lopez Call for a Change in Culture
- Dec. 12, 2017: Professor Bettinger-López Wins A Roddenberry Fellowship to Start the COURAGE in Policing Project (Community Oriented and United Responses to Address Gender Violence and Equality)
- Oct. 31, 2017: Students from Professor Carrie Bettinger-López’s International Human Rights Law and Advocacy class teamed up with the law school’s Human Rights Clinic and South Florida anti-poverty organizations to produce six reports for the United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. The rapporteur, Professor Philip Alston, used the reports to supplement his report to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva in early 2018.
- Feb. 7, 2017: Beaver County, UT becomes 31st municipality to adopt a “Freedom from Domestic Violence” Human Rights Resolution. The Human Rights Clinic has worked with law clinics, advocates, and municipalities across the country to develop other "Freedom from Gender Violence" local human rights resolutions. Click here to learn more about the Resolutions.
Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
Fall 2014 - Spring 2015
- Haitian activists urge US to halt deportations for minor crimes (February 20, 2015)
- PRESS RELEASE: Law School Clinics Release Report Documenting the Devastating Consequences of U.S. Deportations to Haiti: Report Urges United States to Stop Deportations to Post-Earthquake Haiti (February 19, 2015)
- Activists say Haitian deportations need to stop (February 19, 2015)
- Study, Activists: Stop U.S. Deportations to Haiti (February 19, 2015)
- Haitian author Danticat: Stop deportations to Haiti (February 18, 2015)
- Immigration and Human Rights Clinic Publish Report on Post-Earthquake Haiti (February 18, 2015)
- Professor Kelleen Corrigan as IntLawGrrls contributor: Committee against Torture Weighs in on U.S. Immigration Policy (Jan 10, 2015).
- Civil Society and the Convention Against Torture (September 25, 2014)
- MSNBC - How the Supreme Court Turned its Back on Domestic Violence (September 17, 2014)
- Professor Caroline Bettinger-Lopez comments on El Salvador's restrictive abortion laws in this WLRN-NPR news story. (September 16, 2014)
Fall 2013 - Spring 2014
Fall 2013 - Spring 2014
- Recent Miami Law Graduate Receives Fulbright Award to Examine Customary Law in Namibia (May 20, 2014)
- Colorado Senate Tribute to Jessica Lenahan - On the last day of their legislative session, the Colorado Legislature honored Jessica Lenahan with a formal tribute. The tribute recognized Jessica’s personal courage and 15 years of advocacy on behalf of domestic violence victims. (May 7, 2014)
- Professor Caroline Bettinger, Director of the Human Rights Clinic, speaks on "Behind the Headlines" on Jamaica Radio about a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about Stand Your Ground Laws in Florida. (March 25, 2014)
- Lecture on internet privacy and human rights, and surveillance with Michael Samway, the former vice-president and deputy general counsel of Yahoo! and founder of Yahoo!'s Business and Human Rights Program (April 15, 2014)
- Human Rights Clinic Participates in Hearing on Stand Your Ground Laws Before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (April 15, 2014)
- Human Rights Clinic Submits Amicus Curiae Brief on Dominican Republic's Mass Deportations of Haitians to Inter-American Court of Human Rights (November 11, 2013)
- Human Rights Clinic Hosts Forum and Presents Reports on Human Rights in the U.S. (October 28, 2013)
- PRESS RELEASE: University of Miami School of Law Human Rights Clinic Submits Friend of Court Brief to Inter-American Court of Human Rights (October 28, 2013)
- PRESS RELEASE: Amnesty International Press Release: Dominican Republic must retract ruling that could leave thousands stateless (October 18, 2013)
- Risk of Mass Deprivation of Nationality: Hundreds of thousands of individuals of foreign, mostly Haitian, descent in the Dominican Republic are at risk of being deprived of their Dominican nationality and becoming stateless following a recent ruling by the Constitutional Court. (October 13, 2013)
- HRC students Averil Andrews and Jenny Khavinson co-published "From International to Domestic Approaches: Battling DV in the United States," on the Lenahan case, in the Dec/Jan 2012 edition of Domestic Violence Report and the Summer 2013 edition of Family & Intimate Partner Violence Quarterly.
Fall 2011 - Spring 2012
Fall 2011 - Spring 2012
- The ACLU delivers a statement on behalf of several groups at UNHRC urging US government to refrain from deporting Haitians (July 4, 2012)
- Miami Law's Human Rights Clinic and Haitian Women of Miami Urge End to Haiti Deportations (June 6, 2012)
- 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)
- Professor Caroline Bettinger-Lopez discusses the Miami Law Clinics' work on deportations to Haiti on Pacifica Radio (January 12, 2012)
- U.S. Deportees to Haiti Face Horrific Conditions (November 13, 2011)
- U.S. Reviews Care of Deported Haitian Who Died (September 20, 2011)
- PRESS RELEASE: International Commission Finds United States Denied Justice to Domestic Violence Survivor (Aug. 17, 2011)
- PRESS RELEASE: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Press Release (Aug. 17, 2011)
- PRESS RELEASE: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Decision Press Release (Aug. 17, 2011)
Fall 2010 - Spring 2011
Fall 2010 - Spring 2011
- 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)
- 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)
- PRESS RELEASE: 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)
- PRESS RELEASE: Inter-American Commission Orders United States to Stop Deportations to Cholera-Stricken Haiti (June 2, 2011)
- The Kojo Nnamdi Show: Deportations of Haitians Resumes with Guests Caroline Bettinger-Lopez and Farrin Anello (see minutes 42-52) Listen
- IntLawGrrls Guest Blogger Beatriz Carta Wagman on US Deportations Imperil Haitians (Apr. 30, 2011)
- The Miami Herald: Halt Haitian Deportations (Apr. 18, 2011)
- PRESS RELEASE: ICE Begins Second Round of Deportations to Haiti During Humanitarian Crisis (Apr. 15, 2011)
- PRESS RELEASE: Press Conference: Stop Deportations to Haiti! (Apr. 14, 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) (see minutes 21-32; in Haitian Creole & English)
- Deportations to Haiti: Still a Death Sentence By Vince Warren, Carrie Bettinger-Lopez and Sunita Patel (Apr. 8, 2011)
- PRESS RELEASE: ICE Formalizes Policy to Deport Haitians During Humanitarian Crisis (Apr. 1, 2011)
- Miami Law Clinics Argue Against Deportations to Haiti Before Human Rights Tribunal (April 11, 2011)
- WLRN: Carrie Bettinger-Lopez on her recent travels to Haiti where she documented the current conditions under which current deportees to Haiti are being held
- 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)
- Strangers in a Strange Land, a New York Times video (March 21, 2011), documents the lives of Haitian deportees from the U.S. and features Prof. Carrie Bettinger-Lopez and the work of the Miami Law Human Rights Clinic.
- PRESS RELEASE: International Human Rights Commission Summons U.S. to Stop Deportations to Haiti Following First Deportee Death (Feb. 4, 2011)
- PRESS RELEASE: UM School of Law Hosts Conference: 'Gender Justice in the Americas: A Transnational Dialogue on Sexuality, Violence, Reproduction & Human Rights' (Feb. 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)
- PRESS RELEASE: Rights Groups File Emergency Human Rights Petition to Stop Imminent Deportations to Haiti: Earthquake, Cholera and Violence is Death Sentence (Jan. 6, 2011)
- PRESS RELEASE: U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Surveys South Florida Human Rights Issues (Jan. 2011)

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