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Columbia University was the first to make human rights prominent in university education - professional, graduate, and undergraduate. Columbia Law School has the oldest comprehensive human rights program in legal education in the United States, perhaps in the world, including one of the first internship programs and human rights clinics.

In 1998, building on decades of human rights education, Columbia Law School founded the Human Rights Institute to help train the next generation of lawyers, teachers, and human rights professionals. The Institute is dedicated to building bridges between theory and practice; between law and other disciplines; between national (constitutional) rights and international human rights.

Through programs of symposia, conferences, and lectures, and through faculty and student exchanges, fellowships and internships, the Institute renders Columbia's participation and influence worldwide.

 

NEWS & FEATURES

  • On Monday, April 7, HRI hosted a day-long conference on The United States and the Inter-American Human Rights System, which was co-sponsored by ASIL and CEJIL.

    On Tuesday, April 8, HRI hosted a closed-door, expert meeting from 8:30-12  at Columbia Law School to discuss ways to strengthen the Inter-American human rights system.  The discussion will focus on (1) the pending proposed reforms to the IACHR and their potential impact  on participants in the Inter-American human rights regime; and (2) ways that the Commission can broaden its relationship with state parties, including the United States.

    Representatives from the Inter-American Commission, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the U.S. State Department, academics and civil society participated in both programs.

  • Check out Caroline Bettinger-Lopez's latest article on the Castle Rock v. Gonzales case in the Harvard Human Rights Journal.  Click here to read the article.

  • The CLS Human Rights Clinic and the ACLU represent Jessica Lenahan, formerly Gonzales, in Jessica Gonzales v. United States of America. Click here for Colorado Public Radio's October 22nd story about the case.

  •  The three volume Bringing Human Rights Home book set, co-edited by former Bringing Human Rights Home Director Cindy Soohoo, is now available. Click here for more information or to order.


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