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By International Human Rights Clinic students Franziska Angerer, Devon Hickey, and Diann Jayakoddy, under the supervision of Prof. Francisco Rivera In Spring 2022, the International Human Rights Clinic at Santa Clara Law (“Clinic”) submitted an amicus curiae (“friend of the…
by IHRC students Diann Jayakoddy, Alexis Hatcher, and Christopher Bittel, under the supervision of Professor Francisco Rivera In Fall 2021 and Spring 2022, the International Human Rights Clinic at Santa Clara Law (“Clinic”) drafted an amicus curiae brief aimed at…
By International Human Rights Clinic students Devon Hickey, Jasmine Gill, and Ella Wesley, under the supervision of Prof. Francisco Rivera. In Spring 2022, the International Human Rights Clinic at Santa Clara Law (“Clinic”) created an Instagram social media campaign to…
by International Human Rights Clinic student Jasmine Gil and Professor Francisco Rivera The International Human Rights Clinic at Santa Clara Law submitted an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief (in Spanish) in a case before the Inter-American Court of…
The International Human Rights Clinic at Santa Clara Law submitted an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief (in Spanish) in the case of Manuela et al. v El Salvador before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (“Court”), addressing the obligations that States have under international…
Blog post by IHRC students Sophie McEvoy, Cassandra Wilkins, and Ella Wesly The International Human Rights Clinic at Santa Clara Law (“IHRC”) submitted a written contribution for consideration by the United Nations during a general discussion on protecting indigenous women’s…
Blog post by IHRC student Jessie Smith and Prof. Francisco Rivera Santa Clara Law students Jessie Smith, Linnea Eccleston-Banwer, and Pree Sandhu, of the International Human Rights Clinic, submitted an amicus curiae brief before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights…
By IHRC students Diann Jayakoddy & Maxwell Nelson In Fall 2020, Santa Clara Law’s International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) provided a written submission to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for its Thematic Hearing on “Structural Racism and Police…
Former students of Santa Clara Law International Human Rights Clinic (“IHRC”) submitted a report to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants advocating for eliminating immigration detention of children in the United States. UN Special Rapporteurs (SRs)…
By IHRC students Diann Jayakoddy & Elyse Tran On January 18, 2021, Santa Clara Law’s International Human Rights Clinic (“the Clinic”) published a report entitled “Stranded. Human Rights Implications of an Inadequate Transportation System between the Islands of Culebra, Vieques,…
