Human Rights
The Human Rights and Access to Justice Program participated in the IX Summit of the Americas held in Los Angeles, California, through the Civil Society Forum, contributing to the presentations at...
Human Rights
The Human Rights and Access to Justice Program recently submitted an amicus brief before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, challenging Peru’s failure to comply with its obligations...
Human Rights
The Vance Center will host a virtual panel event “Quo Vadis? The Prosecution of Atrocity Crimes from Myanmar to Ukraine” on June 21, 2022 at 2:30 – 4:00 pm on Zoom.
Human Rights
Women prisoners’ rights advocate Kathy Boudin passed away on May 1, 2022, leaving a legacy of relentless advocacy for the rights of incarcerated women. Kathy was a founding member and driving f...
Human Rights
The Human Rights and Access to justice Program contributed to a recently-filed amicus brief challenging the application of Brazil’s 1979 amnesty law to crimes against humanity. The case comes i...
Human Rights
The Vance Center’s Human Rights Program and the international law firm Debevoise & Plimpton presented the findings and recommendations of their report “Sexual and gender-based violence in pla...
