Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

30 Years Promoting Human Rights through Teaching, Scholarship, and Service

AUWCL established the Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law as part of its long-standing commitment to international human rights and the rule of law. For 30 years, the Center has worked with students, faculty and the international legal community to provide support for human rights initiatives in the U.S. and around the world through teaching, scholarship and service. The Center engages in exciting innovations in human rights education and advocacy by way of training, complementary education, outreach, workshops and conferences, and research and publications. All Center programming promotes the value of service, thereby grounding the Center as a core resource to the NGO community and a bridge between academia and civil society.

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Education & Training Promoting widespread understanding of human rights through teaching, service, and learning beyond the traditional law school curriculum

Research & Scholarship Creating and supporting research and scholarship organized around robust interdisciplinary agendas for academic audiences, human rights practitioners, and other stakeholders

Litigation & Advocacy Enhancing and promoting access to justice around the world through strengthening human rights frameworks at the national, regional, and international levels, while empowering marginalized individuals and communities to assert their basic human rights

What's New At The Center

Privacy and Data Protection Implications of Neurotechnology

The Director of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Eduardo Bertoni and Marcello Ienca

Panel Discussions on International Law Commission’s Current Work

The Permanent Missions of Austria and Kenya to the United Nations in Geneva co-hosted a panel discussion with members of the International Law Commission.

Congratulations to Professor Sinha

On July 2024, Anita Sinha was appointed as the Director of the newly established Program on Gender, Theory, Law & Practice at America University Washington College of Law

Justice and Rule of Law Forum by World Bank Group (WBG)

On June 25th and 26th 2024, experts in the Justice field, senior government officials, International and civil society Organizations, private sector representatives,

Nigeria Data Protection Commission

On June 21st 2024, the Head of Legal, Enforcement and Regulations (HLER), Babatunde Bamigboye, Esq. of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) and an International Fellow of the United States Federal Trade Commission,

MICI

The Director of the AUWCL Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law visited the Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (MICI)

Prof Juan Mendez

Juan Méndez's book is referenced and used in decision-making by Brazil’s highest court, the Federal Tribunal Superior de Justica (TSJ)

Prof. Eduardo Bertoni discussed Neurotechnologies and human rights at the Council of Europe

Prof. Eduardo Bertoni, recently appointed Director of the Center of Human Rights And Humanitarian Law, was invited by the Council of Europe's BUREAU OF THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUALS WITH REGARD TO AUTOMATIC PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA (Convention 108)

Relevant Conference on Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction.

On February, 2024, a relevant Conference on Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction took Place at Washington College of Law.

Professor Juan Mendez at Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford Projects

Juan Mendez, Professor of Human Rights Law in Residence and Faculty Co- Director at the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law was admitted as Research Fellow between September 10 and December 15 of 2023 at Bonavero Institute of Human Rights in the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

Eduardo Bertoni Joins AUWCL as Director of the Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law

American University Washington College of Law is pleased to welcome Eduardo Bertoni as Director of the Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law.

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