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The Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law produces reports, policy papers, scholarly articles, media, toolkits, books, the student-run Human Rights Brief, and other resources, which policymakers, advocates, international aid organizations, legal practitioners, and others use to help inform decisions on issues of international human rights and humanitarian law.

Publications 2021-2022 Annual Report This annual report highlights the Center's work and achievements that have been made possible by our students, staff, and faculty.

Resources Our YouTube channel is consistently updated with recordings of Center's latest panels, workshops, and talks on issues related to the Center's core initiatives.

Publications Human Rights Brief The Human Rights Brief, a student-run publication of the Center, provides concise legal analysis of cutting edge human rights issues.

Publications Thematic Hearing Outcome Statement Outcome statement from the Thematic Hearing on the Situation of Housing as a Human Right in the U.S. before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Publications Annex I: The Legal Methods and Jurisprudence of the UN WGAD 2020 This supplement is the 2020 annex to the Center's introductory guide on the legal methods and jurisprudence of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.

Publications Informe Final del Panel de Expertos/as Independientes 2021 El Panel Independiente de Expertos y Expertas para la evaluación de personas candidatas a la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos y a la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos se complace en presentar este informe, que tiene como objetivo fortalecer el sistema de nominación y elecciones en el Sistema Interamericano de Derechos Humanos.

Publications Final Report of the 2021 Independent Panel of Experts The Independent Panel of Experts for the evaluation of candidates to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is pleased to present this report, which aims to strengthen the system of nominations and elections in the Inter-American Human Rights System.

Publications 2020-2021 Annual Report This annual report highlights the Center's work and achievements that have been made possible by our students, staff, and faculty.

Publications Principles on Effective Interviewing for Investigations and Information Gathering The Principles integrate law with the robust and growing scientific research on questioning methods that most effectively elicit accurate and reliable information from the interviewee.

Publications The Legal Methods and Jurisprudence of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (2015-2018): An Introduction for Practitioners (2021) This report researches and analyzes claims and opinions related to arbitrary deprivation of liberty issued by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.

Publications 2019-2020 Annual Report This annual report highlights the Center's work and achievements that have been made possible by our students, staff, and faculty.

PUBLICATIONS 2018-2019 Annual Report This annual report highlights the Center's work and achievements that have been made possible by our students, staff, and faculty.

PUBLICATIONS Community Guide to Legal Issues in Natural Resource Management This guide serves as a "how-to" manual for community activists in Cambodia to identify and realize their rights in natural resource management.

Publications 2017-2018 Annual Report This annual report highlights the Center's work and achievements that have been made possible by our students, staff, and faculty.

Publications Gender Perspectives on Torture: Law and Practice (2018) This volume provides novel insights into critical topics at the intersection between gender and the international human rights law prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment.

Publications 2016-2017 Annual Report This annual report highlights the Center's work and achievements that have been made possible by our students, staff, and faculty.

Publications The Prohibition of Torture: An Introductory Guide (2017) This brochure serves as a resource for prospective and current law students, civil society, and other individuals committed to human rights, as they navigate the opportunities and challenges of this dynamic area of law.

Publications This edited volume brings together contributions by more than 30 international children’s rights experts in response to former UN's thematic report on torture of children deprived of liberty.

Publications Impact Litigation: An Introductory Guide (2016) This brochure provides an overview of the Impact Litigation Project (ILP), an experiential education initiative that promotes and strengthens the rule of law and democracy around the world.

Publications 2015-2016 Annual Report For over 20 years, the Center has worked with students, faculty, and the international legal community to provide scholarship and support for human rights initiatives around the world.

Publications Torture in Healthcare Settings: Reflections on the Special Rapporteur on Torture's 2013 Thematic Report (2013) This follow-up model seeks to expand upon a thematic report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture (SRT).

PUBLICATIONS Montreux Five Years On (2013) The report highlights the significant and ongoing challenges that participating states face in meeting their legal obligations and implementing the good practices.

PUBLICATIONS Human Rights in the U.S., A Handbook for Legal Aid Attorneys (2013) The Local Human Rights Lawyering Project aims to provide training, coaching and mentorship for legal aid attorneys in the U.S. to integrate human rights framework into their daily work.

PUBLICATIONS Raising the Bar: Twenty-five Years of Strengthening Human Rights in Israel (2009) This report was published in 2009 to mark the 25th anniversary of the Herman Schwartz Israel Human Rights Law Fellowship.

PUBLICATIONS Teaching International Humanitarian Law at U.S. Law Schools (2007) This survey provides an overview of the state of IHL teaching in the United States, and contributes to a general understanding of the IHL landscape as it faces significant challenges.

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