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A Message from Fr. Ted Hesburgh

hesburgh_king.jpg “No other University of which I am aware makes this kind of investment in international human rights law on this scale. It is vital that Notre Dame have the resources needed to continue this expression of our mission of service to humanity. I urge you to support the Center for Civil and Human Rights as generously as you can.”
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CCHR News

CCHR Funding for Summer Human Rights Internships

For the fourth year, the Center for Civil and Human Rights (CCHR) will provide internship funding for up to three J.D. students who seek unpaid international internships in the field of human rights law.

Past recipients of CCHR funding have worked with domestic and international human rights NGOs, regional tribunals, legal aid clinics and academic centers in countries including China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Uganda, Bolivia, and Costa Rica.

Applicants are required to secure their own internship; CCHR faculty and staff are available to assist in identifying possible host organizations. Preference will be given to those applicants who will directly use their legal education and skills.

Interested applicants should send the following to Sean O’Brien, CCHR Assistant Director, at sobrien2@nd.edu by March 1, 2012. > Read More

Events

juan_taking_a_stand_book “Taking a Stand: the Evolution of Human Rights”
Presented by Juan Mendez

Thursday, April 26, 2012
12:30 p.m.
1130 Eck Hall of Law
Food will be served.

Juan E. Mendez, United Nations Special Rapporteur for Torture and renowned human rights scholar and activist, will present his new memoir “Taking a Stand: The Evolution of Human Rights.” After the lecture, books will be available for purchase and Mr. Mendez will be available for signing.

Sponsored by the Center for Civil and Human Rights and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies

rose_nakayi “The Dynamics of Customary Land Rights and Transitional Justice: The Case of the Acholi Sub-Region of Northern Uganda”
Dissertation presentation and defense by J.S.D. candidate Rose Nakayi

Thursday, April 26, 2012
1:45 p.m.
2130 Eck Hall of Law

Ms. Nakayi joined the J.S.D. program in 2008. She earned an LL.M. from the University of Cambridge (U.K) and an LL.B. (JD equivalent) from Makerere University, Uganda (MUK). Since 2001 she has been a staff member at MUK’s Faculty of Law, Human Rights and Peace Center (HURIPEC). At MUK, she was involved in a range of activities including: teaching, research, outreach and monitoring various aspects of human rights and governance in Uganda. Ms. Nakayi was coordinator of the programme on Human Rights and Democratization in Africa at Makerere, and more recently, the Uganda Coalition for the International Criminal Court, at the Human Rights Network – Uganda (HURINET). She took part in the International Center for Transitional Justice fellowship program in Cape Town, where she developed a keen interest in Transitional Justice. She has consulted on indigenous peoples’ land rights and the human rights issues surrounding citizenship and identity struggles in Uganda, for the Forest Peoples’ Land rights in England and the East African Center for Constitutional Development, respectively.

sonia_boulos “The Prohibition on Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment in International Law”
Dissertation presentation and defense by J.S.D. candidate Sonia Boulos

Thursday, May 3, 2012
10:00 a.m.
2130 Eck Hall of Law

Ms. Boulos joined the J.S.D. program in 2008. She is a Palestinian lawyer and citizen of Israel. She earned her LL.B. from Haifa University (2000) and her LLM. in International Human Rights Law, magna cum laude, from the Notre Dame Law School (2002). Prior to obtaining her LL.M., she completed her internship at Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel. After graduating from Notre Dame, Sonia joined the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI). As a staff attorney she worked on filing Supreme Court petitions, interfaced with governmental authorities, participated in parliamentary committee hearings, and prepared expert position papers on a range of issues. Thematically, Sonia’s work concentrated on the areas of equal rights for women, as well as advancing the right to free speech and political rights of the Palestinian minority in Israel, and promoting respect for international humanitarian law. In addition to her work at ACRI, Sonia served as a board member for KAYAN-Feminist Organization, ILAM-Media Center for Palestinians in Israel and The Working Group for Equality in Personal Status Law. Sonia’s committee includes NDLS Professors Paolo Carozza and Douglass Cassel and Professor William Schabas from Middlesex University in London.

The Center sponsors a wide range of events, including lectures, panel discussions and conferences throughout the year. Events feature law school and university faculty, students, and invited guests who are experts or practitioners in the field. To receive information about upcoming events by email, sign up for the CCHR events listserv.
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Undergraduates are encouraged to attend the many human rights related lectures, panels and conferences sponsored by the law school’s Center for Civil and Human Rights.
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Independent International Panel

Marlin Mine The Center for Civil and Human Rights has formed an independent international panel to conduct a human rights impact assessment of gold mining operations at the Goldcorp Inc. Marlin Mine in San Marcos, Guatemala. > Read More