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June, 2023

Vance Center Hosts Discussion on Pro Bono Work and Rule of Law in Africa and Latin America

Participants in the roundtable discussion. (Photo credit: Vance Center) About 30 people representing 15 countries, including Vance Center Committee members Antonia Stolper, S. Todd Crider, and Hu... Read More

June, 2023

Vance Center and Milbank Represent UN Special Rapporteurs in Amicus Brief on Oceans and Climate Change

The brief, filed by the Vance Center and Milbank, discusses the climate change-related obligations of States under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). UNCLOS is a comprehensive lega... Read More

June, 2023

Lawyers for Reporters Expands Staff and Advisory Capacity

Zach Press. (Photo: Courtesy Zach Press) Zachary M. Press joined the Vance Center as a Staff Attorney for Lawyers for Reporters, joining Managing Attorney Kay Murray as the program’s second ful... Read More

June, 2023

Vance Center and FECAJUD Organize Regional Workshop to Strengthen Central American Judiciary

Workshop participants at Guatemala’s Supreme Court of Justice. (Photo credit: Vance Center) A team of experts in international human rights law, judicial transparency, democratic government... Read More

May, 2023

Vance Center and Kenyan Partners Launch Pro Bono Institute of Kenya

Attendees at the PBIK launch event in Nairobi, April 28, 2023. (Photo credit: Strathmore Law School) The Pro Bono Institute of Kenya (PBIK) will act as an intermediary between Kenyan civil societ... Read More

May, 2023

Vance Center Launches Global Defamation Defense Program on World Press Freedom Day

Vance Center Executive Director Alexander Papachristou; Pavla Holcová, OCCRP’s Regional Editor for Central Europe; and Peter Noorlander, start-up executive director of Reporters Shield, at the... Read More