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December, 2021

Vance Center Launches South Africa Project

The Vance Center and the South African Fellows Legal Network (SALFN), in partnership with the U.S. Mission to South Africa, convened a virtual meeting to launch a new project addressing the gende... Read More

November, 2021

Vance Center Joins Conversation on South Africa

The Vance Center co-sponsored a virtual event with Orrick, Netflix, the National Bar Association, and Mapongwana Attorneys entitled "Together We Strive: Discover Better Practices from South Afric... Read More

November, 2021

Environment Program Supports Expert Amicus in Historic Indigenous Rights Case

The Vance Center Environment Program facilitated the presentation of an expert amicus brief in support of the constitutional rights of two Indigenous communities before the Constitutional Court o... Read More

October, 2021

Landmark Recognition of Right to a Healthy Environment Encourages Vance Center

The Vance Center took gratification from the outcome of the October 8 session of the Human Rights Council, where, by a vote of 43-0-4 (abstentions), the United Nations for the first time recogniz... Read More

September, 2021

Vance Center Presents on Multilateral Development Bank Sanctions and Investigations

Continuing the Africa Legal Fellows bi-monthly webinar series, the Vance Center partnered with Orrick to host a webinar on Multilateral Development Bank (MDB) sanctions and investigations. The at... Read More

September, 2021

Environment Program Assists UN Expert on the Right to Science

The Vance Center Environment Program assisted the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Toxics, Dr. Marcos Orellana, in preparing a report delivered to the United Nations Human Ri... Read More