Environment
By a vote of 161-0-8 (abstentions), the UN General Assembly in July passed a resolution recognizing the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment and called upon States, international...
Pro Bono Promotion
Together with Latin Lawyer, the Vance Center has launched the annual pro bono survey for Latin America. Now in its 14th year, the survey is the primary tool to measure the institutionalization an...
African Legal Fellows
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...
Other
The U.S. Mission to South Africa awarded the Vance Center a two-year grant to support the advancement of Black women lawyers in the workforce in South Africa. The Vance Center will work with the ...
Good Governance, Latin America Policy
Media in Guatemala and in the region took note of Judge Erika Aifan’s petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) filed on September 7 by her pro bono legal team from King...
Keep Families Together
The Vance Center’s Keep Families Together has launched a special network for its operations in Mexico. The sub-network will engage already-committed pro bono lawyers and advocates outside of Me...
