Human Rights
Women prisoners’ rights advocate Kathy Boudin passed away on May 1, 2022, leaving a legacy of relentless advocacy for the rights of incarcerated women. Kathy was a founding member and driving f...
Human Rights
The Human Rights and Access to justice Program contributed to a recently-filed amicus brief challenging the application of Brazil’s 1979 amnesty law to crimes against humanity. The case comes i...
Human Rights
The Vance Center’s Human Rights Program and the international law firm Debevoise & Plimpton presented the findings and recommendations of their report “Sexual and gender-based violence in pla...
Human Rights
On International Human Rights Day, Vance Center’s Human Rights Program highlighted the work of client Instituto Vladimir Herzog in Brazil, named after journalist Vladimir Herzog, victim of Braz...
Human Rights
Vance Center Executive Director Alex Papachristou spoke on a panel “London Calling: Why is England the ‘ideal’ SLAPP jurisdiction?” at the Anti-SLAPP Conference “Countering Legal Threat...
Human Rights
The Vance Center held a virtual session: “Bar Associations and the Business and Human Rights Agenda: A Regional Vision 10 years after the Guiding Principles” as part of the United Nations VI ...
