Participants in the first training session, for judges and magistrates, in Nigeria’s Kaduna State, April 16, 2026. Photo credit: CYPLP From April to July, Vance Center attorneys participated in a series of training sessions organized by Children and Young People Living for Peace (CYPLP), a youth-led organization in Nigeria. The trainings were the final phase of a recent project for CYPLP, for which the Vance Center’s Africa Initiatives team worked with Nigerian law firm Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie (UUBO) to produce a training manual for pro bono lawyers, prosecutors, registrars, and magistrates to better understand and respond to cases involving... read more
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Vance Center Supports Client-Led Training on TFGBV for Legal Professionals in Nigeria
Posted on July 23, 2026
Our Week+ of CSW70 Events: Access to Justice for All Women and Girls
Posted on March 18, 2026From March 9-19, the United Nations held its 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), convening international representatives to evaluate progress towards gender equality. The theme of CSW70, “Ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls,” provided an ideal platform for the Vance Center’s Human Rights & Access to Justice Program to spotlight its ongoing work to uphold access to justice for women around the world. We collaborated with clients, partner organizations, and members of the Women in Prison Network to co-host eight events alongside CSW – almost certainly a new Vance Center record for events in one... read more
Women in Prison Network Highlights Rights of Incarcerated Women on Global Stage during UN CSW69
Posted on March 26, 2025Vance Center Senior Staff Attorney Romina Canessa, Clean Start Africa founder and CEO Teresa Njoroge, and UNODC Prison and Corrections Advisor Sarang Ahsani at the March 13, 2025, event at the New York City Bar Association. Photo: Vance Center From March 10-21, the United Nations held its 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), convening international leaders to evaluate progress towards gender equality. The forum marked the 30th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a landmark framework for advancing women’s rights and gender... read more
El Vance Center presenta Amicus Curiae ante la Corte IDH en un caso de esterilización forzada en Perú
Posted on June 20, 2025El 4 de junio de 2025, el Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice del Colegio de Abogados de la Ciudad de Nueva York, junto con la firma Milbank LLP, presentó un amicus curiae ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos en el caso Ramos Durand y otros v. Perú. El amicus sostiene que la esterilización forzada de Celia Edith Ramos Durand violó su derecho al consentimiento libre, previo e informado, e insta a la Corte a afirmar su jurisprudencia sobre los derechos reproductivos y la responsabilidad del Estado y fallar a favor de la Sra. Ramos Durand y su... read more
Vance Center Submits Amicus Brief to Inter-American Court in Forced Sterilization Case in Peru
Posted on June 20, 2025On June 4, 2025, the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice of the New York City Bar Association, along with counsel Milbank LLP, filed an amicus curiae brief to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for the case Ramos Durand y otros v. Peru. The amicus brief argues that the forced sterilization of Celia Edith Ramos Durand violated her right to free, prior, and informed consent, and urges the Court to uphold its jurisprudence on reproductive rights and state accountability and find in favor of Ramos Durand and her family. Background The case concerns a Peruvian woman, Celia Edith... read more
Vance Center’s Women in Prison Network Leads IACHR Hearing on Women Deprived of Liberty
Posted on March 14, 2024Vance Center Staff Attorney Astrid Reyes (third from right) with presenters from the Women in Prison Network after the thematic hearing on the right to reintegration of women deprived of liberty, in Washington, DC, February 29, 2024. Photo: Vance Center On February 29, Vance Center Staff Attorney Astrid Reyes joined representatives of partner organizations and members of the Women in Prison Network from across Latin America for a special session on the right to reintegration of women deprived of liberty. During the hearing, the first ever held by the Commission specifically on this subject, Reyes and representatives of seven other... read more