Specialized Curricula

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Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Specialized Curricula & Experiential Learning Opportunities

The Center's specialized curricula and experiential learning opportunities support student learning of human rights issues, frameworks, and lawyering skills. By participating in the various opportunities listed below, students enrich their legal understanding, broaden their perspectives, and gain valuable experience in the field. Students engage in critical thinking through hands-on opportunities to both build on their legal knowledge and make connections between legal theory and practice.

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Geneva ILC Experiential Opportunity This unique summer course is part immersive seminar in DC on the role of the International Law Commission (ILC) in shaping international law, and part practical course with two weeks of intensive in-person instruction at the ILC in Geneva, Switzerland from June 30th. to July 13th 2024

Global Toxics and Human Rights Project The Global Toxics and Human Rights Project seeks to advance a rights-based approach to the sound management of toxics.

Kovler Project Against Torture Providing students with a practice-oriented "deep-dive" on the prohibition of torture under international law

Impact Litigation Project The Center's Seminar on Strategic Litigation in International Human Rights offers AUWCL students the opportunity to analyze international litigation as a tool for advancing human rights.