Human Rights @ Duke Law

Entering the public domain (finally)

Center for the Study of the Public Domain celebrates expiration of copyright for Safety Last! and other works from 1923.
Investigating N.C.'s role in CIA renditions

Faculty, students examine state’s ties to apprehension, detention, and transport of terror suspects to be tortured outside the U.S.

Duke Law Human Rights clinical faculty and members

Duke Law Human Rights Clinic at the Hague Institute for Global Justice

Duke Law Human Rights Clinic at WPP meeting in New York

Duke Law Human Rights Clinic at Salzburg Global Seminar

Human Rights @ Duke Law

Clinic students support work of novel truth commission in N.C.

Duke Law International Human Rights Clinic director, advisor, and students

Students conducted extensive research and legal analysis, data visualization, and reporting in support of hearings held in late 2017 by the North Carolina Commission of Inquiry on Torture. Read the story

Special Report:
Tightening the Purse Strings

image of U.S. currency with a chain and lock crossing it

Tightening the Purse Strings: What Countering Terrorism Financing Costs Gender Equality and Security analyzes how countering terrorism financing rules impact women’s rights. Read the report

Colombe Cahen-Salvador LLM ‘16
named Human Rights Fellow

Cahen-Salvador will spend the yearlong fellowship working for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). Read the story