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Advancing Racial Justice And Human Rights: Rights-Based Strategies For The Current Era, Human Rights Institute
Advancing Racial Justice And Human Rights: Rights-Based Strategies For The Current Era, Human Rights Institute
Human Rights Institute
On June 1, 2018, the Human Rights Institute convened its 15th annual CLE Symposium on Human Rights in the United States, a signature event of the Human Rights Institute’s Bringing Human Rights Lawyers’ Network. The day-long event brought together more than 150 leading U.S. lawyers, activists, and academics, along with federal and local government representatives to share strategies to advance racial justice within a domestic and global context increasingly hostile to human rights.
This report highlights key takeaways and themes from the Symposium, drawing from speakers’ remarks and their advocacy. It also serves as a basic human rights primer, describing …