International Women's Human Rights
Brief from IWHR Students and Advocates Leads to Precedent-Setting Decision
April 3, 2012
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has found that the government of Chile violated the rights of Karen Atala, a lesbian mother, when it stripped her of custody of her daughters because of their "unique family." The ruling affirms... Read more »
New IWHR Clinic Reports Focus on Haiti, the Philippines, and Guatemala
January 13, 2012
The International Women's Human Rights Clinic and the Center for Reproductive Rights jointly submitted a report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee on issues related to the status of women's reproductive rights in the Philippines... Read more »
IWHR Students Return From Guatemala: Report to go to UN Human Rights Committee
March 17, 2011
Guatemala City, March 8, 2011 - Students from the International Women's Human Rights (IWHR) Clinic at CUNY School of Law, in collaboration with the New York-based women's rights organization MADRE, just returned... Read more »
IWHR Students at Fordham Disaster Relief Round-table
February 25, 2011
On February 11, 2011, students of the International Women's Human Rights (IWHR) Clinic at the City University of New York School of Law attended a round-table discussion at Fordham University School of Law hosted by the Fordham Disaster... Read more »
Inter-American Commission Issues Unprecedented Recommendation to End Sexual Violence of Displaced Women, Based on IWHR Petition
January 20, 2011
On December 22, 2010, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued an unprecedented decision, granting a legal request submitted by the IWHR Clinic and partner attorneys, requesting that the Haitian government and the international community take immediate measures to prevent violence against women and girls in Haiti. Read more »
IWHR Co-Author One Year Report from Haiti Investigations <pdf>
January 10, 2011
The report, entitled Our Bodies Are Still Trembling: Haitian Women Continue to Fight Against Rape, published one year after an on-the-ground investigation into the ongoing rape and sexual assault of women in displaced persons camps in Haiti can be read here <pdf>.
IWHR Clinic Recommendations to End Sexual Violence of Displaced Women Submitted to Haitian Government
January 4, 2011
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States (OAS) has passed formal recommendations to the Haitian government in order to stop the sexual violence occurring in displacement camps... Read more »
Prof. Lisa Davis on Sexual Violence in Haiti
October 21, 2010
Prof. Lisa Davis and students from CUNY Law's International Women's Human Rights Clinic conducted an on-the-ground investigation into the ongoing rape and sexual assault of women in displaced persons camps in Haiti. Read more »
Clinic Students in Haiti: Documenting Rape and Sexual Assaults, Meeting with UN Officials, Huffington Post Covers
October 12, 2010
The news reports don't tell the full story about the trail of damage left by Haiti's devastating earthquake. What's missing from the headlines are the rampant human rights abuses, including the rape and sexual assault of women... Read more »
A Gendered Perspective On The Right To Housing In The United States <pdf>
November, 2009
Report on gender issues in housing in the United States written by the student interns of the International Women's Human Rights Clinic and submitted to the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Adequate Housing in November 2009. Download as a PDF » <pdf>
CLOSE-UP: International Women's Human Rights <pdf>
Read our special feature from CUNY Law's Spring 2010 Magazine.
Faculty in the Program
2013 Summer Internship Info <pdf>
The IWHR Clinic currently has 6 cutting-edge legal internship opportunities available for the summer of 2013 in Bogota Colombia, Geneva Switzerland, Nairobi, Kenya, New York NY and Nepal/India.
