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In the wake of reports of civilian casualties in US military operations in Somalia, together with Abdifatah Hassan Ali of Witness Somalia and Rahma Hussein, HRI's Alex Moorehead highlights how important transparency is to those most impacted: Somali…

CLS Unveils Eleanor Roosevelt Bust at special event marking the 70th anniversary since the signing of the declaration of human rights, and 20th anniversary of the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute.

HRI and the Clooney Foundation for Justice launch initiative that trains observers to monitor trials where human rights may be at risk. TrialWatch launched in day-long conference at CLS.

Chloé Marnay-Baszanger, Chief of the Peace Mission Support Section at the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), joins HRI as this semester's Practitioner-in-Residence.

Article by RadioNZ highlights new Red Water PNG report by Columbia Law Human Rights Clinic on water insecurity in Porgera, Papua New Guinea, as well as Barrick Gold's commitment to finding workable solutions.

Latest report co-authored by the Human Rights Clinic details the sanitation crisis facing rural U.S. communities, and provides human-rights-based solutions