Human Rights Institute | Columbia Law School

Human Rights in the United States

Our Human Rights in the U.S. Project builds the capacity of domestic lawyers, policymakers and advocates to incorporate a human rights framework into social justice advocacy efforts by building networks, facilitating trainings, conducting educational outreach, and promoting coordination among progressive public policy and advocacy groups.  We also directly contribute to the development of legal theories and positive precedents based on international law through work on select litigation before U.S. courts, in international and regional fora, and through other advocacy projects.