International Human Rights Clinic report on abuses in law enforcement anti-sex trafficking operations gains national attention
Student-led investigation recommends significant reforms.
USC Gould visiting professor guides the fight for human rights
Henna Pithia discusses her work with the International Human Rights Clinic, representing survivors of human rights abuses and returning to her alma mater.
Meet 4 Trojans Who Fight for the Health and Dignity of the World’s Most Vulnerable
They advocate for safety, human rights and well-being across the globe, and they’ll come back tomorrow to do it all over again.
Health-focused students provide collaborative leadership for human rights
Social work students join with the Keck Human Rights Clinic to advocate on behalf of asylum seekers by providing free evaluations, educating medical students and helping them gain experience as advocates for health and human rights.
The need for human rights in this global pandemic
After seeing how harmful COVID-19 is to vulnerable populations worldwide, the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health has launched efforts with partners at the global level and in countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
As human rights violations increase, USC law students fight back
From opposing human trafficking to upholding refugee rights, the International Human Rights Clinic has spent nearly a decade pushing to preserve the rule of law.
USC doctor finds evidence of human rights abuses, alleged atrocities against Rohingya refugees
Through interviews with Rohingya refugees who fled Myanmar, USC emergency physician Parveen Parmar and others document brutal attacks against the Muslim minority group.
Nelson Mandela posthumously honored at LA Memorial Coliseum
Former president of South Africa visited Coliseum in 1990.
Human rights and peacemaking studies inspire USC undergrads on Oxford trip
The course gets students excited about a tangible area of study in the vast fields of international law and humanitarian aid.
Human rights legislation fought for in D.C.
A panel addresses more than 100 delegates on transitional justice mechanisms.
USC justice project client receives resentencing
The first resentencing under the newly enacted California Fair Sentencing for Youth Act was secured for Edel Gonzalez, who was advised by the Post-Conviction Justice Project at USC.
Bringing rights into the fight against disease
A new report from USC has examined the ways human rights intersect with the world’s leading cause of death: noncommunicable disease.
Experts discuss human rights and chronic disease
In fitness-friendly Southern California, it’s hard to imagine a life where women can’t ride bikes or hit the gym. But until recently, women in Saudi Arabia could do neither.
International Human Rights Clinic tackles new cases
The International Human Rights Clinic at the USC Gould School of Law is adding a variety of domestic work to its legal docket, including the representation of human trafficking survivors,
U.N. Ambassador Calls for End to Slavery
Julia Ormond serves as the keynote speaker at USC’s two-day United Nations conference attended by hundreds of students.