moving rights forward

From aspirational to actionable.

From implicit to enshrined.

 

 AAICJ Condemns Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Any use of armed force must accord with the binding standards set out in the Geneva Conventions and Protocols, the Hague Conventions, and customary international law.  Among other requirements, all parties are bound by the principles of necessity, discrimination, proportionality, and humanity. 

For 35 years, the Colloquium on the “Role of Human Rights in Foreign Policy” helped bring human rights to the forefront of key nations’ foreign policy 

 
 

Find out where we will be in 2023


 
 

Lawyers around the world take on cases that protect individual rights, and enhance the freedom and transparency of their societies, but some also take on tremendous personal risk to stand up for the Rule of Law. 

Learn more about attacks on lawyers and jurists around the globe, and what we can do to help them

 

A deeper realization of the Rule of Law means a civil right to counsel

Learn more about why appointing counsel in civil cases would help diminish inequality and injustice in the United States