Street Law kids attend human rights exhibition on-campus

Street Law teachers, and their high school students, pack Hart Auditorium.The Street Law: High Schools clinic today hosted a multimedia exhibition and competition co-sponsored by the D.C. Commission for Human Rights the Women of Color Collective in Hart Auditorium.

In the Street Law clinic, Georgetown Law students teach law to high school students throughout D.C. As part of the clinic, teachers brought their classes to the Law Center from 3:30-5:30 to show off video projects, posters and other media projects the high school students created, all on the subject on the District’s human rights law. The exhibit was titled “Know Your Rights: DC Students Take on the Human Rights Act.”

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Human rights maverick visits Law Center

The hard-charging diplomat speaks at the CAROLA event.Students, faculty and guests gathered earlier this month to hear remarks by F. Allen “Tex” Harris, a career diplomat who influenced State Department policy on human rights. In an event organized by the Center for Rule of Law in the Americas (CAROLA), the affable Harris spoke about his experiences as a political officer for the US Embassy to Argentina in the 1970s.  Harris helped the State Department gain a clearer picture of the worsening state of human rights in Argentina at the time.

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Top human rights attorney talks Colombia

The human rights attorney spoke about Colombia.Interested students and faculty gathered last Thursday to hear Adil Melendez, a prominent Colombian human rights attorney.  Melendez works with the National Movement of Victims of State Crimes (MOVICE) in an effort to draw attention to the human rights situation in Colombia. With the help of an interpreter, the soft-spoken Melendez painted a bleak and deflating picture of progress in the US’s 3^rd largest receiver of foreign aid and its closest ally in the region. 

Melendez works in Cartagena de Indias, on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. Cartagena is a breakout tourist boomtown.  It boasts a picturesque old town, a distinctive bay, a flourishing trade economy, and postcard-perfect beaches nearby. 

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