Since his first day in office, President Trump has issued a series of executive orders renouncing federal environmental justice and climate change initiatives. However, some states with environmental rights amendments in their constitutions have the opportunity to fill this gap
The Special Rapporteur on Independence of Judges and Lawyers Margaret Satterthwaite, on June 4, 2025, expressed alarm at the targeting of judges, lawyers and law firms in an apparent organized effort to interfere in the independence of the U.S. legal
Across North America, as the failure or refusal of states to deliver on human rights has become more evident, grassroots organizers are working with or through local cities and municipalities to reclaim their rights and build a new future grounded
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On April 30, 2025, UN human rights experts expressed deep concern at apparently unlawful deportations of over 250 Venezuelan and Salvadorian men from the U.S. to El Salvador. The experts stated that the seeming misapplication of the Alien Enemies Act
The following calls for inputs have been issued by UN Human Rights Mechanisms with deadlines in May-June 2025 and law professors whose practice, research, and/or scholarship touches on these topics may be interested in submission:Multiple Mechanisms – Call for inputs
The following calls for inputs have been issued by UN Human Rights Mechanisms with deadlines in April 2025 and law professors whose practice, research, and/or scholarship touches on these topics may be interested in submission:Office of the High Commissioner for