The Academy recently hosted the highly anticipated event entitled "International Human Rights Standards and the Colombian Peace Process: The Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP).''
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On April 5, 2023, a conference entitled "Sexual Violence in the context of organized crime in Haiti: Latest developments" was held.
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Professor Claudia Martin, Co-Director of the Academy, presented an Amicus Curiae to the IACHR and the DPLF related to the case Gutiérrez Navas and Others vs. Honduras. Students Mosi Meza, Luis Eliud Tapia, and Gabriel Ortiz supported Professor Martin.
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The Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law joins the International Women’s Day celebration!
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Prof. Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, the co-Director of the Academy of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at WCL, participated as an expert lecturer in the 2023 Regional Course in International Law for Africa.
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Professor Rodriguez Pinzon delivered a course titled 'The Inter-American Human Rights System and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.' This significant session occurred as part of the European Master's Program in Human Rights at the University of Deusto.
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We are honored to share that, on February 22nd, Professor Claudia Martin, co-Director of the Academy, participated in the General Discussion organized by the 84th CEDAW Committee Session regarding its future General Recommendation.
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The Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law co-sponsored a number of panels to commemorate the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, a campaign sponsored by UN Women. 
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the KAS State of Law Program for Latin America will assume the registration costs of four Latin American teams of 3 people each (2 speakers and 1 coach), to participate in the Competition that will take place from 22 to May 26, 2023 in Washington D.C.
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When it was founded in 1972, the at the American University Washington College of Law was at the forefront of clinical legal education. Over the past five decades, it has grown to include 11 in-house clinics.
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