Highlights
Immigration/Human Rights Policy clinic released a report on North Carolina's connection to extraordinary rendition and torture. The report undertaken on behalf of North Carolina Stop Torture Now, is based on evidence obtained from a review of hundreds of documents including declassified and other U.S. government materials; investigative reports from international institutional sources, journalists' sources, public documents pertaining to airports located in Smithfield and Kinston, NC and the testimony of individuals who survived extraordinary rendition. It sets out a factual record about Aero Contractors, a company based in North Carolina, and its role in the program known as extraordinary rendition and details the ways in which the state of North Carolina and its political subdivisions have facilitated Aero's participation in this program. The report has been endorsed by international human rights specialists including Prof. Manfred Nowak, past UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Prof. Martin Scheinin, past Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms While Countering Terrorism, and Senator Dick. Marty who served as president of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly. Full Report
UNC Immigration/Human Rights Policy Clinic students Paula Kweskin, Taiyyaba Qureshi and Marianne Twu, highlight the provisions of international treaties and principles relevant to extraordinary rendition, and reveal the obligations of the United States and North Carolina under these norms. North Carolina has a particular obligation under these treaties because Aero Contractors, located in North Carolina, was directly involved in the extraordinary renditions of Binyam Mohamed, Abou Elkassim Britel, Khaled El-Masri and Bisher Al-Rawi. This involvement calls for accountability by not only the governments and officials of North Carolina complicit in carrying out extraordinary rendition, but also those who call themselves citizens of Johnston County, North Carolina, and the world. Full Report
IHRP students Emily Kirby, Sarah Long, and Sonal Raja analyze foreign language interpretation in the North Carolina court system, find structural problems and offer potential solutions. Full Report | More
UNC Immigration/Human Rights Policy Clinic students, Paula Kweskin, Taiyyaba Qureshi and Marianne Twu present on a panel of legal experts at a conference about North Carolina's role in Extraordinary Rendition and Torture co-sponsored by UNC Immigration/Human Rights Policy Clinic, Duke Center on Human Rights and NC Stop Torture. Watch
You can watch the preconference, or visit the web site containing all conference videos (not just UNC panel) by clicking on the corresponding links below: Preconference | Conference Videos
New Study Finds Problems with the 287(g) Immigration Program
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Students Analyze Interrogation & Detention Reform Act of 2008
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Registration & Requirements
Registration for the Immigration/Human Rights Policy Clinic is limited to third-year students. A lottery registration meeting for Externship and Clinical Programs is held approximately one month into the spring semester of your 2nd year. Notices are posted throughout the Law School and emailed to the 2nd year student listserv. After the lottery registration meeting, students are given an opportunity to register for their program preferences online.
Please note: Students may not enroll in any externship programs while enrolled in the Immigration/Human Rights Policy Clinic.
Requirements. IHRP Clinic students meet weekly at a regularly scheduled class time to review cases and projects. Students will work in teams and have weekly team meetings with their faculty supervisor. All students enrolled in the IHRP Clinic must attend the mandatory Clinic Intensive Weekend held near the beginning of the fall semester.
While there are no prerequisites, it is highly recommended that students have taken Immigration law, International Law, International Human Rights Law, Trial Advocacy and Evidence.
The IHRP Clinic is 4 credits in the Fall (pass/fail) and 4 credits in the Spring (graded).