Patrick Keenan
Clinical Professor
The goal of the International Human Rights Clinic is to help students develop skills required for legal practice in an international context while promoting human rights and development in Africa. Working in collaboration with international non-governmental organizations and human rights lawyers in Africa, students will have the opportunity to develop their skills in case strategy and development; legal research, writing, and editing; written and oral advocacy; critical thinking; counseling; and cross-cultural lawyering.
One team of students is working with a Ugandan lawyer and human rights activist to develop model HIV/AIDS legislation for East Africa. Students are focusing on the impact of HIV and AIDS on the workplace.
Clinic students worked with a Gambian human rights organization on a case seeking compensation for a group of widows whose husbands lost their lives at the hands of a West African government. The victims were black army officers killed in a wave of violence and repression against the black population of the country.
Other students worked with a consortium of refugee organizations based in West Africa to develop materials for African refugee advocates. Students wrote profiles of the refugee situation in each country in West Africa, including information on refugee law and practice, details of where refugees can obtain protection and assistance, and an assessment of key challenges in each country.
Globalization on the Ground
Kilonzo
Manasseh
Narok
