Executive Director Harris and Professor Goldman meeting with the Center Student Advisory Board
As part of Washington College of Law’s long-standing commitment to international human rights and to the rule of law, WCL established the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in 1990 to work with students, faculty and the international legal community to provide scholarship and support for human rights initiatives around the world. The Center is dedicated to creating opportunities for students, practitioners and activists through training, complementary education, outreach, workshops & conferences, and research & publications. The Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law provides a clearinghouse for the wide scope of activity at WCL concentrated on human rights and humanitarian law.
The Center has been an incubator for a variety of successful projects, many of which were started at the initiative of WCL students. Some of these projects have spun off to become independent programs. Today, programs such as the Academy for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, the War Crimes Research Office, the Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court Competition, and the Human Rights Brief are among the core human rights projects at WCL.
Please feel free to contact the Center at 202-274-4180 or by e-mail at humlaw@wcl.american.edu
Mailing Address: 4801 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20016-8187
Building Location: 4910 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Suite 16
