Hastings Human Rights & International Law Organization

10/11/2021

Happy Monday HHRILO members!
Come meet your 2021-2022 HHRILO E-Board and classmates and find out how to get involved in our community at our first General Body Meeting this Friday, October 15, 2021, at 12 PM in room LL03 of 333 Golden Gate!

Hope to see you there! 😄

08/19/2021

For anyone interested there is a public briefing coming up: The Crisis in Afghanistan (sent to us by Professor Keitner).

August 23 | Monday | 4:00pm-5:00pm ET (1:00-2:00pm PT)

Virtual Event (registration required: https://www.hias.org/events/public-briefing-afghanistan-crisis?utm_medium=email&utm_source=hias.org&utm_campaign=event&utm_content=Emergency+Briefing:+Crisis+in+Afghanistan+ )

Event Summary: Please join us for an important briefing on the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. We’ll discuss the challenges faced by those left behind, what to expect for refugees and Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) in the days ahead, and how you can take action.
Advance registration is required. Event details will be sent before the start of the event.

Presented By:

Mark Hetfield, President and CEO of HIAS
Raphael Marcus, Senior Vice President for Programs at HIAS
Yalda Afif, Program Manager, Signature Approaches at HIAS

03/30/2021

Don't forget! E-Board Applications for next year are due tomorrow at midnight! The deadline is so that we have adequate time to train the new board. If you are interested please fill out this form: https://forms.office.com/r/3NYz0r2NmM. If you are interested and do not have time to fill out the form, please message us.

03/05/2021

Happy almost Friday HHRILO members!
Please find our March Newsletter here:

10/28/2020

ASIL’s 2020 Midyear Meeting will begin tomorrow virtually. They have designed an interactive website which will allow attendees to navigate among the 24 substantive panels, 16 mentoring and professional development sessions, the keynotes and plenaries, and there will be an opportunity to engage with the presenters and fellow attendees. It looks like a great way to learn about more international law and virtually network. More information and the link to register can be found here: https://www.asil.org/midyear-meeting?destination=node/4864

10/27/2020

If you can, please join If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice and the Women of Color Collective TOMORROW from 3:30-4:30 pm for their Forced Sterilization: Past, Present, and Future Panel. They will be talking about the forced sterilizations in our country following whistleblower complaints at ICE detention centers.

Here is the zoom link: https://uchastings.zoom.us/j/97585524535

Also, submit questions for the panelists here: https://forms.gle/wb7QrsuGcLmuiXAq8

Please write any questions for the panel. For simplicity, just put one question per form (but feel free to fill it out multiple times)! Also, please tell us which organization you are part of so we can have a balanced representation of all the organizations involved.

10/19/2020

Happy Monday HHRILO members!

Please find our October Newsletter on our new MyHastings site: https://uch--simpplr.na96.visual.force.com/apex/simpplr__app?u=/site/a0i2M00000bGcqQQAS/page/a0c2M00000owO9FQAU

And while you are there make sure to give our site a follow!

10/09/2020

Thank you Aleen (President of HSIR) for sending this our way.

For those who are able to attend please check out the details on the event page.

For those who are unable to attend and/or would like more information, Aleen also sent some links with great resources to get informed on the situation:

(https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/08/opinion/nagorno-karabakh-armenia-azerbaijan.html), (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HPkqfZhIiv-mmdbednscx8_CWh707xAI), (https://ktla.com/news/local-news/l-a-officials-demand-u-s-action-to-halt-azerbaijans-attacks-against-armenia-nagorno-karabakh/)

If you are in the area, also feel free to support local business that are also supporting the cause.

Elected officials from the Los Angeles area gathered at L.A. City Hall Monday to demand U.S. action to halt Azerbaijan’s attacks against Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Rep. Adam Schiff had str…

09/28/2020

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