ongoing projects

Projects tackle situations of global injustice where the Clinic has a valuable contribution to make, and where it can support–and not displace–local expertise and capacity. Most projects are multi-year: the Clinic fosters long-term relationships of solidarity with partners. Over the last decade the Clinic has secured important legal and advocacy victories alongside our partners.

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Climate Justice and Reparations 

This initiative collaborates with Caribbean social movements, focusing initially on Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

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Mining Justice and Self-Determination

A longstanding partnership between the Clinic and Haitian organizations, advancing the rights of marginalized populations and promoting transparency in mining.

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Indigenous Land Rights and Earth Defense

This project collaborates with communities and grassroots organizations, ensuring they have access to information and tools to advance rights, prevent abuses, and seek accountability.

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Jailhouse Lawyer Initiative

The initiative aims to challenge cycles of incarceration and re-conceptualize the role of jailhouse lawyers as agents of empowerment. A partnership with the Bernstein Institute at NYU and the Legal Empowerment Advocacy Hub.

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Haitian Immigrant Rights

This project began in 2017 with efforts to promote justice and support empowerment in the Haitian immigrant community in New York. Rights without Borders continues to use legal empowerment as a tool to fight the racism and anti-migrant policies that Haitians – and other black immigrants – are confronting across the Americas.

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