Reparative Justice in the United States: Human Rights in Practice

OVERVIEW

The 2024 symposium of the Bringing Human Rights Home Lawyers' Network will focus on Reparative Justice in the United States: Human Rights in Practice. The symposium will address (1) state and local initiatives for reparative justice in the US, (2) creative tools for implementing reparative justice principles, and (3) next steps for reparative justice and human rights in the US. The symposium will include a keynote conversation with Justin Hansford and Margaret Burnham, a special report on reparations and human rights in the Caribbean community by Mia Morris, and expert panelists leading reparative justice initiatives around the country.

To attend in person, please register by June 18 at noon so that your name will be included in the list of registrants provided to Fordham University security. Thank you!

Event Site at Northeastern University

VENUE

• In person at Fordham University School of Law. A light breakfast and lunch will be served!
• Over Zoom.

C0-HOSTS

• Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy at Northeastern Law
• Center on Race, Law, and Justice at Fordham Law School
• Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School
  
  

AGENDA

Opening Remarks

• Martha Davis, Northeastern University School of Law

Keynote Conversation

• Margaret Burnham, Northeastern University School of Law
• Justin Hansford, Howard Law School

Session I: Reparative Justice in the US - State and Local Initiatives

Session II: Beyond Resolutions - Creative Tools for Implementation

Special Report: Reparative Justice and Human Rights in the Caribbean Community

Session III: From Theory to Practice - Next Steps on Reparative Justice and US Human Rights

CLE INFORMATION

An application for MCLE Credit in California has been approved. Applications for CLE credit in New York and Minnesota are pending.

QUESTIONS

If you have questions about the event, please contact Camillah Agak, PHRGE Research Associate, at bhrh@northeastern.edu.

Special thanks to our Patrons!

• Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute
• Center for Law, Equity, and Race at Northeastern Law
• Center for Public Interest Advocacy and Collaboration at Northeastern Law
• Schulte Roth + Zabel LLP
• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
• Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

Thanks to our Sponsors!

• American Civil Liberties Union Human Rights Program
• Human Rights & Gender Justice Clinic, CUNY School of Law
• Human Rights at Home Litigation Clinic, St. Louis University School of Law
• International Human Rights Clinic, Santa Clara Law
• Human Rights Center, University of Minnesota Law School
• International Human Rights Law Clinic, American University Washington College of Law
• International Human Rights Law Clinic, Berkeley Law
• International Justice Resource Center
• Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
• Promise Institute for Human Rights, UCLA School of Law
• Southern Poverty Law Center
• Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, Howard University
• Transnational Legal Clinic, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School