CHREN Human Rights Clinic

The CHREN Human Rights Clinic has two objectives that are of equal importance to us:

Firstly, the Clinic is an innovative teaching format that offers talented students the opportunity to develop their skills by working on real-life cases and projects in International Human Rights Law. Under the supervision of experts from human rights practice and human rights researchers at FAU, students will conduct research and provide legal advice in written form. For more information on how to participate, see ‘For Students’.

Secondly, the Clinic seeks to provide high-quality legal advice on complex questions of International Human Rights Law to practicing lawyers, NGOs and other partners from legal practice. To this end, practitioners can contact the clinic for legal advice on their pro bono work. The Clinic does not act as the legal representative of a victim of human rights violations and does not initiate proceedings before courts or other human rights institutions. For more information, see ‘For Clients’.

Projects conducted in the CHREN Human Rights Clinic can concern all areas of International Human Rights Law. Examples would include:

• Human Rights in the context of climate change
• Business and Human Rights
• Human Rights of migrants and refugees
• Human Rights in the digital age
• Human Rights and sanctions / counter-terrorism measures
• Human Rights and sport
• Human Rights in the context of investment protection