A Clinical Model for Bringing International Human Rights Home: Human Rights Reporting on Conditions of Immigrant Detention

Abstract:     
This article describes the design of the Seattle University School of Law International Human Rights Clinic and the model the Clinic developed and used in preparing an international human rights report regarding the conditions of immigrant detention at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington. The report continues to have a substantial impact on a very important human rights issue close to home-the treatment of both documented and undocumented immigrants. In addition, this article details why the project was chosen and how it was designed and developed. Finally, the article measures the project's pedagogical outcomes against accepted legal clinical pedagogi-cal principles.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 24

Keywords: Human Rights Reporting, Detention

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