The Advocates For Human Rights

Programs: Refugee and immigrant rights: the advocates works for the protection of the rights of refugees and immigrants in the united states. The advocates offers free legal services to asylum seekers, immigration detainees, and immigrants in the upper midwest. The advocates provides free legal representation, consultations, and services in over 600 cases annually with the help of hundreds of trained volunteers.

human rights education: the advocates develops and distributes curricular resources, publications, and reports; conducts presentations, lecture and film series, conferences, cle and ceu sessions, and public forums; and provides numerous resources through the internet. The advocates educates on topics such as immigration, post 9/11 human rights violations, asylum, the death penalty, child labor, womens human rights, and transitional justice. Nepal school project: to combat child labor, the advocates collaborates with the community leaders of the village of sankhu, nepal, to educate over 340 of the regions poorest students at the sankhu-palubari community school.

womens human rights: the advocates applies international human rights standards to advocate for womens rights in the united states and around the world. The advocates works with local organizations to document human rights abuses against women, including domestic violencde, rape, employment discrimination, sexual harassement in the workplace, and trafficking in women and girls.

international justice: the advocates undertakes select human rights monitoring projects of significance to local and international communities.