Columbia Law Partners With George and Amal Clooney on Human Rights Initiative
The Clooney Foundation for Justice's new TrialWatch initiative aims to create a global justice index, rating countries on the fairness of their trial systems. The project is getting a boost from Columbia Law School and the American Bar Association.
December 05, 2018 at 02:01 PM
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Columbia law students are set to help monitor trials around the globe with an eye to human rights violations, thanks some Hollywood backing.
The Clooney Foundation for Justice—established by noted human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and her movie star spouse George—is partnering with Columbia Law's Human Rights Clinic and the American Bar Association to launch an initiative in 2019 dubbed TrialWatch.
The project aims to monitor trials across the globe that pose a high risk of running afoul of human rights protections, gather information about compliance with fair trial standards, and advocate for adoption of those standards. Eventually, the project will create a global justice index, rating countries on the fairness of their trial system.
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