Our landmark litigation and high-impact advocacy empowers communities to change the unjust legal system.

We joined forces to litigate the domestic violence case of Jessica Lenahan (Gonzales) v. United States, which prompted the IACHR to recommend strengthening U.S. domestic violence law.

We’re working with local advocates to educate and empower people on how to keep their sheriff in check.

We partnered to seek justice for indigenous populations in Mexico, and in particular, indigenous women who have been victims of gender-based violence by members of the Mexican military.

Together, we sued the Trump administration for creating and operating the State Department’s Commission on Unalienable Rights in violation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

With Cubalex, an organization that offers free legal advice to Cubans, we filed a joint petition before the IACHR to hold Cuba responsible for violating the organization’s rights.

We collaborated to file a petition to the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention calling for the release of José Vicente García Ramírez, a leader of the opposition Venezuelan political party.

Disability Rights North Carolina is a legal advocacy agency that fights for the rights of people with disabilities in North Carolina. We handle cases involving discrimination, abuse and other rights violations. All of our services are at no cost to North Carolinians with disabilities.