Extrajudicial Killings

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Protection from the arbitrary deprivation of life is essential for the enjoyment of all human rights and the cornerstone of U.S. and international human rights law. But today, extrajudicial killings by U.S. law enforcement stand at record highs.

Guided by the U.S. Constitution and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, we work to end police killings in the U.S. criminal and immigration systems.

Litigate

We go to court with human rights defenders pursuing systemic change.

November 20, 2024

Barnes v. Felix: Limiting Deadly Police Force

Our brief asks the Supreme Court to honor the United States’ international human rights law commitments and supports a mother seeking justice for her son, the victim of unnecessary and disproportionate police violence, killed over the simple act of driving a rental car with outstanding toll violations incurred by another driver.
April 5, 2024

Manuel Esteban Paez Teran v. United States: Justice for murder of environmental activist

This case seeks reparative justice for the extrajudicial killing of Manuel “Tortuguita” Paez Terán, the first environmental activist in modern U.S. history to have been shot and killed by police during a protest.

Expose

We uncover wrongdoing in reports, complaints, and public hearings.

Educate

We inform the public and policymakers about systemic human rights abuses and how to stop them.

Our Partners

Black Diaspora Liberty Initiative

Black Diaspora Liberty Initiative is dedicated to providing vital support and resources to Black LGBTQ+ immigrants who face unique and multifaceted challenges.

bdlinitiative.org
Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project

The Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project (BLMP) uses leadership development and organizing to address the ways in which trans and queer Black immigrants are criminalized by the criminal law and immigration system, and marginalized in the broader immigrant community.

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Immigration Equality

For 30 years, Immigration Equality has worked to secure safe haven, freedom, and equality for the LGBTQ and HIV-positive communities. Through direct legal services, policy advocacy, and impact litigation, we support immigrants who face discrimination based on who they are and whom they love.

immigrationequality.org
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network

The Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) provides free immigration legal and social services to immigrant children and to adults in immigration detention.

rmian.org
Roxanna Altholz, Human Rights Clinic at University of California Berkeley School of Law

Roxanna Altholz is an international human rights lawyer and scholar with extensive experience in international and national fora.

law.berkeley.edu
Sanctuary New Orleans Abolition Project

SNAP is a transgender-led advocacy project to prevent the systemic abuse of LGBTQI+ systems-impacted people in greater New Orleans.

instagram.com/sanctuarynolaabolitionproject
Southern Border Communities Coalition

Formed in March 2011, the Southern Border Communities Coalition brings together 60 organizations from San Diego, CA to Brownsville, TX.

southernborder.org
Transgender Law Center

Transgender Law Center is the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people. Since 2002 we’ve been organizing, assisting, informing and empowering thousands of individual community members towards a long-term, national, trans-led movement for liberation.

transgenderlawcenter.org
University of Dayton Human Rights Center

udayton.edu