Events

U.S. Federal Enforcement Operations in Minnesota: Frontline Perspectives on the Human Rights Crisis and Responses

Please join us for a special briefing with a delegation of lawyers and advocates from Minnesota to discuss the ongoing and lasting impact of the US federal operations in that state. The expert panel will speak to the attacks on the rule of law and the manifold nature of violations and deprivations, as well as the robust  civil society responses and the feasibility of short- and long-term accountability strategies. 

• Human Rights Center, University of Minnesota Law School; 
• Binger Center for New Americans; 
• The Advocates for Human Rights; and 
• Hennepin County Bar Association (Minneapolis).

• Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders; and 
• Lucy McKernan, UN Deputy Director, Human Rights Watch