About
The Promise Institute for Human Rights is the innovative center for human rights education, research and impact at UCLA School of Law. Leveraging the creativity and dynamism of Los Angeles, we seek to reimagine the potential of human rights to address some of the most pressing issues of our time.
Our Strategic Goals
- Empower the Next Generation of Human Rights Lawyers and Leaders
- Generate New Thinking on Human Rights
- Engage Our Students and Our Research to Drive Positive Real World Impact
Core Team
Máximo Langer
Faculty Director,
David G. Price and Dallas P. Price Professor of Law,
Director of the UCLA Transnational Program on Criminal Justice
Hannah Garry
Executive Director, Professor from Practice
Catherine Sweetser
Deputy Director;
Director, Human Rights Litigation Clinic
Jess Peake
Assistant Director;
Director, International and Comparative Law Program
Joseph Berra
Director, Human Rights in the Americas Project
S. Priya Morley
Director, International Human Rights Clinic;
Racial Justice Policy Counsel
Tessa Baizer
Human Rights Litigation Clinic Fellow
Sherry Yuan
Project Manager
Gabriela Pedroza
Program Coordinator
Natalie Monsanto
Communications and Development Director
Our 2022 – 2023 Annual Report
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