Human Rights & International Law

Committed to global justice, our firm strongly advocates for human rights and international law, pursuing accountability for grave injustices including war crimes.

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Since 1941, approximately 40 million people have been killed in genocides and politicides, including nearly 6 million Jewish during the Holocaust and nearly 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.

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By the end of 2023, an estimated 117.3 million people globally were forcibly displaced globally due to persecution, conflict, and violence. This represents an 8% increase over the previous year.

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According to UN estimates, since October 7, 2023 there have been 43,061+ Palestinians and 1,200+ Israelis killed, with 70,000+ housing units destroyed in Gaza and 1.9 million Gazans displaced.

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As of September 2024 Israeli strikes have killed 558 Lebanese civilians, including 50 children, and injured 1,800+. Hezbollah attacks have killed 34 Israeli civilians. Nearly 500,000 people have been displaced from southern Lebanon.

Globally, over 40 million people are trapped in modern slavery, including 25 million in forced labor and an estimated 152 million children subjected to child labor.

We are dedicated to upholding and advancing human rights and international law. Our team advocates for those who have faced human rights violations on a global scale, including genocide, war crimes, and other crimes against humanity.

Our pursuit of justice can encompass cases like that of Lafarge S.A., a corporation that admitted to aiding ISIS with nearly $6 million, consequently generating $70.3 million in revenue and incurring a $778 million penalty. We are dedicated to holding such corporations accountable for their support of terrorist organizations.

Overview

In a world scarred by mass atrocities, our team confronts the challenge of pursuing justice for victims, navigating complex international legal landscapes to hold perpetrators of genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes, and other systemic human rights abuses accountable. We believe in a world where human rights are protected and no one is above the law. We aim to hold perpetrators of mass atrocities accountable for their crimes, and to help victims find some measure of recovery.

The International Criminal Court has over 30 cases addressing war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity as of 2023.

War Crimes

Quantifying war crimes victims globally is a complex task due to the fluid nature of conflicts and the diverse interpretations of war crimes. Victims are often in areas beset by ongoing warfare, governance instability, or targeted oppression, making accurate data collection challenging. Factors such as limited access to conflict zones and the propensity for these crimes to go unreported further complicate this task. Organizations like the United Nations, the Red Cross, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International are dedicated to detailing the ramifications of war crimes on civilians.

An estimated 50 million people were living each day in modern slavery in 2021, an increase of 10 million people since 2016.

Victims' Rights

Victims of war crimes, genocide, and other crimes against humanity, possess inalienable rights that we are committed to upholding. These include:

Right to Justice: You can seek legal redress through international courts and legal systems dedicated to prosecuting war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Right to be Heard: Your personal narrative and experiences deserve to be heard as a critical part of the justice process.
Right to Accountability: Those responsible for inflicting harm upon you should face the consequences of their actions under the law.
Right to Reparations: You are entitled to seek compensation for the harms you've suffered as a result of these egregious crimes.

Victims may have the right to reparations in the form of financial compensation for their suffering and to restitution for the restoration of property and rights lost.

Lawyers' Role

Examples of how we can help clients:

International Advocacy: Handle complex cases under public international law, including state disputes and enforcement of global legal standards.
Rights Defense: Protect individual and group rights under international and comparative human rights law through strategic litigation.
Criminal Prosecution: Pursue justice in international criminal law cases, targeting genocide, war crimes, and other grave offenses.
Corporate Accountability: Handle cases involving corporate accountability for human rights abuses and violations.

How We Can Help

International Advocacy

We can advocate at the global level help resolve state disputes and uphold human rights standards.

Rights Defense

Focusing in international and comparative human rights, we can help protect individual and group freedoms under international human rights treaties.

Criminal Accountability

We can help bring perpetrators of genocide, war crimes, and other crimes against humanity to justice through meticulous investigation, advocacy, and legal proceedings.

Corporate Accountability

We help hold corporations accountable if they’re complicit in terrorism.

Victims Representation

Our advocacy for mass atrocity victims encompasses legal support to navigate the path to justice, especially in cases of genocide and sexual violence.

Strategic Advising

We can offer legal advice to governments and organizations, to help formulate strategic responses to human rights violations.

Restorative Measures

We help secure compensation for victims, aiding their healing and the restoration of their rights.

Justice Mobilization

With a belief in the power of law for positive change, we mobilize justice for victims of rights abuses, no matter how long or challenging the fight.

Address Tech-Driven Human Rights Abuses

Advocate for victims of surveillance abuses and those harmed by autonomous weapons and targeted cyberattacks on critical infrastructure.