Welcome to the Human Rights at Home Blog!

Welcome to Human Rights at Home, the latest addition to the LawProfs Blog series!

We are thrilled to be launching this blog!

Over the past two decades, domestic U.S. law has become more intertwined than ever with international human rights norms.  Courts and legislatures are increasingly confronting human rights arguments, and government actors from the local to the federal level are increasingly active in developing these norms internationally.  As law professors, we not only study these developments but may also participate in them, often acting as human rights advocates or catalysts for change.  We also engage our students in human rights analysis and advocacy efforts, through law school clinics, research projects and classroom readings.  This blog aims to serve as a forum for exchanging information and insights relevant to all of the many ways in which law professors and scholars are active in this area, from teaching to advocacy to scholarship.

As Blog Editors, we will post our own contributions while also coordinating the contributions of the many co-editors around the country who have agreed to contribute to this shared endeavor.  We look forward to many lively exchanges.  Please encourage friends,colleagues, students, and advocates to subscribe to this blog for frequent updates and to participate in the exchanges by commenting on posts.

As we begin this blog, we are mindful of the work of our predecessors who participated in the writing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and we are grateful to all of you for your varied and rich contributions toward building a human rights framework in the U.S.

Martha F. Davis

Margaret Drew

Editors