Gender & Sexuality Law Blog

I blogged recently about the concerns I had when I read the statements Hilary Clinton made in her Senate confirmation testimony related to the issue of sex trafficking.  I heard little sign in her testimony of a desire to change policy from the crusade undertaken by the Bush Administration that overdetermined the problem of human [...]

Columbia’s Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic recently filed a brief in the European Court of Human Rights involving the right of victims of sex trafficking to a remedy under various European and International Laws.  My recent article in the European Lawyer magazine, which takes a somewhat different view from Professor Franke’s post, elaborates the trafficking/slavery [...]

Columbia Law School’s Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic yesterday secured asylum for a gay, HIV-positive man who feared persecution if forced to return to the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) in West Africa. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the grant of asylum.
“This case sheds light on the violence and abuse gay [...]

Columbia University’s newspaper, The Spectator, ran a nice profile of Columbia Law School’s Sexuality & Gender Law Clinic as part of their reporting on AIDS Awareness Month.   The Clinic is doing important work successfully gaining asylum for HIV positive asylum seekers.  Read the article here: Clinic Fights for HIV Awareness in Courts.