by Marie Martinez Israelite | Apr 26, 2019 | Advocacy, Articles, Legal Blog
By: MARIE MARTINEZ ISRAELITE and SULEMAN MASOOD Information’s Role in Empowering Victims At the beginning of a victim’s relationship with law enforcement, the criminal justice process and expectations for the victim are often unclear. Immigrant victims may lack basic...
by Marie Martinez Israelite | Apr 17, 2019 | Advocacy, Articles, Legal Blog
By: MARIE MARTINEZ ISRAELITE and SULEMAN MASOOD Survivors of human trafficking experience devastating long-term effects from trauma related to their exploitation. For individuals who have been exploited for labor or commercial sex, trauma is not a one-time isolated...
by Jasmine Dela Luna | Dec 19, 2018 | Articles, Case Law, Legal Blog
By: JASMINE DELA LUNA In April 2018, the Supreme Court dealt a blow to human rights advocacy efforts when it held that foreign corporations may not be defendants in civil suits brought under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) in Jesner v. Arab Bank.1 This ruling means...
