Meg Satterthwaite
Meg Satterthwaite is the faculty director of the Robert L. Bernstein Institute for Human Rights and faculty director of the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, at NYU School of Law.
Meg Satterthwaite est directrice du Centre pour les droits de l’homme et la justice mondiale et de l’Institut Robert L. Bernstein pour les droits de l’homme de la faculté de droit de l’université de New York (NYU).
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Critical legal empowerment for human rights
Human rights advocates should become reliable partners to movements led by the communities experiencing grave rights deprivations.

Solidarity in the fight for justice: partnerships to oppose extractivism in Haiti
By: Nixon Boumba & Meg Satterthwaite
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Can activists in Haiti and American-based law students and professors create trust, honesty, and a commitment to equality in radically unequal conditions?

In a world of radical inequality, solidarity is a cornerstone of justice
By: Meg Satterthwaite
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Can a human rights clinic, based at a well-resourced law school in the United States, stand in solidarity with activists in the global South?

New and inclusive measuring needed for SDG promise of access to justice for all
By: Sukti Dhital & Meg Satterthwaite
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SDG 16 promises access to justice for all, but current plans for measuring progress are far too limited. There are opportunities in 2019 to change this.

Evidence of trauma: the impact of human rights work on advocates
By: Meg Satterthwaite
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It’s time to think seriously about the effects of trauma on human rights activists.

Human rights data used the wrong way can be misleading
While data is important for human rights advocacy, the risks of misleading people are also very real and advocates must insist on rigor.