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The University of Minnesota Law School’s Human Rights Center and European Digital Rights (EDRi) will jointly host a hybrid presentation and discussion of a new policy paper, A Legal and Political Assessment of the Pall Mall Process in Brussels, on Thursday, June 11, in Brussels and online.

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, KC (Hons), Regents Professor, Robina Professor of Law, Public Policy and Society, and faculty director of the Human Rights Center, and Visiting Clinical Professor of Law Ana Pottratz Acosta, faculty director of the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic, are among 12 individuals appointed to the Governor's Council on Recording the Truth of Operation Metro Surge and Operation PARRIS on Minnesotans (Minnesota Truth Council).

On March 31, Ireland's President Catherine Connolly appointed Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin to serve as a member of the Council of State of Ireland.

The Irish Constitution provides for a Council of State to aid and counsel the President on all matters on which the President may consult them. 

Prof. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin KC (Hons), Regents Professor; Robina Chair in Law, Public Policy, and Society; and faculty director of the Human Rights Center, traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, to report to the UN Human Rights Council on the findings of the UN's Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (COI). Ní Aoláin serves as a commissioner on the COI.

On March 4 the Human Rights Center, Binger Center for New Americans, and Advocates for Human Rights held a special briefing in Geneva, Switzerland to provide UN member states, UN agencies, and international civil society with expert analysis of the scope and federal immigration operations in Minnesota.

A delegation from the University of Minnesota Law School’s Human Rights Center and James H. Binger Center for New Americans is in Geneva, Switzerland, from March 2–6 to participate in the 61^st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

From November 24-26 Sarah Grosse Perdekamp ‘26 represented the Human Rights Center  at the 14th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland.

This semester Clara Corrado ‘25 had the opportunity to work as a legal researcher at Children of Incarcerated Caregivers through enrolling in the Human Rights Center’s Human Rights Law Field Placement course. Clara gained hands-on experience in international legal research and advocacy by preparing submissions to international bodies and by helping map the broader legal landscape affecting children across different jurisdictions.

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin has been appointed a member of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic.

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin KC (Hons) has been elected a Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, University of Oxford, for Trinity Term in 2027.