This course will focus on practical strategies lawyers and aspiring legal professionals can implement for human rights advocacy, tailored to the Iranian context. Participants will evaluate different avenues for advocacy, including litigation, legal reform, and social change, and how to strategically press for change on multiple levels. They will examine how best to deal with Iranian laws and institutions that could pose challenges to their work. Topics will also include: defining a scope of services, including choice of clients and case types; safe and suitable methods of outreach and networking; ensuring sufficient funding; client relations; and self-care and protection.
In the first session, we’ll first describe some human rights cases, and afterwards talk about the advocacy...
