We're excited to share that 2000 Fellow Ahilan Arulanantham, Professor from Practice and Faculty Co-Director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy (CILP) at the University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law, has been named the next recipient of the Equal Justice Works Distinguished Alumni Award. A longtime leader in the public interest field and MacArthur Foundation "Genius Grant" recipient, Ahilan has distinguished himself as a passionate access-to-justice advocate all throughout his career and we are thrilled to celebrate his work and impact. "I will always be grateful to Equal Justice Works for giving me the opportunity to start my career doing immigrants' rights advocacy," said Ahilan. "The Fellowship truly changed my life, opening up new vistas that would have been impossible without it." Ahilan will be honored on October 15, 2024, at the Scales of Justice in Washington, D.C. Visit our website to learn more about Ahilan's career, the award, and the Scales of Justice.
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Good article but I disagree the ending of this article where it says ‘ We would need to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights, which has done so much to weaken national citizenship’ this is ludicrous statement to make. If the author of this article knew what European Convention on Human Rights has done for UK people, he would rethink. I understand when I see/hear courts and people of authority disliking/complaining about European Convention on Human Rights because they don’t like to be challenged and since UK is a member of the European Convention on Human Rights which has been implemented it domestic law thus gives effect through the Human Rights Act 1998. I have yet not understood why anyone who isn’t in authority position support withdrawing European Convention on Human Rights from UK domestic law! If this were to be withdrawn, it would be you who it would affect the most. #ECHR #HumanRights #EuropeanConvention #LegalProtection #CivilRights #Equality #Justice #PublicInterest #FundamentalRights #EuropeanCourt #InternationalLaw #SocialJustice #PrivacyRights #FreedomOfExpression #RightToFairTrial #EqualityBeforeTheLaw #ECtHR #CouncilOfEurope
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