by Antonia Demons | Feb 19, 2024 | ROLC News
Trafficking in persons is a global scourge that enslaves hundreds of thousands of people every year, forcing people to work without pay and submit to sexual predation. The related offense of human smuggling exploits the poorest and most vulnerable among us, taking...
by Antonia Demons | Jan 30, 2024 | ROLC News
If you or someone you know is an aspiring rule of law practitioner, check out our vacant Program Officer position. You can view the full job posting here.
by Antonia Demons | Jan 9, 2024 | ROLC News
As a key capacity-building component of ROLC’s Bangladesh Empowering Workers for Justice (EWJ) Project in partnership with the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST), the Labor Rights Fellowship (LRF) program supported five young labor rights professionals in...
by Antonia Demons | Dec 20, 2023 | ROLC News
From May 11-13, 2023, the University of South Carolina’s Rule of Law Collaborative (ROLC) in partnership with the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Society Trust (BLAST) kicked off its training program on strategic litigation for Bangladeshi labor rights advocates through a...
by Antonia Demons | Dec 5, 2023 | ROLC News
On December 5, USC-ROLC Deputy Executive Director Steven Austermiller delivered ROLC’s first in-person training to the University of Jaffna, Department of Law. Austermiller was in Sri Lanka for two weeks helping the university modernize its legal curriculum, which...
by Antonia Demons | Oct 25, 2023 | ROLC News
Former Tanzanian Parliament Member and Presidential Candidate Tundu Lissu met with Rule of Law Collaborative Deputy Director Steven Austermiller on campus. Mr. Lissu survived multiple assassination attempts while serving in Parliament and is committed to reform work...