2015 | Foreign Official Immunity Under Domestic and International Law
Event Title
Diplomatic Immunity and Human Trafficking: A Long March to Justice
Location
Duke Law School, Room 3043
Start Date
13-11-2015 9:55 AM
End Date
13-11-2015 10:40 AM
Description
Martina Vandenberg has spent nearly two decades fighting human trafficking, forced labor, rape as a war crime, and violence against women. Vandenberg has represented victims of human trafficking pro bono in immigration, criminal, and civil cases. Widely regarded as an expert on an array of human rights issues, she has testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, the Helsinki Commission, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the House Armed Services Committee.
Vandenberg established The Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center in 2012 with generous support from the Open Society Foundations (OSF) Fellowship Program.
Before joining Duke Law in 2015, Sarah Adamczyk worked with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) for four years, running legal and humanitarian programs in the Gaza Strip, Jordan and Ukraine, which included coordination of legal assistance to displaced populations as well as research, advocacy, and strategic litigation. She has experience managing projects with U.S. legal clinics, supervising students in fieldwork, and a track record of partnerships with local and international human rights institutions, including U.N. agencies. Her research and advocacy has primarily focused on civilian protection, civil compensation, legal status, and access to housing, land and property rights.
Diplomatic Immunity and Human Trafficking: A Long March to Justice
Duke Law School, Room 3043
Martina Vandenberg has spent nearly two decades fighting human trafficking, forced labor, rape as a war crime, and violence against women. Vandenberg has represented victims of human trafficking pro bono in immigration, criminal, and civil cases. Widely regarded as an expert on an array of human rights issues, she has testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, the Helsinki Commission, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the House Armed Services Committee.
Vandenberg established The Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center in 2012 with generous support from the Open Society Foundations (OSF) Fellowship Program.
Before joining Duke Law in 2015, Sarah Adamczyk worked with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) for four years, running legal and humanitarian programs in the Gaza Strip, Jordan and Ukraine, which included coordination of legal assistance to displaced populations as well as research, advocacy, and strategic litigation. She has experience managing projects with U.S. legal clinics, supervising students in fieldwork, and a track record of partnerships with local and international human rights institutions, including U.N. agencies. Her research and advocacy has primarily focused on civilian protection, civil compensation, legal status, and access to housing, land and property rights.