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The Clinic: Human rights, economic development and globalization (HEDG)

The Human Rights, Economic development and Globalization (HEDG) clinic programme focuses on issues relating to the promotion, protection and realization of human rights, the responsibility of actors in globalization and economic development, and on sustainable and equitable development.

As part of this programme, students follow a clinic course in relation to these themses, and consisting of intensive training, both theoretical and practical. In addition to this course, students spend time working as a team on a clinic project. Project work is carried out on behalf of a partner : NGOs, judicial and quasi-judicial institutions, international or professional organizations or even law firms specializing in issues related to human rights and economic  globalizationon  a transnational scale and in developing countries. The work produced by the students takes various forms : reports, memoranda, guide books and practical tools, or even advocacy tools or amicus briefs. Each team is supervised by a tutor who supports and guides the students in their work throughout the year.

The HEDG clinic is open to second year students enrolled on the Master in Economic Law and to first year PSIA masters students. It benefits from regular interventions from professionals working for associations, NGOs, international organizations, law firms and the business world.

Curriculum development and pedagogical support for the RISE and HEDG clinic programmes falls under the supervision of Professors Jeremy Perelman and Horatia Muir-Watt.

Pedagogical team

The HEDG clinic programme is taught in English and coordinated by :

  • Sylvain Aubry, course co-lecturer 
  • Lucie Chatelain, course co-lecturer 
  • Sandra Cossart, course co-lecturer 
  • Katharina Rall, course co-lecturer and HEDG clinic coordinator
  • Gabrielle Genser, teaching assistant 
  • Oscar Eschenbrenner, tutor
  • Pierre Farcot, tutor
  • Philippine Garrigue, tutor
  • Ivana Jimenez Barrios, tutor
  • Tatiana Perez, tutor
  • Alexander Repenning, tutor
  • Fiona Vanston, tutor

Projects 2024-2025

  • Partner: Project Access International 
  • Tutor: Ivana Jimenez Barrios
  • Partner: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
  • Tutor: Pierre Farcot 
  • Partner: Justiça Ambiental JA! 
  • Tutor: Alexander Repenning 

Students involved in the clinic project are developing a research and communication engagement project on environmental justice and gender equality in Palestine. As part of the project, they are tasked with writing a report on these issues that will be used by UNESCO to develop its policies. To do so, they will carry out ad hoc research with different sources using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Having received training from UNESCO, they are also tasked with interviewing professionals and activists from civil society. At the end of the year, students will present their work during a conference at Sciences Po during which members of UNESCO and Palestinian activists will talk about their work.  

  • Partner: UNESCO Chair on Human Rights, Democracy and Peace-An Najah National University
  • Tutor: Fiona Vanston 
  • Partner: Notre Affaire à Tous - Lyon (NAAT)
  • Tutor: Philippine Garrigue 
  • Partner: Human Dignity 
  • Tutors: Tatiana Perez and Oscar Eschenbrenner 

Past projects