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Israeli soldier visiting UK faces war crimes complaint
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Difference Makers: Human Rights Center Student Fellows Help Protect Vulnerable Communities Worldwide
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The California climate move-out
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Blockades, checkpoints and court action: fending off Brazil’s biofuel giants in the Amazon
This report cover image features an elevated landscape photograph showing a suburban residential neighborhood nestled at the foot of a prominent mountain peak under a warm sunset sky. At the bottom half of the cover against a white background, the title reads "Climate-Induced Human Displacement and Migration Statewide Topical Report" with the subtitle "A Statewide Topical Report for California's Fifth Climate Change Assessment," alongside logos for California's Fifth Climate Change Assessment and the CA Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation as the coordinating agency.

Climate change already drives displacement across California, says report by UC Berkeley Human Rights Center and Othering and Belonging Institute
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Ten Years of HRC’s Investigations Lab: Investigating Immigration
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UC Berkeley Human Rights Center documents agreements behind Trump’s third-country deportations
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A Case Study in Pivoting: Investigating Hacked and Leaked Data on a Budget
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UC Berkeley Report Exposes Inhumane Detention in Trump’s Third-Country Removal Program
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Persecución por otros medios: México y la primera prueba de la nueva política de la Corte Penal Internacional sobre delitos facilitados por medios cibernéticos
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Persecución por otros medios: México y la primera prueba de la nueva política de la Corte Penal Internacional sobre delitos facilitados por medios cibernéticos
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U.S. builds a ‘systematic’ global deportation network, violating migrant rights, study finds