Students from the International Human Rights Clinic file an amicus curiae brief before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Santa Clara Law International Human Rights Clinic students Amanda Snyder, Bernadette Valdellon, and Sophia Areias filed an amicus curiae brief before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in a case involving access to in vitro fertilization in Costa Rica. The students co-wrote the brief under the supervision of Clinic Director Francisco J. Rivera Juaristi and Clinic Fellow Britton Schwartz.

In their brief, the students grappled with complex issues involving international treaty interpretation methodologies. A copy of the brief (in Spanish) may be found here.

Click here for additional information on the case (IACtHR Case No. 12.361, Gretel Artavia Murillo et al. (in vitro fertilization) V. Costa Rica).

 Prof. Francisco Rivera Juaristi, Amanda Snyder, Bernadette Valdellon, Sophia Areias, and Clinic Fellow Britton Schwartz