ICAAD is a human rights advocacy center working at the intersection of legal innovation and design justice. We use our expertise to help communities and governments to create a more equitable future.
Core Capabilities
Capacity Building
Local NGOs and Governments can benefit from ICAAD’s expertise in institutionalizing best practices.
Advocacy & Reform
Challenging systems allowing discriminatory laws, policies, and customary practices that fuel violence against vulnerable communities.
Human Rights Education
Training the next generation on human rights and providing tools that can be used to disrupt and abolish unjust systems.
Emerging Tech
Organizations can leverage our data resources and explore new technologies to fill knowledge gaps and plan more strategic interventions.
Artivism
Artists can work with ICAAD to develop their practices to advance human rights and social justice through their work.
Ideas
The Criminalization of Homelessness: A Modern Human Rights Crisis
Solving homelessness must start with reframing the challenge from an economic burden or criminal issue to the human rights crisis it is.
Spotlight: Prerana Bhatnagar
We are thrilled to spotlight ICAAD volunteer, Prerana Bhatnagar.
Griggs v. Duke Power Company: A Case Study in the Supreme Court’s Impact
It is past time to end the romanticization of Supreme Court decisions.
Racial Equity in NYC Public Schools: Where Brown v. Board Still Falls Short
Brown v. Board made it illegal to segregate schools based solely on race, but the promise…