The Internationalist Law Center advances litigation and policy advocacy primarily in the U.S. South to dismantle the local, state, and federal U.S. policies that uphold human rights violations in the Global South and internal displacement of people of color within the U.S. 

ILC specifically targets U.S. state and local governments, government officials, and corporate actors undermining the land rights and economic power of communities resisting displacement in the U.S. and human rights violations in the Global South.

ILC aims to 1) create a legal and policy system that forces systemic actors to divest from displacement and extractive economies as a source of profit and 2) build community campaigns in the U.S. South that create regenerative, solidarity economies fostering the stability of domestic Black and Brown communities and solidarity with displaced communities in the Global South.

ILC intentionally crafts replicable campaigns and builds strategic partnerships with global movement partners to incubate community campaigns in the U.S. South that end displacement and connect the U.S. South to struggles throughout the Global South. 

You can learn more about our work through our Break the Bonds campaign.