Addressing Global Human Rights Violations in Rhode Island: The Brown Human Rights Asylum Clinic.

Addressing Global Human Rights Violations in Rhode Island: The Brown Human Rights Asylum Clinic.

Zero, Odette;Kempner, Marga;Hsu, Sarah;Haleem, Heba;Tobin-Tyler, Elizabeth;Toll, Elizabeth;
rhode island medical journal (2013) 2019 Vol. 102 pp. 17-20
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Abstract

The Brown Human Rights Asylum Clinic (BHRAC) is a medical student-led organization affiliated with Physicians for Human Rights that collaborates with medical and mental health clinicians, lawyers, and community organizations to provide pro bono medical affidavits to undocumented individuals seeking legal status in the United States. Affidavits can document and corroborate the physical and psychological evidence of trauma alleged by asylum seekers, leading to better legal outcomes. This article describes our innovative program, partnerships, and workflow, as well as demographics and statistics from our past seven years of operation. Since its founding in 2013, BHRAC has conducted 55 medical evaluations, the majority involving Spanish-speaking female-identifying individuals from Guatemala, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic. Thirteen individuals have been granted legal status, one individual was denied status, and the rest of the cases are pending. BHRAC has experienced a marked increase in affidavit requests. This paper serves as a call to action for medical professionals to become involved in this work.

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