USC-Keck Human Rights Clinic

USC-Keck Human Rights Clinic

The KHRC is a student run clinic dedicated to providing forensic medical and psychological evaluations to survivors of human rights abuses seeking asylum.

WHY A HUMAN RIGHTS CLINIC? Tens of thousands flee their homelands each year to escape torture and persecution and seek refuge in the United States through legal asylum. The United States only grants asylum to 37.5% of asylum seekers. Los Angeles is home to one of the largest populations of asylum seekers in the United States. Los Angeles immigrants seeking asylum include unaccompanied children as