Political & Advocacy
The Asylum Collaborative (UMAC) was conceptualized in 2012 and founded in 2013 by student members of the University of Michigan Medical School chapter of Physicians for Human Rights. In partnership with the University of Michigan Law School, Physicians for Human Rights and community organizations such as Freedom House, this student-led initiative empowers medical professionals and students to advocate for victims and survivors of human rights violations and serve as a voice for those who have limited access to such resources. Our focus is to facilitate inter-professional collaboration between pro bono legal and medical providers to conduct forensic evaluations and medical affidavits for asylum, human trafficking, and other cases that have experienced human rights abuses. We also seek to educate providers and medical students to recognize and advocate for victims of torture and abuse in clinical practice. Our goal is to establish and work with a consortium of providers in the Midwest to provide forensic medical evaluations to support legal cases. Working closely with the national organizing Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), the University of Michigan Law School, and Freedom House Detroit, members invest in projects that challenge the boundaries of the physician’s role and act to protect human rights both in the United States and abroad. Evaluation requests should be submitted via email to UMACevaluations@med.umich.edu.For general inquiries, please email umasylumcollaborative@med.umich.edu
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