Human Rights
Human Rights
Public-facing activity connected to dignity, fairness, cultural understanding, and civil rights, dialogue and public accountability.
Much of Dhanji’s human-rights and humanitarian work has been undertaken through various not-for-profit organizations that he founded or co-founded. His efforts have combined community mediation, legal representation, refugee protection, and public education.Community Mediation
In Pompano Beach, Florida, he helped resolve community conflicts involving competing interests within the African American Christian and Muslim communities, encouraging dialogue, mutual understanding, and peaceful resolution.
Asylum & International Protection
Between 2015 and 2016, Dhanji represented a individual from Belarus seeking asylum and international protection, ultimately the client secured protection from a United Nations Court (Geneva) decision. In Lithuania, during the European refugee and migration crisis, (2017 – 2018) he worked to safeguard the fundamental rights of refugees arriving after displacement and dangerous Mediterranean crossings while working with government authorization on issues of sovereign / national border interests.
Public Education
He has also delivered seminars and public talks addressing urgent human-rights concerns, including the use of child soldiers, underage and forced marriage, refugee protection, and the fundamental need for access to safe drinking water in developing regions.
Judicial Review
Dhanji was asked by the Chief Judge of the 17th Judicial Circuit of the state of Florida in 2007 “to identify issues and concerns” that were adversely impacting ‘the public trust and confidence of the people …. in the Seventh Circuit”. This was the result at the time of some Judges making comments from the bench that had implications of fair and equal treatment before them. Dhanji provided counsel to the court administration and suggestive action along with particiaption with internal investigations reporting. In the course of 12 months the public’s concerns were addressed and confidence wa significantly restored.