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April 20, 2026
Monday
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Violence in the West Bank
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Join us for a conversation about settler violence in the West Bank and potential legal work focused on ending the violence Palestinians face on a daily basis. Lunch will be served.
April 14, 2026
Tuesday
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Not Dead Yet: International Law and Human Rights in an Age of Uncertainty
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
In an era when headlines declare international law “dead” and conflicts rage across Palestine, Ukraine, and Sudan, a groundbreaking nine-country survey published in a report from Lex International reveals a surprising truth: the global public overwhelmingly rejects the idea that “might makes right.” From Indonesia to the United States, 80-95%…
April 8, 2026
Wednesday
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Colonialism, Empire, and Race: Critical conversations on law, movements, & the university
11:50 am - 6:00 pm
This symposium brings together two roundtables and a film screening to engage the entanglements of law, colonialism, and racialisation. It convenes scholars whose work examines the ongoing formations and afterlives of empire, exploring how legal regimes both shape and are shaped by colonial and racial hierarchies, as well as the…
March 23, 2026
Monday
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Byse Workshop: Local Communities in the International Investment Regime
3:45 pm - 5:15 pm
Monday, March 23 2026, 3:45-5:15; WCC 1023. This session will feature Prof. Philippe Sands. The investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) regime is often criticized for structurally favoring foreign investors, offering them direct avenues to challenge state regulations while providing few formal mechanisms for affected communities to participate. Scholars have also raised…
March 2, 2026
Monday
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Violence & Resistance from Palestine to Minneapolis
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
ICE’s violence on our streets and in our communities is an emergency, but it’s not new. Join NLG, Tzedek, and Justice for Palestine for a teach-in and discussion with an on-the-ground protest journalist about state violence and its collaborators, whether in Palestine, Minneapolis, or right here at Harvard. Lunch will…
February 19, 2026
Thursday
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Justice for Palestine Lunch and Short Film Screening
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Please join Justice for Palestine, Tzedek, the Muslim Law Students Association, and the National Lawyer’s Guild for a lunchtime screening of The Present (2020), a short film about a Palestinian father and daughter navigating checkpoints in the West Bank. The screening will be followed by a short discussion, and lunch…
November 20, 2025
Thursday
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PON Live! Book Talk: Robert Malley – Tomorrow is Yesterday: Life, Death and the Pursuit of Peace in Israel/Palestine
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
In this talk, Robert Malley will discuss his recent book, co-authored with Hussein Agha, written from the perspective of two people who have been involved in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations going back to the 1990s. Malley will share conclusions based on their insights and personal experiences regarding the viability of a two…
September 11, 2025
Thursday
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[Streaming] Strategic Litigation in Focus: Individual Criminal Liability and Pursuing Accountability for Palestine
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Please join Harvard Law Justice for Palestine in live-streaming Strategic Litigation in Focus: Individual Criminal Liability and Pursuing Accountability for Palestine…
April 24, 2025
Thursday
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Hate & Remediation: Where Does Harvard Go From Here?
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Sometime soon, the Presidential Task Forces on Combating Anti-Muslim, Anti-Arab, and Anti-Palestinian Bias and on Combating Antisemitism and Anti-Israeli Bias will release their final reports. How should HLS respond in today’s climate? What can students, faculty, and administrators do to meaningfully reduce hate and discrimination? Join Professor Kennedy and Professor…
April 8, 2025
Tuesday
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Nonviolent Resistance: Lessons from Issa Amro
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Issa Amro is a Hebron-based Palestinian human rights defender, activist, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee who has dedicated his life to the use of nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience to fight Israel’s occupation in the West Bank. In 2007, Issa founded Youth Against Settlements which seeks to end the expansion…
April 8, 2025
Tuesday
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Colonial Bureaucracy and Contemporary Citizenship with Yael Berda
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Yael Berda discusses her book “Colonial Bureaucracy and Contemporary Citizenship,” which examines how the legacies of colonial bureaucracy continue to shape political life after empire. Focusing on the former British colonies of India, Cyprus, and Israel/Palestine, the book explores how post-colonial states use their inherited administrative legacies to classify and…
April 2, 2025
Wednesday
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Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments [Book Launch]
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
On April 2, at 12:15 pm EST, join us for the book launch of “Righting Wrongs: Three Decades on the Front Lines Battling Abusive Governments” in which Kenneth Roth presents his reflections on a lifetime spent in the struggle for human rights. In three decades under the leadership of Kenneth…
March 28, 2025
Friday
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Lent/Iftar/Shabbat for Liberation
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Join HLS Justice for Palestine, Tzedek, Middle Eastern Law Students’ Association, Muslim Law Students’ Association, Queer & Trans People of Color, and the Bell Collective for Lent + Iftar + Shabbat for Liberation! We expect an evening of collective prayer, delicious food, and revolutionary love.
March 28, 2025
Friday
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Lent/Iftar/Shabbat for Liberation
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Join HLS Justice for Palestine, Tzedek, Middle Eastern Law Students’ Association, Muslim Law Students’ Association, Queer & Trans People of Color, and the Bell Collective for Lent + Iftar + Shabbat for Liberation! We expect an evening of collective prayer, delicious food, and revolutionary love.
March 12, 2025
Wednesday
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The Imperial Boomerang Comes Home
12:20 pm - 1:15 pm
How the US government uses the techniques & technologies of imperial violence to control within its constructed borders. Featuring: Tala Alfoqaha ’25 (Palestinian organizer and lawyer) and Afsaneh Rigot (Advisor at Cyberlaw Clinic & Advocate against tech weaponization)…
March 12, 2025
Wednesday
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Israel/Palestine in International Law with Zinaida Miller and Salma Waheedi, moderated by Guy Priver
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
Zinaida Miller, Professor of Law and International Affairs; Faculty Co-Director, Center for Global Law and Justice; Faculty Co-Director, Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy at Northeaster University in conversation with Salma Waheedi, Lecturer on Law and Executive Director of the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim…
March 11, 2025
Tuesday
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Tzedek General Body Meeting
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
HLS Tzedek is a community of progressive, pro-Palestinian Jewish law students. Join us for kosher lunch to learn more about our history, mission, and plans for spring semester. You can also pick up a Shabbat Care Package!…
February 26, 2025
Wednesday
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Conversation with Yadin Kaufmann ’84: Improving Israeli-Palestinian Relations Via Cooperation in Tech
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join AFI for a lunch talk with HLS Alum Yadin Kaufmann ’84, a partner in Israel’s first venture capital fund and a founder of the Palestinian Internship Program and other initiatives to help build a Palestinian start-up nation. Yadin will share insights on his career path and efforts to promote…
February 25, 2025
Tuesday
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Conversation with UN Special Rapporteur on Housing Dr. Balakrishnan Rajagopal
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Please join UN Special Rapporteur Balakrishnan Rajagopal for a discussion about displacement and domicide in Palestine. Rabea Eghbariah will moderate the conversation.
February 25, 2025
Tuesday
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Conversation with UN Special Rapporteur on Housing Dr. Balakrishnan Rajagopal
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm
Join HLS Justice for Palestine to hear from Balakrishnan Rajagopal, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing , as he discusses domicide–systematic or widespread attacks on housing and civilian infrastructure that causes death and suffering–in Gaza. In November of 2023, Dr. Rajagopal issued a UN report warning…
February 6, 2025
Thursday
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Palestinian Perspectives on Fear and Hope in Gaza and the West Bank
9:30 am - 11:00 am
Join LSFP on Thursday, February 6 at 9:30am in WCC 3019 for a screening of “In Their Words: Palestinian Perspectives on Fear and Hope in the West Bank and Gaza,” a virtual discussion with Palestinian advocates and activists on the ground hosted by the Carr Center for Human Rights at…