HLS Advocates for Human Rights

What happens when justice is dispersed across multiple jurisdictions and forums? What are the potentials and limitations of these cases in addressing crimes against the…

Harvard Law experts discuss recent U.S. sanctions against International Criminal Court officials.

Please join HLS Advocates for Human Rights and the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World for a special screening of Firewall, a…

Advocates for Human Rights is a Student Practice Organization working on international human rights issues with organizations from around the world. Come learn about the…

Advocates for Human Rights is a Student Practice Organization working on international human rights issues with organizations from around the world. Come learn about the…

Join us for pizza and an overview of: The International Human Rights Clinic The Human Rights Program HLS Advocates for Human Rights The Harvard Human…

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…

Join the HLS Advocates for Human Rights for a lunch talk with Eliza Shyhapova, an international lawyer and a legal consultant at the International Development…

Join Harvard Law School Advocates for Human Rights (Advocates) and the Harvard Human Rights Journal (HHRJ) for the annual Global Advocacy Award Gala, celebrating inspirational…

Join the HLS Advocates for Human Rights, the WLA Clerkship Committee, and SALSA for a lunch talk with Justice Indu Malhotra, former justice of the…

Journalist Géraldine Schwarz shares the story of her grandparents who ‘followed the current’ in Nazi Germany.

Anoush Baghdassarian ’22 is the recipient of the 2022 Andrew L. Kaufman Pro Bono Award.

Passionate human rights advocates Anoush Baghdassarian ’22 and Sondra Anton ’22 find friendship and solidarity at HLS.

Each year, half of HLS’ first-year J.D. students and around a quarter of LL.M. students participate in at least one of HLS' 11 Student Practice Organizations, with some involved in multiple organizations at once.