Research Programs

Human Rights Program

  • Tribute: Henry Steiner and Detlev Vagts

    September 1, 2005

    When Henry Steiner '55 and Detlev Vagts '51 published the first edition of "Transnational Legal Problems" in 1968, the collaboration marked a milestone in the field of international law.

  • Gateway to a better world

    April 1, 2005

    Expanded program helps Harvard lawyers advance human rights abroad.

  • Assessing the Universal Declaration

    April 25, 2000

    Professor Mary Ann Glendon and Makau Mutua LL.M. '85 S.J.D. '87 weigh in on this influential half-century-old human rights document (1948), a major topic at the fall celebration of HRP's 15th anniversary.

  • The Human Rights Program at fifteen

    April 25, 2000

    Professor Henry Steiner '55, founder of the program, reflects on the agenda of HRP at Harvard and beyond, and the HLS graduates "battling in the trenches" for the human rights movement worldwide.