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Bonnie Docherty
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Clinic’s Partner in Negotiations of Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Wins Nobel Peace Prize
October 6, 2017
From International Human Rights Clinic—We are thrilled to announce that the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), with which we collaborated during the negotiations of a nuclear weapon ban treaty, received the Nobel Peace Prize today.
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Banning the Bomb: Reflections on the UN Negotiations for the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty
July 28, 2017
From International Human Rights Clinic—It was at times difficult to explain to those not involved in the negotiations why the ban treaty was an important or even a sensible cause.
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From International Human Rights Clinic—Member states of the UN General Assembly are currently engaged in historic negotiations of a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. At this point, nuclear weapons are the only weapons of mass destruction not subject to a categorical prohibition in international law.
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A disarming leader: Bonnie Docherty recognized for contributions to human rights, clinical community
May 22, 2017
From the International Human Rights Clinic—When Nicolette Boehland, JD ’13, began the daunting work of documenting torture and mass hangings in a Syrian prison, she was prepared. She knew how to interview survivors of trauma.
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Losing Control: The Dangers of Killer Robots
June 20, 2016
Via International Human Rights Clinic This piece originally appeared in The Conversation on June 16, 2016 New technology could lead humans to relinquish…
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Killer Robots: The Case for Human Control
April 12, 2016
Via International Human Rights Clinic Nations Convene to Discuss Fully Autonomous Weapons (Geneva, April 11, 2015) – Countries should retain meaningful human control over…
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At Harvard Law School symposium, military and academic leaders explain legal and cultural issues in counterterror operations
March 14, 2016
Via HLS News On March 5, Harvard Law School hosted the first-ever Legal, Cultural and Strategic Issues in Counterterror Operations Symposium bringing together military officers from the 3rd…
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Via International Human Rights Clinic
By Bonnie Docherty Is a driver speeding toward a military checkpoint launching a suicide attack or racing… -
Extinguishing the Use of Incendiary Weapons
January 11, 2016
By Sarah Abraham, J.D. ’17; Lauren Blodgett J.D. ’16;
and Danae Paterson J.D. ‘16 Incendiary weapons rank among the cruelest means of armed conflict. -
Fighting for disarmament
January 4, 2016
Via Harvard Gazette Researcher calls for stronger regulation of incendiary weapons, ban on killer robots Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer
Bonnie Docherty, a senior instructor… -
Via International Human Rights Clinic
By Bonnie Docherty This post, “Unrivaled Cruelty: The Horror of Incendiary Weapons and the Need for Stronger Law,”… -
Clinic and HRW Urge Strengthening of International Law Governing Incendiary Weapons
November 6, 2015
Via International Human Rights Clinic (Washington, DC, November 5, 2015) – Countries should take concrete steps to strengthen international law governing incendiary weapons, Human…
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Via the International Human Rights Clinic The laws governing armed conflict may seem simple on the surface. Soldiers can be targeted; civilians cannot. But…
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New Publication Examines Different Approaches to Assisting Victims of Armed Conflict and Armed Violence”
May 11, 2015
Via the International Human Rights Clinic (Cambridge, MA, April 30, 2015) – Mitigating the human costs of armed conflict and armed violence has become…
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Lecturer on Law and Senior Clinical Instructor Bonnie Docherty an Expert Recommended for the Aspen Security Forum
March 6, 2015
Bonnie Docherty, Lecturer on Law and Senior Clinical Instructor, International Human Rights Clinic Via Just Security The Aspen Security Forum (ASF), the annual…
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IHRC report outlines concerns about ‘killer robots’
November 21, 2012
Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic and the independent human rights organization Human Rights Watch have authored a report titled “Losing Humanity: The Case Against Killer Robots.” The report, released Nov. 19, argues that governments should pre-emptively ban fully autonomous weapons because of the danger they pose to civilians in armed conflict.
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HLS human rights clinic investigates the impact of mining in British Columbia (audio/slideshow)
August 26, 2010
Last year, as part of Harvard’s International Human Rights Clinic, Susannah Knox ’10 and Lauren Pappone ’11, traveled to British Columbia with Lecturer on Law and Clinical Instructor Bonnie Docherty '01 to investigate how mining affects the Takla Lake First Nation people.
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Docherty in Reuters Blog: international cluster bomb ban a milestone, but there’s a long road ahead
August 4, 2010
Harvard Law School Lecturer on Law Bonnie Docherty '01 recently wrote a post for Reuters' "The Great Debate UK" blog, as the first international cluster bomb treaty entered into force. Docherty is also a clinical instructor in the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School and a senior researcher in the Arms Division at Human Rights Watch.
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The special rights guaranteed to First Nations receive inadequate attention in British Columbia when compared to mining interests, the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) at Harvard Law School said in a report released on June 7.
