International Human Rights Clinic

Looking to better understand climate change as a justice issue? Aminta Ossom of Harvard Law School shares resources ranging from climate justice primers to in-depth…

“I routinely encounter LL.M.s who could benefit from postgraduate fellowships,” she says. “In some fields, there are really no entry-level positions, so a fellowship provides a critical stepping stone into that space.”

Human rights specialist Bonnie Docherty lays out the legal and ethical problems of military weapons systems that attack without human guidance.

Presenting research to UN officials, business and NGO leaders, and grassroots activists in Geneva, Switzerland is not an ordinary law school assignment; for Taryn Shanes ‘25, the task was not only part of her clinic work, but the “linchpin” of her law school experience.

During the Fall 2023 semester, five clinic teams traveled to New York for project work and advocacy. They hosted events, met with UN member states,…

A year ago this past week, on November 18, 2022, Syrian survivor and refugee Nujeen Mustafa spoke to delegates at the signing ceremony of the …

Twenty years after massacre of indigenous Bolivians, the International Human Rights Clinic and its partners settle case that secured accountability for killings

Climate change likely to make water more difficult to obtain for poor residents, according to Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic…

To be successful, human rights work requires a mix of vision and tenacity – the ability to see a problem clearly and then develop creative…

By Paras Shah ’19
Via International Human Rights Clinic Blog In the almost ten years since she graduated from Harvard Law School, human rights lawyer …

By Olivia Klein This November, the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) resumed in-semester international travel for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19 with…