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International Human Rights Clinic
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Pursuing U.S. accountability for child slavery abroad
December 18, 2020
via Harvard Law Today
by Dana Walters On Dec. 1, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in Nestlé v.… -
Teaming up to promote access to water
December 18, 2020
via Harvard Law Today
by Dana Walters Over the last semester, Laura Soundy ’22 and Rehab Abdelwahab ’21 have learned how critical it is… -
Supreme Court Hears Case on Child Slavery in Cocoa Industry
December 8, 2020
via HRP blog Clinic Submits Amicus Curiae Brief on Behalf of Legal Historians Dec. 1, the Supreme Court of the United States hears oral arguments in a…
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Training the next generation of international women’s rights advocates
November 21, 2020
by Dana Walters
via Harvard Law Today Since joining Harvard Law School, Salma Waheedi, a clinical instructor and lecturer on law in the International… -
“Deep Shame Within the Ranks of UN Staff”
November 12, 2020
Assessing the UN’s Haiti Cholera Response 10 Years On by Joey Bui ’21
via HRP blog In 2010, a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission… -
Building Momentum: IHRC and ASP Launch Principles on the Prevention of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Detention Settings
October 17, 2020
by Zac Smith ’21
via HRP blog Sexual violence is all too common in conflict and post-conflict settings, causing horrific physical and psychological damage… -
Forcing the UN to do right by Haitian cholera victims
October 10, 2020
by Liz Mineo
via The Harvard Gazette Freshly graduated from law school, Beatrice Lindstrom arrived in Haiti in October of 2010 on a one-year… -
Confronting conflict pollution
October 1, 2020
by Dana Walters
via Harvard Law Today Between 1946 and 1958, the United States conducted 67 nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands, irreparably damaging… -
Event series explores racial justice and human rights
September 26, 2020
by Dana Walters
via Harvard Law Today The Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School is organizing a series of virtual events on racial justice… -
via Harvard Law Today by Dana Walters “ST. LOUIS, MO, USA – June 10, 2011: Chiquita bananas on display in grocery store.” If everything…
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U.S. Appeals Court Rules Against Former Bolivian President and Defense Minister Over 2003 Massacre
August 5, 2020
via HRP Blog August 3, 2020, Miami – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vacated a trial court judgment that…
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via HRP Blog Advocates call for a stop to state repression and violence, a turn to accountability, and a clear path to free and…
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by Sabi Ardalan via Rethinking Refuge Asylum lawyers have long grappled with a tension inherent in refugee law – how to win protection for…
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via Harvard Law Today by Dana Walters Credit: Ingebjørg Kårstad/Norwegian Refugee Council The refugee camp in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh houses hundreds of thousands of refugees.
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via Human Rights Program Blog Last November, Sabrina Singh JD’20 attended the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva. Sabrina Singh JD’20…
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Finding human solutions to global problems
February 6, 2020
via Harvard Law Today by Dana Walters With headlines declaring 2019 the year that the world woke up to climate change, Aminta Ossom ’09 sees…
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Human rights seminar tackles barriers to women’s leadership
December 11, 2019
Via Harvard Law Today By Dana Walters Susan Farbstein ’04, clinical professor of law and co-director of the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC), stands…
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Pro Bono Week 2019 Recap
November 5, 2019
Every year, the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs (OCP) at Harvard Law School (HLS) participates in the American Bar Association’s National Celebration of…
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Serving Iowa Better
October 24, 2019
Via The Harvard Gazette By Madelyn Petersen Source: Corporate Accountability Lab and iStock Madelyn Petersen got a crash course last year in how research…
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A living witness to nuclear dystopia
October 15, 2019
Via Harvard Law Today By Juan Siliezar First came a flash. Thirteen-year-old Setsuko Nakamura felt as if she were drifting skyward. And then darkness.
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In Q&A, Bonnie Docherty discusses humanitarian disarmament
October 10, 2019
Via Harvard Law Today By Daniel Moubayed ’20 Reducing the civilian impact of arms and armed conflict has been the focus of Bonnie Docherty’s career…