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International Human Rights Clinic
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Humanitarian Disarmament: The Way Ahead
March 22, 2018
From Harvard Law Today—Drawing on their own involvement in creating international law, conference participants reflected on the development of the humanitarian disarmament movement, which strives to end civilian suffering caused by inhumane and indiscriminate weapons, and discussed where the movement should go from here.
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Susan Farbstein Honored in Harvard Women’s Law Association’s International Women’s Day Exhibit
March 8, 2018
From International Human Rights Clinic—Susan, who co-directs our International Human Rights Clinic, is among 25 luminaries celebrated in the Wasserstein Hall exhibit for their “astounding contributions” in the areas of law and policy.
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International Human Rights Clinic represents relatives of slain Bolivians in landmark case
March 7, 2018
From Miami Herald—The relatives of the slain Bolivians are represented by lawyers from the Center for Constitutional Rights, Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic and several high-powered private law firms.
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From International Human Rights Clinic The Initiative aims to reduce the harm caused by armed conflict through targeted advocacy, leadership development, and the generation of innovative solutions.
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Clinic’s case against former Bolivian president for role in 2003 massacre to proceed to trial
February 21, 2018
From International Human Rights Clinic—A federal judge has ruled that the former president of Bolivia and his minister of defense must face trial in the United States in a civil case alleging that the Bolivian military massacred more than 50 of its own citizens during a period of civil unrest in 2003.
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The Nobel Peace Prize Celebrations: Recognition and Reinvigoration for Humanitarian Disarmament Advocates
January 3, 2018
From International Human Rights Clinic—The award honors ICAN for having “given the efforts to achieve a world without nuclear weapons a new direction and new vigour.” In particular, the prize recognizes the civil society coalition’s “ground-breaking” work to realize a treaty banning nuclear weapons.
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My time at the International Human Rights Clinic
December 8, 2017
By Salomé Gómez Upegui LL.M. '18—I believe in law as an instrument for social change, and I came to Harvard interested in focusing on that. A year is not much time, and as any LLM student can confirm, we all suffer from “fear of missing out”. I’m happy to say the International Human Rights Clinic, was perfect to curb this fear.
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Advancing human rights in the Middle East
December 8, 2017
By Zeineb Bouraoui LL.M. '18—The Clinic constituted an eye-opening experience to me, allowing me to understand firsthand the challenges that human rights lawyers and activists are routinely facing with funding, media outreach and advocacy, or even the simple act of gathering accurate and reliable information.
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Clinic and HRW Document Use of Incendiary Weapons by Coalition of Syrian Government and Russian Forces
November 21, 2017
From International Human Rights Clinic—Countries should respond to reports of new use of incendiary weapons in Syria by working to strengthen the international law governing these exceptionally cruel weapons, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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Clinic Releases Joint Report on Challenges and Significance of Documentation for Refugees in Nairobi
November 17, 2017
From International Human Rights Clinic—The report highlights refugees’ experiences in Nairobi with registration and refugee status determination – processes that lead to documentation.
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Beyond the Nobel Peace Prize
November 3, 2017
From Harvard Gazette—When a Norwegian committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) for its work behind a treaty to ban nuclear weapons, 3,500 miles away six people at Harvard cheered loudly.
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Staff Reflection: Remembering Someone I Never Knew
October 30, 2017
From International Human Rights Clinic—Although I never met Carl Thorne-Thomsen, I’ve known about him for as long as I can remember. I distinctly recall driving down the road to my grandparents’ home in Lake Forest, IL, as my mother told me about her close high school friend who had died in Vietnam.
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Clinic alumna wins International ‘Outstanding Young Lawyer’ Award
October 23, 2017
From The Gleaner—In 2016, Malene decided to pursue an LLM at Harvard, but she maintained a close connection to human rights practice through her work with the Harvard International Human Rights Clinic and the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program.
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From Harvard Law Today—The honor reflects international recognition of the humanitarian approach to disarmament, a movement that strives to minimize civilian suffering from inhumane weapons.
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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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Lawyers Discuss CIA Torture Lawsuit
September 25, 2017
From Harvard Crimson—Two members of the legal team that settled a lawsuit earlier this year against the psychologists who designed and implemented a Central Intelligence Agency torture program spoke Friday afternoon at the Law School about their work on the landmark case.
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HRP Welcomes New Staff and Visiting Fellows
September 18, 2017
From International Human Rights Clinic—Now that the semester is underway, we want to extend our warmest welcome to all of the new staff and Visiting Fellows at the Human Rights Program. They are, in a word, fantastic.
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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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The Clinic hires human rights advocates Yee Htun and Salma Waheedi as clinical instructors
July 24, 2017
From the International Human Rights Clinic—For the past year, Yee and Salma have worked with us as clinical advocacy fellows, supervising projects on everything from land rights and telecommunications policies in Myanmar to torture in Iraq. They also share a strong focus on gender justice.
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From Harvard Law Today—The professorship will have a focus on human rights in honor of Samuel Pisar, a renowned international attorney, presidential adviser, and Holocaust survivor who died in 2015.
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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.