International Human Rights Clinic

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.

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.

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.

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.

From Harvard Law Bulletin—Among the rugged mountains and the swiftly flowing rivers of Bhutan, new legal institutions are taking root. Soon this small country—with just over 750,000 inhabitants—will open its first law school.

From the International Human Rights Clinic—As the litigation over the travel ban moves to the Supreme Court, the most important passage in the Fourth Circuit’s en banc opinion may be a tangential footnote finding “yet another marker” of illegitimate purpose in the text of the Executive Order.

From Harvard Law Today—Mana Azarmi ’17 is the winner of the Outstanding Clinical Student Award from the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).

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.

From the International Human Rights Clinic—Today, on behalf of affected Colombian communities, a coalition of human rights groups called on the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the complicity of executives at Chiquita Brands International in crimes against humanity.

From the International Human Rights Clinic—Tyler Giannini, Co-Director of the International Human Rights Clinic, and Yee Htun, Clinical Advocacy Fellow, presented a webinar for Harvard Law School alumni on human rights and Myanmar’s transition from military rule.

From the International Human Rights Clinic—The resolution calls for an international investigation into “alleged recent human rights violations by the military and security forces,” singling out Rakhine State in particular for scrutiny.

From the International Human Rights Clinic—Our team will travel to Kosovo to better understand potential environmental and human health impacts that linger from the war.

From The Harvard Gazette—When human rights clinical instructor Anna Crowe first began documenting the legal challenges faced by Syrian refugees in Jordan, she found a tangled system that put their lives on hold.

From the International Human Rights Clinic—Anna Khalfaoui, LL.M. ’17 reflects on her work advocating for a ban on fully autonomous weapons and the Fifth Review Conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons, which she attended.

From the International Human Rights Clinic—Katherine Gonzalez, J.D. '17 reflects on her travel to Jordan with a team from her clinic to interview dozens of Syrian refugee families about their experiences with obtaining government issued documents.

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Via International Human Rights Clinic By Emily Nagisa Keehn, Anna Crowe and Yee Htun It is now well trodden discourse that the election of Donald…

Via International Human Rights Clinic (Geneva, December 9, 2016) – Governments should agree at the upcoming multilateral disarmament meeting in Geneva to formalize their…

Via HLS News Report details challenges those living outside Jordanian camps face obtaining government documents, humanitarian assistance In November, the International Human Rights…

Via International Human Rights Clinic Anna Crowe, at right, presenting at the report launch in Jordan. Today in Amman, Jordan, the International Human Rights…

Via Harvard Crimson Former President of Ireland Mary T. W. Robinson speaks about climate justice at Harvard Law School on Thursday. Robinson, who has…