Events

Today, April 9: “The Future of Corporate Impact Litigation After Chevron”

Event Notice “The Future of Corporate Impact Litigation After Chevron” A Discussion with Steven Donziger 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.WCC 3018 Please join us for a discussion with Steven Donziger, JD ’91, a New York based lawyer who has advised indigenous and farmer communities for two decades in their struggle to hold Chevron accountable for oil contamination in the Amazon. In…

Critical Perspectives on Human Rights

Please join us for the latest in our occasional series to foster discussion around human rights practices and concepts. This session will feature Jeanne Charn, Senior Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School, in conversation with Meera Shah, Clinical Advocacy Fellow, Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School. The discussion will focus on comparing and contrasting the methodologies of international human rights…

In Honor of Nelson Mandela

Please join Harvard Law School for a discussion about when, if ever, violence is justifiable in struggles for political or social change. Panelists: Mekonnen Firew Ayano, SJD Candidate; Randall Kennedy, HLS Michael R. Klein Professor of Law; Kerry Chance, American Council of Learned Societies New Faculty Fellow, Harvard University Anthropology Department; Aminu Gamawa, SJD Candidate; and Susan Farbstein, HLS Assistant…

Transgender Identity, Mental Health, and Human Rights: The DSM V and Beyond

January 31, 2014

Please join us for a discussion with panelists: Sara Kimmel, staff psychologist at Harvard University Student Mental Health Services; Eszter Kismödi, international human rights lawyer on sexual and reproductive health law, policy, and research; Zack Paakkonen, staff attorney with GLAD’s Transgender Rights Project; and moderator Mindy Roseman, Academic Director of the Human Rights Program and Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law…

The Right to Life and the Inter American Court of Human Rights

January 1, 2014

Please join us for a brown bag talk with Professor Paola Bergallo, Faculty of Law, Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, and HRP Visiting Fellow. Bergallo served as an expert witness in the landmark case Artavia Murillo et al. (“In Vitro Fertilization”) v. Costa Rica, which discusses human rights definitions regarding the right to life, among other health and human…

Friday, Sept. 20: Human Rights Program Orientation!

September 19, 2013

Event Notice September 20, 2013 “Human Rights Program Orientation” 12 p.m. Wasserstein 1019 Join us for pizza and an overview of the Human Rights Program and how you can get involved! We’ll give you information on our International Human Rights Clinic; summer funding for human rights internships; post-graduate fellowships; events and conferences; and the larger human rights community at Harvard…

Wednesday, Sept. 18: Forum on Current Events in Syria and Egypt

September 17, 2013

Event Notice September 18, 2013 “A Forum on Current Events in Syria and Egypt” 12-1 p.m. WCC 3016 Please join us for a dialogue with Robert Blecher, Deputy Program Director, Middle East and North Africa, of International Crisis Group, and Meera Shah, Clinical Advocacy Fellow, of the Human Rights Program. The discussion will revolve around the political, social, humanitarian, and human…

Gaza, International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

September 13, 2013

Please join us for a panel discussion with Harvard faculty: Professor Duncan Kennedy, Harvard Law School; Professor Jennifer Leaning, Harvard School of Public Health; Naz Modirzadeh, Director, Program on International Law and Armed Conflict, Harvard Law School; and moderated by Bonnie Docherty, Senior Clinical Instructor, International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School. This event is being co-sponsored by the Middle…

Acknowledge, Amend, Assist: Addressing Civilian Harm Caused by Armed Violence and Armed Conflict

September 12, 2013

The moral imperative to help civilian victims of armed conflict and armed violence has generated widespread international action. While sharing a common goal, the various approaches currently employed sometimes conflict with each other. At this symposium, representatives of civil society, governments and militaries, international organizations, and universities will examine similarities and differences among humanitarian responses. Panelists will seek to identify…

MSI Integrity: A New Business and Human Rights NGO

Drinks will be served! Join the International Human Rights Clinic for the launch of the Institute for Multi-stakeholder Initiative Integrity (MSI Integrity), a non-profit organization that the Clinic has helped get off the ground. MSI Integrity aims to strengthen the ability of multi-stakeholder initiatives, like Fairtrade and the Kimberley Process, to respect human rights, prevent violations, and remedy abuses.