Events

The Struggle for Human Rights in Bolivia During the Áñez Government and the COVID-19 Pandemic

August 11, 2020

Join the Andean Information Network (AIN), the Center for Legal and Social Studies (CELS), the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School, the University Network for Human Rights and the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) for an upcoming webinar. On November 12, 2019, Jeanine Áñez became Bolivia’s interim president with the…

July 30 Virtual Event: Beyond Business-as-Usual

As part of our collaboration with MSI Integrity in the #RethinkingMSIs series, we’re hosting a discussion with some all-star panelists on Thursday, July 30 at 10 am ET to talk about building better tools to center workers and support human rights. The event will draw insights from MSI Integrity’s recent report examining international standard-setting multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs). The discussion will be…

Her Voices, Her Journey: The Gendered Experiences of Rohingya Women

This webinar brings together a panel of Rohingya women in various fields of expertise to share their observations on the gendered experiences of Rohingya women through genocide, mass atrocities, and lives as refugees. The event seeks to explore and understand the effects of human rights violations, gender disparity, and inequality that manifest in different forms for survivors of mass atrocities. The systematic oppression in Myanmar…

Beyond Business-As-Usual: Lessons from Workers, Communities, and the Failed Experiment of Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives

For the past three decades, the corporate accountability and business and human rights communities have been in a process of experimentation, searching for interventions that protect people and the environment from corporate abuse. From treaties and due diligence, to naming-and-shaming and direct engagement, the efforts underway span far and wide. MSI Integrity’s recent report examines one such experiment—international standard-setting multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs)—and…

Why Does Cultural Heritage Matter for Humanity?

This event is part of “Cultural Heritage in Crisis,” a conversation series co-organized by the Initiative on Religion, Law, and Diplomacy at The Fletcher School at Tufts University and Foreign Affairs, Greece. Speakers include: Elizabeth Prodromou, Visiting Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution, Tufts University, Bonnie Docherty, Harvard Law School, Athanassios Dimopoulos, Dean of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and…

Space for Change – Humanitarian Disarmament and COVID-19

Taking place during the first ‘virtual’ meeting of the AP Mine Ban Convention, this side event will consider inclusion as well as the opportunities and potential pitfalls of digital diplomacy. It will explore the ways in which the humanitarian disarmament community has adapted its working methods during the COVID-19 crisis. Which parts of the traditional ways of working do we…

Rethinking Essential: Business, Work, and Human Rights in the Covid-19 Pandemic

As society grapples with an unprecedented pandemic, the most vulnerable workers and communities bear the brunt of its immediate and long-term devastating effects, even as they provide essential services to our societies. But can the pandemic also present opportunities to address market failures and position workers’ rights as central to a more sustainable, just, and resilient economy? Join us for…

COVID-19 and LGBT and gender diverse persons: voices of our communities

Please join us for a conversation with Victor Madrigal-Borloz, UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (IE SOGI) and HRP’s Eleanor Roosevelt Senior Visiting Researcher, to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the responses given by State and non-State actors, on the everyday life of LGBT and gender diverse persons. The IE SOGI will start with…

Harvard experts discuss climate change fears

To mark Earth Day’s 50th anniversary, amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Harvard University Gazette contacted experts on climate change, the environment, and sustainability to ask them about their global-warming fears. Tyler Giannini, clinical professor of law and co-director of the Human Rights Program and the International Human Rights Clinic, contributed an essay he co-authored with his daughters Amaya (14 years…

Recapping Discussion on Repression in Xinjiang

HLS Advocates for Human Rights Hosts Event Highlighting Atrocities Against Uyghurs On March 9, 2020, HLS Advocates for Human Rights hosted a discussion at Harvard Law School on abuses committed by the Chinese government against Uyghur minorities in the Xinjiang region. HLS Advocates is a student practice organization which conducts human rights projects in partnership with NGOs around the world;…