Events

Leaders of two Nobel Peace Prize-winning campaigns will address the origins and evolution of humanitarian disarmament while reflecting on their roles negotiating treaties that ban landmines, cluster munitions, and nuclear weapons. The speakers will also examine the humanitarian disarmament movement more broadly, looking at both the law and the advocacy behind it. The conversation will feature Beatrice Fihn, Executive Director…

The war in Yemen has been marred by frequent violations of the laws of war by all parties to the conflict, and a humanitarian crisis that has left millions at risk of famine and continuing cholera and diphtheria epidemics.  The United States is intimately engaged in this conflict, providing significant support to the Saudi-led coalition military campaign, carrying out unilateral…

President Trump’s December 6th declaration of the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel sparked wide international condemnation and protest — and widespread approval in Israel. A highly sensitive issue with profound legal, geopolitical, spiritual, and humanitarian consequences, the status of Jerusalem has serious implications for the elusive goal of Middle East peace.  In this event, Aaron David Miller, former…

Please join MSI Integrity for a panel of MSI stakeholders, academics, and business and human rights experts who can speak to the general state of MSIs, and the MSI Evaluation Tool’s implications/potential uses, from a range of perspectives. The panel will be an opportunity to “take stock” of the role that MSIs have played in the business and human rights…

Saudi activist and scholar Hala Aldosari will discuss the status of women’s rights advocacy in Saudi Arabia, drawing lessons for feminists who choose to tread an uncharted, less traveled road. In this talk, Aldosari will draw personal insights and reflections from women’s rights campaigns and the ongoing journey to organize thought and action in a country where activism continues to…

This talk by Dr. Kisman will focus on the Syrian refugee crisis from Turkey’s perspective and analyze the Turkish response to the crisis, policies developed, and the need for more rigorous planning. Co-sponsored by the Harvard Law School Immigration and Refugee Clinic Program and the Islamic Legal Studies Program: Law and Social Change.

Please join Tyler Giannini, Co-Director of the Human Rights Program and its International Human Rights Clinic, and Malcom Rogge, SJD Candidate and Teaching Fellow at HLS and Harvard Kennedy School, for a report back from the 6th UN Forum on Business and Human Rights.  The Forum is the global platform for yearly stock-taking and lesson-sharing on efforts to move the…

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 “A Clash of Good Intentions: NGOs vs. the UN” 12:00- 1:00 p.m. Hauser 102 Non-pizza lunch will be served Join us for a discussion about what happens when a non-profit lawyer goes up against an established international organization responsible for protecting the public. Beatrice Lindstrom, Staff Attorney with the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti…