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Month: February 2018

Tomorrow, March 1: Criminal Abortion in the U.S.

March 1, 2018 “Criminal Abortion in the U.S.” 11:45- 12:45 p.m. WCC 2004 Please join us for a lunch talk…

Tomorrow, Feb. 23: Elliot Shrage, Facebook’s VP, Global Communications, Marketing, and Public Policy

Friday, February 23, 2018 A Talk by Elliot Schrage, VP, Global Communications, Marketing, and Public Policy, Facebook 11:45 a.m. –…

Tomorrow, Feb. 22: Russia’s “Gay Propaganda Law” and LGBTQ Rights

Thursday, February 22, 2018 Russia’s “Gay Propaganda Law” and LGBTQ Rights 11:45 a.m.- 12:45 p.m. WCC 1010 Lunch will be…

Gerald Neuman intervenes as amicus in Sixth Circuit appeal to prevent deportation of Iraqi immigrants from the U.S.

Professor Gerald Neuman, Co-Director of the Human Rights Program, recently filed an amicus curiae brief to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals…

Tuesday, Feb. 20: How to fix finance by saving human rights

Tuesday, February 20, 2018 “How to fix finance by saving human rights” A talk by David Kinley, Chair, Human Rights…

Human Rights: Adapting to the Challenges of Our Times

Despite almost 70 years since the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the world is facing overwhelming challenges…

Save the Date: “Human Rights in a Time of Populism” conference set for March 23 – 24

“Human Rights in a Time of Populism” March 23 – 24, 2018 Harvard Law School RSVP requested Please join the…

Monday, Feb. 12: Fundamental rights and impact legislation in Pakistan

Monday, February 12, 2018 “Fundamental Rights and Impact Litigation in Pakistan” A talk by Visiting Fellow Yasser Latif Hamdani 12:00-…

Staff perspective: How mass incarceration harms U.S. health, in five charts

Last week, Emily Nagisa Keehn, Associate Director of HRP’s Academic Program, and J. Wesley Boyd, J. Wesley Boyd, Faculty, Center…

VIDEO: HIV and the Criminalization of Sickness

Late last month, HRP was pleased to welcome Trevor Hoppe, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University at Albany, State…