Category: Criminal Justice

In Memoriam: Benjamin Ferencz

The world has lost a tireless champion in the cause of human rights and peace: Benjamin Ferencz ’43. A decorated…

Sabrina Mahtani on Gender & Prison Alternatives

The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime and the Thailand Institute of Justice recently released a Toolkit on Gender-Responsive Non-Custodial…

Emily Nagisa Keehn Co-Authors Case Study on Reducing Overcrowding in South African Detention Facility

Emily Nagisa Keehn, Associate Director of the Academic Program, has recently co-authored an article with Ariane Nevin from Sonke Gender…

Emily Nagisa Keehn Co-Authors Article on Strategic Litigation to Address HIV and TB in South African Prisons

Congratulations to Emily Nagisa Keehn, Associate Director of the Academic Program, who co-authored with Ariane Nevin an article published this…

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…

Monday, Jan. 29: HIV and the Criminalization of Sickness

Monday, January 29, 2018 “Punishing Disease: HIV and the Criminalization of Sickness” WCC 3012 Lunch will be served   Please…

HRP Associate Director’s Work with Sonke Gender Justice on Prison Conditions Recognized with Award

Congratulations to Emily Keehn, Associate Director of HRP’s Academic Program, whose work at the pioneering human rights organization, Sonke Gender…

Tomorrow, Nov. 30: Joint Conference on Ethics and Human Rights in U.S. Prisons

November 30- December 1, 2017 “Behind Bars: Ethics and Human Rights in U.S. Prisons” A conference organized by the Human…

Tomorrow, Nov. 9: “Decriminalization and Human Rights”

Thursday, November 9, 2017 “Decriminalization and Human Rights” A panel discussion 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Hauser 102 Lunch will be…

Tomorrow, Nov. 1: Conversation with Dr. Agnès Callamard, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions

Wednesday, November 1, 2017 A conversation with Dr. Agnès Callamard, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions 12:00- 1:00…