Category: Treaty Bodies

Harvard Human Rights Journal on Indirect Discrimination and Religion

Grounded in an April 2020 symposium hosted by the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School, the latest issue of…

Impeachment Can Vindicate Human Rights

Impeachment is an extraordinary procedure for responding to abuse of power by government. Is legislative trial of elected officials consistent with…

Tomorrow, Sept. 22: Negotiating the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 “Negotiating the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: An Insider’s Perspective” A Talk…

Has the Human Rights Committee Extended its Reach?

This post was originally published July 29, 2015 on Just Security Last week the UN Human Rights Committee, the independent body…