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HRP Welcomes 2026-2027 Visiting Fellows
We are excited to welcome this year’s 2026-2027 Visiting Fellows: Girmachew Alemu Aneme, Senuri De Silva, Michael Lysander Fremuth, Kirsty Hughes, and Jeffrey Vogt. The HRP Visiting Fellows Program gives individuals with a demonstrated commitment to human rights an opportunity to engage with the human rights community at HLS, enrich in HLS events and conferences,…
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“The United States Will Need International Law”
A chapter by Gerald L. Neuman, HRP Director and J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law, titled “The United States Will Need International Law” is featured in the new collection America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance. In the wake of rising global authoritarianism and transnational megacorporations, Neuman warns that “As…
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HRP Associate Director Abadir Ibrahim Co-Authors Submission Calling on the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to Recognize the Right to a Healthy Climate
Abadir Ibrahim, Associate Director of the Harvard Human Rights Program, together with Salma Waheedi, Executive Director of the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World, and Angela Hefti, Assistant Professor of Law at Florida International University, submitted written comments to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, in response to the Commission’s call for substantive inputs on the draft General Comment on…
Events
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Self-determination of People and Migration—Going beyond Sovereignty?
Register on Zoom here. Does the human right to self-determination also protect attitudes that are critical of or opposed to immigration? Michael Lysander Fremuth will tackle this question in his upcoming presentation. In human rights law, migration is typically approached from the perspective of balancing the rights of migrants—often individuals in situations of vulnerability—with state…
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Pushbacks Against Migrant Rights in Europe and the United States
Governments in the United States and Europe have recently sought new ways to deter, deflect, and deport migrants, and to redefine their rights under human rights law and refugee law for that purpose. The panelists will discuss and compare some of the efforts of the UK and US governments in that direction, including pushbacks and…
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A Conversation with Justice Ntyam Ondo Mengue
Join the Harvard African Law Association, Advocates for Human Rights and the Harvard Law School Human Rights Program for a conversation with Justice Ntyam Ondo Mengue, Judge of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights. Prior to joining the African Court, Justice Mengue built a distinguished judicial career in Cameroon spanning more than four…