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News
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Release of HRP’s 2025-2026 Annual Report
We are pleased to present HRP’s 2025-2026 Annual Report. The report showcases HLS students who advanced transitional justice in The Gambia, pursued reparations for survivors of wartime sexual slavery in the Philippines, and investigated war crimes in Ukraine. We also defended human rights in the U.S. by filing an amicus brief explaining why denying birthright…
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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…
Events
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Book Event: Politicized Religion and the Reframing of Fundamental Rights
Click here to register for the event livestream on Zoom. Join us for a discussion with Susanna Mancini and Michel Rosenfeld on their recent book Politicized Religion and the Reframing of Fundamental Rights. The book provides a systematic account of how recent politicization of religion has been used by proponents of illiberal nationalism and populism…
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From the World Court to the Shop Floor: The ICJ Ruling and the Future of the Right to Strike
Click here to register on Zoom. Despite its status as a foundational tenet of collective labor law, the right to strike currently faces a historic crisis of domestic compliance and backlash. Today, this fundamental protection is actively violated in 87% of countries worldwide. As international crackdowns on organized labor intensify, workers are facing escalating threats…
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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…