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News
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HRP Associate Director Abadir Ibrahim Co-Authors Amicus Brief on Climate Obligations Before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
On March 30, 2026, Abadir Ibrahim, Associate Director of the Harvard Human Rights Program—with Salma Waheedi, Executive Director of the Program on Law and…
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Amicus Brief Challenging Executive Order No. 14,160
HRP Director Professor Gerald L. Neuman, together with Professors Kristin Collins and Rachel Rosenbloom, submitted an amicus brief to the…
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2026-2027 Henigson Fellowship Application Now Open
The Human Rights Program is pleased to announce that the application for the 2026-2027 Henigson Fellowship is now open. The post-graduate fellowship is open…
Events
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Courting Authoritarianism—A Comparative Perspective
Discussions about courts in democratically backsliding and fully autocratic contexts usually focus on two aspects: their co-optation and instrumentalization by…
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Filling the Justice Gap: Yazidis, Universal Jurisdiction, and International Law
What happens when justice is dispersed across multiple jurisdictions and forums? What are the potentials and limitations of these cases…