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New Chapter by Professor Neuman on the U.S. & 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 an upcoming book to be published on July 7, 2026. America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance, edited by Alexandra Natapoff and Guy-Uriel Charles,…
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HRP Awards 2026 Summer Fellowship
HRP is delighted to announce its 2026 Summer Fellowship cohort: Brooke Beyer JD’28, Ideal Dowling JD’27, Alana Mitias JD’28, and Reina Patel JD’27 Summer fellowships for human rights internships are a central part of the Harvard Law School human rights experience and provide rich professional, personal, and intellectual opportunities. Many students and alumnae/i who are…
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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 Society in the Muslim World, and Angela Hefti, Assistant Professor of Law at Florida International University—co-led an interdisciplinary coalition of 16 amici curiae in the submission of a brief before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights addressing States’ obligations in the context…
