The Human Rights Program was founded in 1984 as a center for human rights scholarship. It later expanded to include an International Human Rights Clinic. Today, our faculty and staff include scholars and practitioners with decades of experience in the field. Members of our team teach at the Law School and supervise clinical projects each year. As part of the broader human rights community at Harvard, we work closely with other faculty, numerous graduate students, and research centers at the Law School and University. We are also fortunate to host a group of Visiting Fellows each year who enhance our community with their research and practice experience.

Faculty & Staff

Tyler Giannini

Director, Human Rights Program
Director, International Human Rights Clinic
Clinical Professor

Tyler Giannini specializes in Alien Tort Statute litigation, business and human rights, human rights and the environment, as well as Burma. He co-directs the Human Rights Program and its International Human Rights Clinic. He is also the co-founder of EarthRights International.

Gerald L. Neuman

Director, Human Rights Program
J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law

Gerald L. Neuman specializes in international human rights law, immigration and nationality law, and U.S. constitutional law. He co-directs the Human Rights Program and was a member of the UN Human Rights Committee from 2011-2014.

Susan Farbstein

Director, International Human Rights Clinic
Clinical Professor

Susan Farbstein specializes in South Africa, transitional justice, Alien Tort Statute litigation, community lawyering, as well as economic, social, and cultural rights. She co-directs the International Human Rights Clinic.

Bonnie Docherty

Associate Director, Armed Conflict and Civilian Protection
Lecturer on Law

Bonnie Docherty specializes in civilian protection in armed conflict, particularly through humanitarian disarmament. She is also a Senior Researcher in the Arms Division of Human Rights Watch.

Anna Crowe

Assistant Director and Lecturer on Law

Anna Crowe is Assistant Director and Lecturer on Law in the International Human Rights Clinic. Her work focuses on the right to a legal identity, particularly in the refugee context, and the right to privacy.

Yee Htun

Clinical Instructor and Lecturer on Law

Yee Htun is a Clinical Instructor and Lecturer on Law at the International Human Rights Clinic. She works extensively on gender justice issues and has been involved with law reform efforts to advance human rights in Myanmar.

Salma Waheedi

Clinical Instructor and Lecturer on Law
Associate Director, Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World

Salma Waheedi focuses on gender justice, Islamic law, international development, business and human rights, and comparative constitutional law.

Thomas Becker

Clinical Instructor

Thomas Becker is a Clinical Instructor at the International Human Rights Clinic, and an attorney and activist who has spent most of the past decade working on human rights issues in Bolivia.

Beatrice Lindstrom

Clinical Instructor and Supervising Attorney of Advocates for Human Rights

Beatrice Lindstrom is a Clinical Instructor at the International Human Rights Clinic and the Supervising Attorney of Advocates for Human Rights. Her work focuses on accountability of transnational actors, obligations of international organizations, and access to remedies.

Aminta Ossom

Clinical Instructor

Aminta Ossom is a Clinical Instructor at the International Human Rights Clinic. She focuses on equality, inclusion, and economic and social rights.

Kelsey Ryan

Program Coordinator, International Human Rights Clinic

Kelsey is the Program Coordinator for the International Human Rights Clinic.

Dana Walters

Program and Communications Coordinator, Academic Program

Dana Walters is the Program and Communications Coordinator with the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School, supporting the Academic Program.

Henry J. Steiner

Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, Emeritus

Henry Steiner founded the Human Rights Program in 1984 and served as its director until he became professor emeritus in 2005.

Visiting Fellows

Victor Madrigal-Borloz

Eleanor Roosevelt Senior Visiting Researcher

Victor Madrigal-Borloz is the UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Adejoké Babington-Ashaye

HRP / OPIA Wasserstein Fellow

Adejoké Babington-Ashaye is the HRP / OPIA Wasserstein Fellow for the 2019-2020 year, as well as Senior Counsel with the World Bank.

Sandra Fahy

Visiting Fellow

Sandra Fahy is a Visiting Fellow with the Human Rights Program, as well as associate professor of anthropology in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and the Graduate Program in Global Studies at Sophia University, Tokyo.

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