The Human Rights Program was founded in 1984 as a center for human rights scholarship, and the International Human Rights Clinic grew out of the Program. Today, faculty and staff of the Human Rights Program and the International Human Rights Clinic include scholars and practitioners with decades of experience in the field. As part of the broader human rights community at Harvard, we work closely with other faculty, clinics, numerous graduate students, and research centers at the Law School and University.

Faculty & Staff

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 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 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

Associate Director, International Human Rights Clinic
Lecturer on Law

Anna Crowe is Associate 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.

Salma Waheedi

Senior 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.

Beatrice Lindstrom

Clinical Instructor
Lecturer on Law
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
Lecturer on Law

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

Abadir M. Ibrahim

Associate Director, Human Rights Program

Dr. Abadir M. Ibrahim is the Associate Director of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School. As a lawyer, activist, scholar, and educator in African human rights law, he both practices and studies human rights at a global, African and domestic level.

Kelsey Ryan

Program Manager, International Human Rights Clinic

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

Marie Sintim

Program Assistant, International Human Rights Clinic

Marie Sintim is the Program Assistant for the International Human Rights Clinic.

Kai Mueller

Program Assistant, Human Rights Program

Kai Mueller is the Program Assistant of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School.

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

HRP 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.

Benyam Dawit Mezmur

HRP Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow

Professor Benyam Dawit Mezmur is currently Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow at the Harvard Law School, Human Rights Program.

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