Category: Health

CDC Ends Use of Public Health Law to Deny Rights of Asylum Seekers

  On April 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ordered the termination of the “Title 42” procedure,…

WATCH: The Impact of COVID-19 on LGBT Persons Webinar

In his recent report to the United Nations General Assembly, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender…

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity UN Mandate: Virtual Consultation on 2021-2023 Work-Plan

The UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (IE SOGI) will…

The impact of COVID-19 on LGBT persons: online launch

UN Independent Expert Victor Madrigal-Borloz to provide public highlights from report to UN General Assembly Please scroll down for translation…

Sabrina Mahtani on Gender & Prison Alternatives

The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime and the Thailand Institute of Justice recently released a Toolkit on Gender-Responsive Non-Custodial…

WATCH: Victor Madrigal-Borloz Argues for Conversion Therapy Ban

In July, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender…

Amicus brief challenges public health asylum limits

Gerald L. Neuman, Co-Director of the Human Rights Program, joined immigration and refugee scholars during June in an amicus brief…

Harvard Gazette: A global look at LGBT violence and bias

By Liz Mineo / Harvard Staff Writer Costa Rican magistrate Victor Madrigal-Borloz has served for the past 21 months as the…

Emily Nagisa Keehn Departs HRP

After three years as Associate Director of the Academic Program, Emily Nagisa Keehn is leaving the Human Rights Program at…

VIDEO: HIV and the Criminalization of Sickness

Late last month, HRP was pleased to welcome Trevor Hoppe, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University at Albany, State…