Category: Reflections

Celebrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights—a groundbreaking document that established the modern foundation of…

Conference preview: Gerald L. Neuman on “Human Rights in a Time of Populism”

Earlier this week, Gerald L. Neuman, Co-Director of the Human Rights Program (HRP), and the J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of…

Commentary: Justice is long overdue for the widows of South African mineworkers

We’re very pleased to cross-post this piece by Emily Nagisa Keehn, Associate Director of HRP’s Academic Program, who argues in The…

Has the Human Rights Committee Extended its Reach?

This post was originally published July 29, 2015 on Just Security Last week the UN Human Rights Committee, the independent body…

Tribute: Robert Henigson, JD ’55, Strong Supporter of Human Rights Work at HLS

(This tribute was written by Henry Steiner: founder of the Human Rights Program in 1984 and its director for 21…