Publications

Author: Cara Solomon

UN Committee Against Torture Calls on Ireland to Investigate Magdalene Laundries

Great news this morning from Global Human Rights fellow Maeve O’Rourke, LLM ’10, who recently made a submission to the…

Update on Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries: Maeve O’Rourke, LLM ’10, Takes Complaint to the UN

Here’s an update from our Global Human Rights fellow Maeve O’Rourke, LLM ’10, whose work on behalf of the advocacy…

This Thursday: The Rights of Lawyers in China

Our friends over at the Harvard Human Rights Journal are holding their 10th annual symposium on Thursday.  It’s free!  And…

Daniel Ellsberg Talks WikiLeaks, The Pentagon Papers, and the Public’s Right to Know

We were proud to host the legendary Daniel Ellsberg for a talk last Thursday entitled, “Wikileaks and the Pentagon Papers: …

What it Takes to Work in Human Rights: An Interview with Jim Cavallaro

Here’s our very own Jim Cavallaro talking to the Harvard International Law Journal about how he got started in the…

Panels Thursday, March 3, on Female Circumcision, the Material Support Law

We had two very interesting (and wildly different) events yesterday, Thursday, March 3.  As soon as I get video/audio from…

Images from Abandoned Ireland: Inside a Magdalene Laundry

Recently on this blog, Global Human Rights fellow Maeve O’Rourke, LLM ’10, wrote about Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, where as many…

Q & A with Jim Cavallaro, Executive Director of the Human Rights Program

This week marked the start of the spring semester and the third snowstorm of the year.  Right in the thick…