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Release of HRP’s 2025-2026 Annual Report

We are pleased to present HRP’s 2025-2026 Annual Report. The report showcases HLS students who advanced transitional justice in The Gambia, pursued reparations for survivors of wartime sexual slavery in the Philippines, and investigated war crimes in Ukraine. We also defended human rights in the U.S. by filing an amicus brief explaining why denying birthright citizenship to U.S. born children violates both federal statutory law and the Constitution.

The report spotlights the impact of visiting scholars and fieldwork undertaken by students and alumni, and details the rich assortment of HRP events….

Justice Refused: Lebedeva and Others v. Russia and the 879 Cases the Court Would Not Decide 

On September 3, 2026, the European Court of Human Rights struck out 879 separate applications against Russia, brought by at…

HRP Welcomes 2026-2027 Visiting Fellows 

We are excited to welcome this year’s 2026-2027 Visiting Fellows: Girmachew Alemu Aneme, Senuri De Silva, Michael Lysander Fremuth, Kirsty…

A Dead Constitution: How Sudan’s Legal Guardrails Were Dismantled and Why War Was the Natural Trajectory

Rubbing my face with all my might, raising my head just to breathe, I am running as fast as I…