Annual Reports

Cover of the Harvard Law School Human Rights Program 40th Anniversary Edition (2025), with a crimson background, showing Lady Justice above a dense group of activists and human rights actors clustered around a stylized HRP globe logo.

We are pleased to present HRP’s 40th Anniversary Edition…

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  • Release of HRP’s 2023-2024 Annual Report

    We are pleased to present HRP’s 2023-2024 Annual Report. The report showcases the global reach and impact of the Human Rights Program in the year of its 40th anniversary, featuring work on African perspectives on climate change law, a new UN draft declaration on the rights of people of African descent, and much more. It…

    Release of HRP’s 2023-2024 Annual Report

  • HRP’s 2022-2023 Annual Report

    We are pleased to present HRP’s 2022-2023 Annual Report. The report showcases the global reach and impact of the Human Rights Program in its 39th year, featuring work on Ethiopia, chronological age discrimination, and children’s rights. It spotlights the impact of visiting scholars and fieldwork undertaken by students and alumni, and details the rich assortment…

    HRP’s 2022-2023 Annual Report

  • HRP’s 2021-2022 Annual Report

    We are pleased to present HRP’s 2021-2022 Annual Report. The report showcases the global reach and impact of the Human Rights Program in its 38th year, featuring work on queer rights, indirect discrimination, and Covid-19. It spotlights the impact of visiting scholars and fieldwork undertaken by students and alumni, and details the rich assortment of…

    HRP’s 2021-2022 Annual Report

  • HRP’s 2018-2019 Annual Report

    We are delighted to present HRP’s 2018-2019 Annual Report. The report showcases the global reach and impact of the Human Rights Program in its 35th year. Previews have already run on the Harvard Law School website: profiles of Paras Shah JD ’19, Jenny B. Domino LLM ’18, and Anna Khalfaoui LLM ’17. In addition to…

    HRP’s 2018-2019 Annual Report

  • HRP’s 2017-2018 Annual Report

    We are pleased to present HRP’s 2017-2018 Annual Report. The report showcases the global reach and impact of the Human Rights Program in its 34th year, featuring work on populism, armed conflict, and accountability litigation. It spotlights fieldwork undertaken by students and alumni, and details pedagogical innovations and new research. We thank all of the…

    HRP’s 2017-2018 Annual Report

  • HRP’s 2016-2017 Annual Report

    We are very pleased to announce that HRP’s 2016-2017 annual report is now online. We hope it gives you a window into some of our work last year, on topics ranging from the rights of foreign nationals to accountability litigation to women’s rights. Thanks to all of the students, partners, and alumni who made the…

    HRP’s 2016-2017 Annual Report

  • 20th Anniversary Issue

    We are pleased to present HRP’s 20th anniversary issue….

    20th Anniversary Issue

  • 15th Anniversary Issue

    We are pleased to present HRP’s 15th anniversary issue….

    15th Anniversary Issue