South Korea: Rights and Democracy Prevail
(Bangkok) – South Korea maintained its positive human rights record in 2024 despite an increasingly acrimonious political environment and persistent concerns about women’s rights, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2025. The prompt impeachment of President Yoon Seok-yeol following his unexpected and short-lived imposition of martial law on December 3 demonstrated the resiliency of […]
HRP Awards 2024 Summer Fellows – Harvard Law School
HRP Awards 2024 Summer Fellows HRP is pleased to award its 2024 summer fellowships to Elizabeth (Liz) Poulos JD’25 (left in photo above) and Zoe Olbrys JD’26 (right). Summer fellowships for human rights internships are a central part of the Harvard Law School human rights experience and provide rich professional, personal, and intellectual opportunities. Many […]
Ecuador High Court Upholds Rights of Trans Student
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court recently made public a ruling upholding the rights of a transgender girl whose private school in Santa Elena failed to support her during her gender transition. The court ordered comprehensive remedies after finding that the school discriminated against the girl, failed to act in accordance with her best interests, and violated a wide […]
Release of HRP’s 2023-2024 Annual Report – Harvard Law School
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 […]
Tunisian Human Rights Defender on Hunger Strike
On January 14, prominent activist and former president of Tunisia’s Truth and Dignity Commission, Sihem Bensedrine, began a hunger strike while detained in Manouba prison. “I will no longer stand the injustice that strikes me. Justice cannot be based on lies and calumnies, but on concrete, tangible evidence,” she said in a message relayed by her […]
2024-25 Tiruchelvam Fellow: Thyagi Ruwanpathirana – Harvard Law School
2024-25 Tiruchelvam Fellow: Thyagi Ruwanpathirana The Human Rights Program and the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World at Harvard Law School are thrilled to welcome the inaugural Neelan Tiruchelvam Fellow, Thyagi Ruwanpathirana. Thyagi comes to Harvard Law School from Amnesty International, where she served as a South Asia Regional Researcher since 2018. […]
Panama Floods Show Need for Planned Relocation Policy
The Guna Indigenous community of Ukupa in Panama has announced a plan for the relocation of their entire village out of harm’s way after December flooding rendered homes in the area uninhabitable. Community members chose relocation as a measure of last resort after the floods and now seek government and international support. This is not […]
Release of Consultation Proceedings on Rights of People of African Descent – Harvard Law School
October 31, 2024 Release of Consultation Proceedings on Rights of People of African Descent We are delighted to share the release of the proceedings and written submissions of the Expert Consultation on the Draft UN Declaration on the Human Rights of People of African Descent, a significant convening organized by the UN Permanent Forum on […]
Thailand: Don’t Send Uyghurs to China
(Bangkok) – A group of 48 Uyghur men who have been held for over a decade in Thai immigration detention face risks of enforced disappearance, long-term imprisonment, torture, and other severe mistreatment if Thailand forcibly sends them to China, Human Rights Watch said today. The Uyghurs appear to be at imminent risk following recent moves […]
HRP Celebrates 40th Anniversary – Harvard Law School
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