2025-2026 Henigson Fellowship Application Now Open – Harvard Law School
2025-2026 Henigson Fellowship Application Now Open The Human Rights Program is pleased to announce that the application for the 2025-2026 Henigson Fellowship is now open. The post-graduate fellowship is open to Harvard Law School graduates only. The application deadline is on March 17, 2025. Prospective applicants must email HRP Associate Director Abadir M. Ibrahim ([email protected]) […]
US Health Funding Freeze Harms Low-Income Households
On Tuesday, the Trump administration froze federal funding for several organizations across the United States that provide lifesaving cervical cancer screenings, contraception, family planning, and other health care services to low-income people. Since 1970, the Title X Family Planning program, or Title X, has provided organizations with federal funding for comprehensive family planning and related […]
Climate Change, Women’s Rights and National Action Plans in Africa – Harvard Law School
Climate Change, Women’s Rights and National Action Plans in Africa Pedi Obani* The Human Rights Council called on states in 2014 to develop national action plans on business and human rights (NAPs) to implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), outlining their commitments to protecting human rights against adverse impacts from […]
The Lonely Death of a Rwandan General
Retired Brig. Gen. Frank Rusagara died last week in Rwanda. He had spent 11 years behind bars, without being allowed to speak to his wife, who died in the United Kingdom in 2016. His family last heard his voice in 2014, in the days before he was arrested. After he died, Rusagara’s family was told he had been […]
African Perspectives on International Climate Change Law – Challenges and Opportunities for Justice – Harvard Law School
African Perspectives on International Climate Change Law – Challenges and Opportunities for Justice Hajer Gueldich* We find ourselves at a time when Africa is trying to tackle one of the greatest contemporaneous challenges of our planet—that of climate change. As the effects of climate change become increasingly evident worldwide, Africa, a continent of diverse ecosystems […]
Niger Junta’s Release of Detainees Falls Short
This week, Niger’s military junta released about 50 people from prison, including several former government officials, military officers, and a journalist who had been arrested following the July 2023 coup. Several others still languish behind bars on politically motivated charges, most notably former president Mohamed Bazoum and his wife. The decision to release the prisoners […]
Catatumbo: Caught Between Violence and the Call for Peace – Harvard Law School
Catatumbo: Caught Between Violence and the Call for Peace Small building with a mural of a parrot and the slogan “La Paz Es Mi Cuento.” Credit: Camila Castellanos. Camila Castellanos* Colombia’s Catatumbo region has been engulfed in a deepening humanitarian crisis for the past three weeks. More than 50,000 people have been forcibly displaced, over […]
German Proposal to Strip Citizenship Endangers Human Rights
A leaked paper reveals that Germany’s conservative political parties, the Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU), want to add a clause to Germany’s Nationality Law to allow the country to revoke German nationality from dual nationals if they are deemed “supporters of terrorism, antisemites and extremists.” The proposal does not define who would […]
New Article by Visiting Fellow Sandra Guo – Harvard Law School
New Article by Visiting Fellow Sandra Guo The Griffith Law Review just published an article co-written by HRP Visiting Fellow Sanzhuan (Sandra) Guo: “Automated decision making and deportation: legal concerns and regulation“. The article examines the legal and technological hurdles associated with the use of automated decision-marking (ADM) systems by immigration departments, particularly in deportation […]
Iran: UN Expands Investigations into Rights Violations
(Geneva) – The United Nations Human Rights Council’s adoption of a resolution to continue the Fact-Finding Mission on Iran and significantly broaden the scope of its investigations is a crucial step for tackling the deepening crisis of impunity in Iran, Human Rights Watch said today. The Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, advocated for by a large number of […]