The Schell Center coordinates a diverse program of human rights activities that serve students and scholars at Yale and contribute to the development of the human rights community locally and internationally. The Center sponsors frequent panels, lectures, and discussions, including the weekly Human Rights Workshop: Current Issues and Events. The Schell Center also works in collaboration with other centers and programs at Yale to sponsor interdisciplinary events.

Upcoming Events


March 30 Thursday

Human Rights Workshop: Michael Gerrard, "International Adjudication and Climate Change Loss and Damage"

12:15PM to 1:30PM

Room 128

Michael B. Gerrard is Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Law School, and founder and Faculty Director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law.  He is a member and former chair of the faculty of the Columbia Earth Institute (now the Columbia Climate School), and of the American Bar Association’s Section of Environment, Energy and Resources. From 1979 through 2008 he practiced environmental law full-time in New York, most recently as partner in charge of the New York office of Arnold & Porter, handling litigation, transactions and regulatory compliance.

April 13 Thursday

A Conversation with Current Bernstein & Robina Fellows

12:10PM to 1:30PM

Calabresi Faculty Lounge

Current Fellows will discuss their work, followed by questions and discussion.

Bernstein Fellows

Luke Connell ’22 
Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez A.C, Mexico

Jason Gardiner ’22 
Forest Peoples Programme, Guyana

Megan Hauptman ’21
National Immigration Project (NIP-NLG),  Mexico & Washington, DC

Tim Hirschel-Burns ’22 
Oxfam America, Washington, DC

 

Robina Fellows

Yussef Al Tamimi ’22 
European Court of Human Rights, France

April 13 Thursday

Bernstein Symposium: China’s 21st Century Authoritarianism

4:10PM to 6:00PM

SLB Room 127

China defied Western expectations in its successful melding of a market economy with authoritarian politics.  Contrary to the hopes of many inside and outside of China, economic success did not lead to liberalization.  Neither has the arrival of new forms of digital communication.  Just as China turned market participation into support for authoritarianism, it has turned the digital revolution into support for the regime.   Chin

April 14 Friday

Bernstein Symposium: China’s 21st Century Authoritarianism

10:10AM to 5:00PM

SLB Room 127

China defied Western expectations in its successful melding of a market economy with authoritarian politics.  Contrary to the hopes of many inside and outside of China, economic success did not lead to liberalization.  Neither has the arrival of new forms of digital communication.  Just as China turned market participation into support for authoritarianism, it has turned the digital revolution into support for the regime.  China has become a leader in a new form of political practice: digital authoritarianism.  Mastering cyberspace is, today, as important as mastering territorial space.

April 19 Wednesday

Criminal Liability in Transitional Justice: Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead

6:10PM to 7:30PM

Private Location (sign in to display)

Join us on Wednesday, April 19th from 6:10-7:30 pm for a lively discussion on the role of criminal liability in transitional justice. We will reflect on the potential and limits of criminal prosecutions for confronting legacies of violence and mass abuse, what it means to "achieve" transitional justice, and what the legal profession can learn from past and present experiences of transitional ju...

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