Human Rights Workshop

The Orville H. Schell Jr. Center for International Human Rights coordinates a diverse program of human rights activities, including the Human Rights Workshop, a weekly gathering of students, scholars, and practitioners in the field of human rights.

Workshops meet at 12:10 p.m. in SLB 128. RSVP is required through the YLS Calendar.

For more information and backround readings, please email schell.law@yale.edu.

Spring 2026 Schedule

Date	Speaker & Topic
January 22	Violeta Canaves ('15 LL.M., '24 J.S.D.) Senior Advocacy Advisor, International Planned Parenthood Federation “The Limits of Advocacy-as-Usual”
January 29	Rina Amiri Co-founder and Principal, The Alliance for Diplomacy and Justice “Human Rights in Foreign Policy: From Principle to Practice in Afghanistan”
February 5	Mikhael Zygar Independent Journalist and Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council Eurasia Center “Putin’s Crusade Against Liberalism”
February 12	Joseph Nunn Counsel, Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice “Militarization of Law Enforcement”
February 19	Dan Israel (LL.M. ’23) J.S.D Candidate, Yale Law School “What's Left of the Left? Chile's Constitutional Experiment and the Rise of Kast”
February 26	Jens Meierhenrich Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics “The Violence of Foreign, Comparative, and International Law”
March 5	Nicole Ramos Co-founder Al Otro Lado, Director, Border Rights “Aquí Hay Sueños También: Advocacy & Refuge at the US-Mexico Border When the Rule of Law Fails”
March 12	Omer Shatz (LL.M. '14, J.S.D. '23) Lecturer in International Law at Sciences Po (Paris) and Co-Director of front-LEX “Eichmann in Brussels? The Failed Success of Human Rights and Migration Litigation”
March 26	Carlos De la Rosa Xochitiotzi ('17 LL.M., '22 J.S.D) Researcher, Center for Constitutional Studies of the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice “Rethinking Justice in Mexico: Judicial Reform in Context”
April 9	Kristine Beckerle (YLS ’15) Head of Beirut Office and Deputy Regional Director for Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Regional Office “Solidarity Under Pressure: The Seismic Shifts Transforming the Human Rights Movement in the Middle East”
April 16	Darryl Li (YLS ’09) Associate Professor of Anthropology & Associate Member of the Law School, University of Chicago “Beyond Abolition: An Anti-Imperialist Theory of Captivity”