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David Luban Rethinks CIA Torture at Human Rights Workshop
Georgetown University Professor of Law and Philosophy David Luban spoke at the Human Rights Workshop on January 24, 2019.
Professor James Silk ’89 Receives Human Rights Award
Professor James J. Silk ’89 was awarded the M. Shanara Gilbert Human Rights Award by the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) on January 4, 2019.
Schell Center Fellow Spotlight: Sari Bashi ’03
A Q&A with Sari Bashi ’03, Robina Foundation Visiting Human Rights Fellow at Yale Law School.
Justin Hansford on Human Rights and the Movement for Black Lives
Justin Hansford spoke at the Human Rights Workshop on November 29, 2018.
Schell Alumni Spotlight: Efrén Olivares ’08
An interview with Efrén Olivares ’08, the Racial and Economic Justice Program Director at the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP).
Alfred Brownell Speaks on Land Rights in West Africa
Liberian public interest lawyer and land rights advocate Alfred Brownell spoke at the Law School on November 9, 2018, about his work defending vulnerable communities and the environment in West Africa.
Rafia Zakaria on Western Feminist Interventions in the Global South
At the Human Rights Workshop on November 8, 2018, attorney and author Rafia Zakaria led a critical discussion about Western attempts to empower women in the Global South.
Collaboration with Lowenstein Clinic Proves “Critical” to Justice Project Pakistan
In 2014, the Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic and Justice Project Pakistan (JPP), a nonprofit human rights law firm based in Lahore, published a report documenting the routine abuse of detainees and suspects by the police force in Faisalabad, Pakistan. The project marked the beginning of a longstanding collaboration between the Schell Center and JPP that has led to the public revelation of further human rights abuses. The partnership, as emphasized by Zainab Malik, JPP’s Advocacy and Policy Manager, has been “critical” to JPP’s advocacy strategy on the domestic and international...
Emtithal Mahmoud Shares Her Work Promoting Peace with Poetry
The Schell Center hosted Emi Mahmoud the 2015 World Poetry Slam champion and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, who performed poems from her book and discussed her activism.
Sarah Belal Speaks on Criminal Justice Reform in Pakistan
Sarah Belal, founder of Justice Project Pakistan, spoke at the Law School on October 12, 2018 about criminal justice reform in Pakistan.