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Meet New Schell Center Executive Director Dina Francesca Haynes
Dina Francesca Haynes has joined the Schell Center following more than 20 years of international human rights law practice and teaching.
Report Seeks to Prevent Interpersonal Violence in Elite Sports
As the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Paris approach, a new report analyzes the issue of interpersonal violence in international sport.
Schell Center Announces 2024-25 Postgraduate Fellows in Human Rights
Five Yale Law students and recent graduates will receive fellowships in human rights law for the upcoming academic year.
Professor Jim Silk Awarded DeVane Medal for Excellence as a Teacher and Scholar
Professor James J. Silk ’89 was awarded the William C. Clyde DeVane Medal in April by the University’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
Lowenstein Clinic Calls on UN to Prevent Censorship and Protect Speech of Environmental Defenders at Annual COP Conference
Green Advocates International and the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School have called for stronger protection of environmental defenders’ free speech at the world’s largest forum for international climate negotiations, the Conference of the Parties.
New Study Co-Authored by Lowenstein Clinic Finds Mental Harm Inflicted on Myanmar’s Rohingya a Form of Genocide
A new study released by Fortify Rights and the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic recommends ways to hold members of the Myanmar military and others criminally accountable for the Rohingya genocide and other mass atrocity crimes.
Bernstein Symposium Considers Art’s Power to Assert — and Challenge — Authority
At the 2024 Bernstein Symposium, artist-advocates explored the complex relationship between art and international human rights.