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Paul Dubinsky, Professor of Law at Wayne State University Law School and former Associate Director of the Schell Center, spoke about the evolving role of international human rights treaties in U.S. law.

Every year, millions of visitors come to Bali. Many see this prime vacation destination as a paradise. But there are also many tourists and native Balinese who ask the same question: has tourism ruined Bali?

Rabbi Arik Ascherman, the founder and director of the Israeli human rights organization Torat Tzedek (Torah of Justice), spoke at Yale Law School.

Nick Robinson, a former visiting fellow at the Schell Center, recently became a Legal Advisor and coordinator of the U.S. program at the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law.

A paper submitted on November 15, 2017, to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food analyzes the harm that large-scale development projects, particularly in agriculture, cause for the food security of Haiti’s rural population.

Two Schell Center fellows discuss their work on drug policy and criminal justice in Mexico.

Melissa Hooper, director of Human Rights & Civil Society at Human Rights First, spoke at the Schell Center’s Human Rights Workshop on November 9, 2017.

On November 6, 2017, Maria Burnett ’05 discussed emerging threats to civil society in Uganda, Ethiopia, and Kenya.

A brief filed on October 31, 2017, in the Oslo District Court argued that new licenses for oil drilling in the Arctic issued by the government of Norway in June 2016 are inconsistent with the country’s obligations under international law.

Gregory Khalil ’03, president and co-founder of Telos Group, spoke at Yale Law School on November 3, 2017 about his work promoting a deeper understanding of Israeli-Palestinian issues among American leaders.