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Yara Sallam Discusses Human Rights Work in Egypt
Egyptian feminist and human rights advocate Yara Sallam visited Yale Law School on April 19 to discuss “The Challenge of Being a Woman Human Rights Defender in Egypt.”
Harbaugh ’08 of Team Rubicon Speaks to Students
Ken Harbaugh ’08, president of Team Rubicon, spoke to students on March 30. The talk, which was sponsored by Schell Center, focused on Harbaugh’s inspiration for starting the nonprofit.
Clinic Students Testify on Confinement
On Monday March 27, students from the Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School travelled to the State Capitol in Hartford, Connecticut, to testify in favor of HB 7302, “An Act Concerning Isolated Confinement and Correctional Staff Training and Wellness.”
Schell Center Names 2017–18 Fellows
The Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights announced its fellows for the 2017–18 academic year.
Lowenstein Clinic Recommends Reforms to Liberia’s Concessions System
A paper released on March 14 by the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School addresses significant gaps under Liberian law regarding the oversight of large-scale agricultural concessions.
Bernstein Symposium to Be Held on Human Rights and Religion
The Robert L. Bernstein International Human Rights Symposium will be held March 23–24, 2017.
The Constitutional Right to Health: Current Evidence and Debates
On March 6, 2017, the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy, Schell Center for International Human Rights, Global Heath Justice Partnership, and the Yale Health Law and Policy Society hosted a lunch panel on the constitutional right to health and what this means in practice.
Alexander ’13 Speaks on Community Organizing and Lawyering
On March 2, Amanda Alexander ’13 returned to Yale Law School to speak at the Schell Center’s Human Rights Workshop about what responsible and effective lawyering looks like in the age of Black Lives Matter.
Scholars Return to YLS to Discuss Human Rights Advocacy in China
On February 28, 2017, two former visiting scholars returned to Yale Law School: Lu Miaoqing and Teng Biao, each eminent Chinese lawyers with a wealth of experience navigating the challenging and often dangerous practice of human rights advocacy in China.
Avram Finkelstein Spoke on Resistance and Imagery
Resistance in the twenty-first century means “learning everything about images” according to Avram Finkelstein.