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Human rights occupy a unique and vexing place in international politics; the violation of human rights is a transgression that is at once extremely severe and very difficult to prevent or enforce, according to John Sherman.

Connecticut Commissioner of Corrections Scott Semple began his talk Thursday by stating a fundamental belief: that “a system without hope is a system in chaos.”

The Liman Program and the Schell Center are part of a coalition bringing a replica solitary confinement cell to New Haven.

The Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights supports tomorrow’s leaders in human rights through broad and evolving academic programming, clinical work, and fellowships.

Yale Law School has received two gifts totaling $13 million from the Robina Foundation to create a Robina Human Rights Initiative Endowment Fund and to establish a Binger Clinical Professorship in Human Rights.

Ryan Thoreson ’14 is the Robert L. Bernstein International Human Rights Fellow at Human Rights Watch where he focuses on LGBT children’s rights.

Yale Law School students have a long history of interest and involvement in the social and human rights ramifications of large scale, internationally financed, development projects overseas. Whether working through the courts or in advocacy roles with international and local NGOs, these students have placed a premium on not only identifying and using legal mechanisms for redress in instances of potential harm but also on ensuring that the affected communities are partners in the process. Both Robert L. Bernstein International Human Rights Fellows and Robina Foundation International Human...

On November 17, Allie Frankel ’17, Hillary Vedvig ’17, and Scout Katovich ’17 hosted a panel discussion about the criminalization of homelessness in Connecticut.

Representatives of the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic the President of the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project hosted a presentation for the Yale community on November 3 to explain the human rights implications of family detention – the detention of women and their children – in the United States.

The Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School has released a new report titled “Forced into Breaking the Law”: The Criminalization of Homelessness in Connecticut.