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Lowenstein Clinic and ASAP Give Presentation on Family Detention
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.
Report Documents the Criminalization of Homelessness
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.
Kim Lane Scheppele Discusses Europe’s Moral Crisis
On October 28, Professor Kim Lane Scheppele, Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School and the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, visited the Schell Center’s Human Rights Workshop.
Lowenstein Clinic Launches Death Penalty Report with Justice Project Pakistan
On September 26, 2016 the Lowenstein Clinic launched the report of a joint project with the Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) on Pakistan’s use of the death penalty.
David Rieff Discusses Memory and Justice at the Human Rights Workshop
David Rieff, a prominent non-fiction writer and critic, visited the Schell Center on October 13 to argue in favor of forgetting the past when discussing human rights.
Undergraduates Reflect on Summer Work Experience in South Africa
The Multidisciplinary Academic Program in Human Rights offers Yale undergraduates the opportunity to explore human rights from an interdisciplinary perspective, providing students with the analytical and practical skills necessary for human rights study and human rights-related careers.
Mustafa Qadri Speaks on Human Rights Abuses in Qatar
Mustafa Qadri spoke to the Human Rights Workshop about human rights abuses of migrant workers in Qatar.
Colombia: The Transitional Justice Dream?
Tom and Andi Bernstein Human Rights Fellow Michael Reed-Hurtado, recently talked with Schell Center Community Fellow Louisa Brown, to discuss the challenges of transitional justice in Colombia and reflect on his time at Yale
UN Special Rapporteur Makes Historic U.S. Visit
In July, Maina Kiai, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Peaceful Association and Assembly, made his first official visit to the U.S. since the United Nations mandate was established in 2011.
Students Create Human Rights Curriculum in Hope Village, Somalia
In 2015, Dr. Deqo Mohamed, Yale World Fellow and CEO of the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation, asked the Schell Center to create the Hope Village Human Rights & Conflict Resolution Curriculum.