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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.
Teach-In on Rwandan President Visit to Yale
Students and faculty from Yale University gathered this afternoon outside the University lecture hall where Rwandan President Paul Kagame later delivered the annual Coca-Cola World Fund Lecture at Yale.
YLS Co-Hosts Conference on Women and Incarceration
The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls and Yale Law School will host the “Real Women, Real Voices” symposium on September 23, 2016 at Yale Law School.
Bernstein Fellow Ryan Thoreson ’14 writes report on Transgender Students at Risk
Ryan Thoreson ’14 has recently written and researched a report at Human Rights Watch entitled “Shut Out: Restrictions on Bathroom and Locker Room Access for Transgender Youth in US Schools."
Clinic Study Concludes that U.S. Family Immigration Detention Violates International Law
A paper released on June 20, 2016 by the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School concludes that the United States has violated its international obligations by detaining asylum seekers in jail-like facilities and by providing insufficient safeguards against return to persecution.
Bernstein Symposium, April 7–8, to Focus on Art and Human Rights
The Robert L. Bernstein International Human Rights Symposium will be held April 7–8, 2016. This year’s event is part of JUNCTURE: Explorations in Art and Human Rights.
Lowenstein Clinic Assists Brothers Stranded in Afghan Prison
On January 23, 2016, students in the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic gathered around the phone to speak with their clients, Sa’id Jamaluddin and Abdul Fatah, held at the Afghan National Detention Facility. The call was the first contact the two brothers have had with anyone outside of Afghanistan since they were captured by U.S. forces in 2009.
Artist Alfredo Jaar Gives JUNCTURE Initiative Talk on Feb. 3
Alfredo Jaar, a Chilean-born artist, architect, and filmmaker based in New York, will give a lecture titled “It Is Difficult” on February 3, 2016.
Clinic Study Finds Evidence of Genocide in Myanmar
In a legal analysis of the human rights situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School has found strong evidence of genocide against the Rohingya population.
Human Rights Center Announces JUNCTURE, Yearlong Initiative on Art and Human Rights
Seeking to foster new and creative cross-disciplinary approaches to the study and practice of human rights and the arts, the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School has launched a new initiative called JUNCTURE.