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At the Human Rights Workshop, John H. Knox discussed his time as the first U.N. Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment.

The Orville H. Schell Jr. Center for International Human Rights welcomed Alyssa Battistoni to lead the Feb. 2 Human Rights Workshop, “After Carbon Democracy: Towards Democratic Decarbonization.” Battistoni, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, discussed the prospect of a democratic program for decarbonization as the world undergoes a green transition. For decades, Battistoni explained, skeptics have warned that democratic electorates “will not accept the sacrifices necessary to reduce fossil fuel use under climate change.” According to this narrative, Battistoni...

An international court has ordered Bolivia to reform its laws on sexual violence, ruling in a case in which the Lowenstein Clinic filed an amicus brief in the case last year.

Cover-Lowenstein Fellow Kristine Beckerle ’15 discusses her work on international humanitarian law violations and international human rights abuses during conflict.

Human rights organization Green Advocates International, in collaboration with the Lowenstein Clinic, is calling on U.N. officials to investigate the detention of environmental and Indigenous human rights defenders in Liberia.

Writer and journalist Roya Hakakian discussed ongoing civil protests in Iran at a Human Rights Workshop.

Lourdes Rivera ’90 of the Center for Reproductive Rights offered the U.S. lessons from abroad for the fight for reproductive rights at the Oct. 6 Human Rights Workshop.

Foreign Policy columnist Nosmot Gbadamosi discussed the human rights implications of Africa's uneven relationship with China at the Schell Center’s recent Human Rights Workshop.