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Justyna Gudzowska ’04 Tells How Targeted Sanctions Can Leverage Human Rights
Justyna Gudzowska ’04 led the Sept. 15 Human Rights Workshop, “Targeted Sanctions as a Tool for Human Rights and Accountability.”
Lowenstein Clinic Urges U.N. to Call for Abolition of Life Sentences in U.S.
The Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic joined more than 20 organizations to sign a statement urging the United Nations to call for the abolition of life imprisonment in the United States.
Claudia Flores, Tom Ginsburg Explore Human Rights Debates in “Entitled” Podcast
The podcast Entitled, hosted by Clinical Professor of Law and Professor Tom Ginsburg of the University of Chicago, examines some of the most complex questions surrounding human rights issues today.
U.N. Body Finds Activist’s Detention “Arbitrary” in Case Filed by Lowenstein Clinic
Responding to a petition filed by the Lowenstein Clinic in 2000, United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention published an opinion calling for the immediate release of Leonard Peltier, an Indigenous activist imprisoned by the U.S. government since 1977 for .
Postgraduate Fellow Spotlight: Alyssa Yamamoto ’18
Alyssa Yamamoto ’18 reflects on her time so far pursuing a Robina International Human Rights Fellowship as Legal Advisor to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism.
Lowenstein Clinic, Harvard, and NYU Clinics Call on U.S. to Address Crisis in Haiti
On June 27, the Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic and clinics at other law schools called for the U.S. government to address escalating insecurity and gang violence in Haiti.
Postgraduate Fellow Spotlight: Benjamin Dearden ’21
Benjamin Dearden ’21 speaks about his path to a Robina Fellowship and what it’s like working at an international court.
Postgraduate Fellow Spotlight: Jessica Tueller ’21
Jessica Tueller ’21 discusses her Robina International Human Rights Fellowship at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington, D.C.
Report Shows Warring Parties Fail to Provide Reparations to Civilians in Yemen
A new report by Mwatana for Human Rights and the Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School finds that warring parties have failed to provide reparations to civilian victims of their international-law violations in Yemen.
Advocates in Exile: the 2022 Bernstein Symposium
This year's Bernstein Symposium brought together three human rights advocates exiled from their homelands.