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Robina Senior Fellow and U.N. Rapporteur Warns of Mass Atrocity Threat in Myanmar
Tom Andrews, the Robina Senior Human Rights Fellow at Yale Law School, warned that Myanmar could be on the verge of an even greater human rights catastrophe and loss of life than it has seen in recent months.
Leila Nadya Sadat on Crimes Against Humanity Law in International Justice
Leila Nadya Sadat spoke to a Law School audience about the role crimes against humanity play in international law.
Joanne Meyerowitz Analyzes Past Anti-Poverty Campaigns
Historian Joanne Meyerowitz spoke at the Human Rights Workshop about how and why anti-poverty efforts increasingly focused on women as the “deserving poor” and the shift’s implications for human rights.
Monique Clesca Reflects on Haiti’s Overlapping Crises
Monique Clesca spoke at the Human Rights Workshop and described the origins of what she considers to be “a deep, profound, almost existential crisis” that has afflicted Haiti for years.
Human Rights Workshop: Repression and Resistance in Cuba
University of Florida Professor Lillian Guerra discussed the Cuban government’s sustained use of surveillance against its citizens and how that catalyzed the island’s largest protests in decades last July.
Lowenstein Clinic and Human Rights Watch Issue Report on LGBT Youth in South Korea
The Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic at Yale Law School and Human Rights Watch have issued a report on the experience of LGBT young people in South Korea.
Human Rights Workshop: Guantanamo Litigator on Lawyering in a Lawless Space
Baher Azmy, Legal Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, spoke at the Sept. 9 Human Rights Workshop about representing Guantanamo detainees.
Rayhan Asat Leads Human Rights Workshop on Uyghur Genocide
Rayhan Asat, Yale World Fellow and Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council Strategic Litigation Project, led the Schell Center’s Human Rights Workshop on September 2, 2021.