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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.
Senior Robina Fellow, Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews Calls for “COVID Ceasefire” in Myanmar
United Nations Special Rapporteur and Robina Senior Human Rights Fellow Tom Andrews called for an emergency “COVID ceasefire” in Myanmar.
Looking Back on the 2021 Robert L. Bernstein Symposium
Director of the Schell Center Paul W. Kahn moderated a discussion between Alex de Waal, Research Professor at Tufts University’s The Fletcher School and Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation, and Aziz Rana ’06, Richard and Lois Cole Professor of Law at Cornell Law School.
Letter from 64 Yale Faculty Urges CT Governor to Sign Bill Restricting Solitary
On June 15, 2021, 64 Yale University faculty sent a letter to Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont urging him to sign Senate Bill 1059 into law.