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At the Nov. 11 Human Rights Workshop, panelists Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Diala Shamas, and Kristine Beckerle spoke about the far-reaching implications of U.S. domestic and foreign policy in the 20 years since the September 11 attacks.

Students from the Lowenstein International Human Rights Clinic travelled to South Korea as part of their research for a newly released report on LGBT youth in South Korea.

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 spoke to a Law School audience about the role crimes against humanity play in international law.

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 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.

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.

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.

Baher Azmy, Legal Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, spoke at the Sept. 9 Human Rights Workshop about representing Guantanamo detainees.