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Yale Senior Helps Organize New Haven's Latest Gun Buyback Program
For his capstone project in the Multidisciplinary Academic Program in Human Rights of the Schell Center, Rohan Naik YC ’18 helped organize New Haven's sixth gun buyback program.
The RAMP to Resources: Student Designs App to Make New Haven Services Accessible
When Elena Hodges YC '17 saw an Iraqi refugee family in New Haven struggle to access local resources, she thought that there should be an app for that.
Achiume ’08 Discusses Role as United Nations’ Special Rapporteur
In September 2017, Professor Tendayi Achiume ’08 was named the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance.
Paul Dubinsky on Human Rights Treaty Law in the United States
Paul Dubinsky, Professor of Law at Wayne State University Law School and former Associate Director of the Schell Center, spoke about the evolving role of international human rights treaties in U.S. law.
Lisa Qian YC ’20 writes from Indonesia about her gap year experience
Every year, millions of visitors come to Bali. Many see this prime vacation destination as a paradise. But there are also many tourists and native Balinese who ask the same question: has tourism ruined Bali?
Rabbi Ascherman Discusses Role of Law in Human Rights Work in Israel
Rabbi Arik Ascherman, the founder and director of the Israeli human rights organization Torat Tzedek (Torah of Justice), spoke at Yale Law School.
Former Schell Fellow Nick Robinson Directs Program on U.S. Civil Freedoms
Nick Robinson, a former visiting fellow at the Schell Center, recently became a Legal Advisor and coordinator of the U.S. program at the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law.
Report Details Effects of Haiti’s Agricultural Development Plans
A paper submitted on November 15, 2017, to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food analyzes the harm that large-scale development projects, particularly in agriculture, cause for the food security of Haiti’s rural population.
Schell Center Fellow Spotlight
Two Schell Center fellows discuss their work on drug policy and criminal justice in Mexico.
Human Rights First’s Melissa Hooper on Illiberalism in Poland
Melissa Hooper, director of Human Rights & Civil Society at Human Rights First, spoke at the Schell Center’s Human Rights Workshop on November 9, 2017.