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Bernstein Symposium to Be Held on Human Rights and Religion
The Robert L. Bernstein International Human Rights Symposium will be held March 23–24, 2017.
The Constitutional Right to Health: Current Evidence and Debates
On March 6, 2017, the Solomon Center for Health Law and Policy, Schell Center for International Human Rights, Global Heath Justice Partnership, and the Yale Health Law and Policy Society hosted a lunch panel on the constitutional right to health and what this means in practice.
Alexander ’13 Speaks on Community Organizing and Lawyering
On March 2, Amanda Alexander ’13 returned to Yale Law School to speak at the Schell Center’s Human Rights Workshop about what responsible and effective lawyering looks like in the age of Black Lives Matter.
Scholars Return to YLS to Discuss Human Rights Advocacy in China
On February 28, 2017, two former visiting scholars returned to Yale Law School: Lu Miaoqing and Teng Biao, each eminent Chinese lawyers with a wealth of experience navigating the challenging and often dangerous practice of human rights advocacy in China.
Avram Finkelstein Spoke on Resistance and Imagery
Resistance in the twenty-first century means “learning everything about images” according to Avram Finkelstein.
Practicing Business Law with Respect for Human Rights
Human rights occupy a unique and vexing place in international politics; the violation of human rights is a transgression that is at once extremely severe and very difficult to prevent or enforce, according to John Sherman.
Scott Semple Speaks on Corrections Reform
Connecticut Commissioner of Corrections Scott Semple began his talk Thursday by stating a fundamental belief: that “a system without hope is a system in chaos.”
Replica Solitary Confinement Cell Coming to New Haven
The Liman Program and the Schell Center are part of a coalition bringing a replica solitary confinement cell to New Haven.
International Human Rights: Fostering a Diverse & Holistic Array of Student Opportunities
The Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights supports tomorrow’s leaders in human rights through broad and evolving academic programming, clinical work, and fellowships.
Robina Foundation Awards $13 Million Gift for Human Rights Work
Yale Law School has received two gifts totaling $13 million from the Robina Foundation to create a Robina Human Rights Initiative Endowment Fund and to establish a Binger Clinical Professorship in Human Rights.