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UNICEF summer fellowship opportunity for Yale Law students--apply now! https://lnkd.in/eTrrTMwR
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Professor Claudia Flores’ human rights podcast, Entitled, has just released a new episode! In this episode, called “Trump and Human Rights: Take One,” Professor Flores and UChicago Law Professor Tom Ginsburg discuss the...
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Yale Law School Schell Center for International Human Rights
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How can counterterrorism undermine human rights? Recently, the Schell Center hosted Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, who delivered a talk titled “The Rise of Counterterrorism and the Demise of Human Rights.” Read more...
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Interested in working for the United Nations this summer, particularly as a Schell Center Kirby Simon Fellow? UNICEF is hiring Yale Law students this summer to work on its Programme Effectiveness Team, a great...
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Last week, the Schell Center hosted a talk by Zachary D. Kaufman '09 titled "Recognizing Genocide Upstanders." The event, co-sponsored by the Genocide Studies Program at Yale MacMillan Center, shed light on how the law...
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Apr
1

Human Rights and the U.S.: A Community Conversation

4:10PM - 5:30PM
Human Rights and the U.S.: A Community Conversation
Apr
3

Human Rights Workshop: Nick Estes, “Bordertown Violence and Native Liberation”

12:10PM - 1:30PM
Human Rights Workshop: Nick Estes, “Bordertown Violence and Native Liberation”
Apr
10

Human Rights Workshop: Federica Du Pasquier, “Protecting Civilians in Armed Conflicts Today”

12:10PM - 1:30PM
Human Rights Workshop: Federica Du Pasquier, “Protecting Civilians in Armed Conflicts Today”
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Kenneth Roth ’80 Discusses 30 Years of Righting Wrongs at Human Rights Workshop

Kenneth Roth ’80 Discusses 30 Years of Righting Wrongs at Human Rights Workshop
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Situation Dire in Myanmar, U.N. Monitor Tells Human Rights Workshop

Situation Dire in Myanmar, U.N. Monitor Tells Human Rights Workshop
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Former UN Special Rapporteur Discusses Global Challenges to Human Rights

Former UN Special Rapporteur Discusses Global Challenges to Human Rights
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Media & Publications

“Returned to Zero”: The Case for Reparations to Civilians in Yemen “Returned to Zero”: The Case for Reparations to Civilians in Yemen

(June 2022 | Report)
Schell Center with Mwatana for Human Rights
“Returned to Zero”: The Case for Reparations to Civilians in Yemen

Amicus Brief in Angulo Losada v. Bolivia Amicus Brief in Angulo Losada v. Bolivia

(April 2022 | Amicus Brief)
Schell Center with Center for Reproductive Rights
Amicus Brief in Angulo Losada v. Bolivia

“I Thought of Myself as Defective”: Neglecting the Rights of LGBT Youth in South Korean Schools “I Thought of Myself as Defective”: Neglecting the Rights of LGBT Youth in Sout…

(September 2021 | Report)
Schell Center with Human Rights Watch
“I Thought of Myself as Defective”: Neglecting the Rights of LGBT Youth in South Korean Schools

Amicus Brief in Direct Action for Unconstitutionality Review over Intentional Killings in Brazil Amicus Brief to the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil

(April 2021 | Amicus Brief)
Schell Center with Conectas Direitos Humanos, Masha Lisitsyna and Eugene Fidell
Amicus Brief in Direct Action for Unconstitutionality Review over Intentional Killings in Brazil

“Rolling Back Social and Environmental Safeguards in the Time of COVID-19”: The Dangers for Indigenous Peoples and for Tropical Forests “Rolling Back Social and Environmental Safeguards in the Time of COVID-19”: The…

(February 2021 | Report)
Schell Center with Forest Peoples Programme
“Rolling Back Social and Environmental Safeguards in the Time of COVID-19”: The Dangers for Indigenous Peoples and for Tropical Forests

“Seeking Justice for Wartime Crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina” Submission to the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth, Justice, Repara…

(July 2019 | Report)
Schell Center with TRIAL International
“Seeking Justice for Wartime Crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina”