How We Are Involved
About Human Rights Law
The study of human rights law at the Yale Law School is focused around the Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights. The Schell Center coordinates a diverse program of human rights activities that serve students and scholars at Yale and contribute to the development of the human rights community locally and internationally.
Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights
Archives of the Yale Human Rights and Development Journal (YHRDLJ)
Clinics
The Allard K. Lowenstein International Human Rights Law Clinic is a Law School course that gives students firsthand experience in human rights advocacy. The clinic works with partner organizations to advance human rights globally and within the United States to give students practical experience in the strategies human rights lawyers employ while building the knowledge and skills necessary to be effective and ethical social justice advocates in a global context.
Fellowships
A number of fellowships allow Law Students to dedicate their time to advocacy, human rights work, and scholarship.
Robert L. Bernstein International Human Rights Fellowships
Tuesday, June 06, 2023
News
Lowenstein Clinic Finds Ethiopia and Allies Responsible for Mass Starvation in Tigray
A new report from the Lowenstein Clinic concludes, based on publicly available information, that Ethiopia and its allies violated international law by inflicting starvation on civilians in Tigray during the two-year-long war in the region.
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Professor Harold Hongju Koh
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Friday, June 23, 2023
Rodrigo Ayala Miret ’22 at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in Washington, D.C., where he is a Robina Fellow.
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Tigrayans stand in line to receive food donated by local residents at a reception center for the internally displaced in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on May 9, 2021. Photo: AP Photo/Ben Curtis
Event
Human Rights Workshop: Susan Clinard, "Sculpting the Human Experience"
12:10PM
Calabresi Faculty Lounge
Event
Human Rights Workshop: Toto Kisaku, "Self Care as an Activism"
12:10PM
Calabresi Faculty Lounge
Event
Human Rights Workshop: Marco Wan, "Film and Sexual Minority Rights: a Hong Kong Case Study"
12:10PM
Calabresi Faculty Lounge
Monday, April 17, 2023
5:09
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
55:06
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
In The Press
The Judge Who Sentenced the Rosenbergs
Washington Monthly
Work by Sterling Professor of International Law Harold Hongju Koh is mentioned in a recent book review.
Friday, November 18, 2022
In The Press
Why Slavery as a Punishment for Crime Was Just on the Ballot in Some States
PBS News Hour
Clinical Professor of Law Claudia Flores comments on the use of prison labor in the U.S. in light of state ballot measures that would outlaw slavery as a legal punishment for crime.
Saturday, October 22, 2022
In The Press
Why a Question About Slavery Is Now on the Ballot in 5 States
The New York Times
Clinical Professor of Law Claudia Flores comments on ballot measures in five states that would ban slavery or involuntary servitude as punishment.
Friday, September 30, 2022
In The Press
California Governor Vetoes Limits on Solitary Confinement
Al Jazeera
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik comments on the decline in the use of solitary confinement in prisons nationally. The story also cites a report co-authored by the Liman Center on the number of people in solitary confinement in the United States.
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
In The Press
The Case for Creating an International Tribunal to Prosecute the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine — A Commentary by Oona A. Hathaway
Just Security
Oona A. Hathaway ’97 is the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School.
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
In The Press
Nearly 50,000 People Held in Solitary Confinement in U.S., Report Says
The Guardian
Arthur Liman Professor of Law Judith Resnik comments on the declining use solitary confinement in a news story on a report by the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law.
Alumni & Student Profiles
The clinics at YLS offer students incomparable experiences in representation of poor and marginalized individuals and communities, real-world engagement in complex fields of law, and the development of strategic judgment critical to effective lawyering.”
Professor Muneer Ahmad
Deputy Dean for Experiential Education