Past Events

2018 Jan 29

The Wall and the Gate: Book Tour

7:30pm to 8:30pm
Location:
Harvard Hillel 52 Mt. Auburn Street Cambridge, MA 02138
Book Reading and Discussion with Michael Sfard, Professor Arthur Applbaum, and Harvard Student Leader Isabel Slavinsky.

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A farmer in the West Bank, cut off from his...
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2018 Jan 23

Study Group: Confronting Corruption in Defense of Human Rights

12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location:
T-520 Nye A, Taubman 5th Floor
Carr Center Senior Fellow Sherman Teichman and Co-Convener Professor Nikos Passas will convene the second semester of their study group, exploring the relationship between corruption and human rights.

Download the study group brochure here.
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2017 Nov 01

Amnesty International: Fighting Human Rights Abuses

12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location:
HKS, Taubman Building, Nye A (5th floor)
The Carr Center is delighted to host Amnesty International USA’s Executive Director, Margaret Huang.

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2017 Oct 12

The End of a Values-Driven Foreign Policy? Human Rights & the Trump Administration

12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location:
Nye A, 5th floor, Taubman Building (Harvard Kennedy School)
The Carr Center is delighted to host Human Rights First’s Senior Vice President Rob Berschinski.

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2017 Oct 12

UN Treaty Bodies: The Work of the Committee on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights

9:00am to 10:00am
Location:
Nye A, 5th floor, Taubman Building, (Harvard Kennedy School)
The Carr Center is delighted to host Maria Virginia Bras Gomes, Chair of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

Ms. Bras Gomes will discuss the Committee's work on diverse economic, social, and cultural rights issues, and provide an insight into the work of critical UN treaty bodies addressing human rights policy.

Selected participants for the Carr Center's delegation to the UN General Assembly are required to attend this event, but all others are also welcome to attend.

*Breakfast will be served.
2017 Oct 10

Book Talk – Modern Slavery: A Global Perspective

12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location:
Harvard Kennedy School, Taubman Building, Nye A (5th floor)

The Carr Center is delighted to welcome Senior Fellow Siddharth Kara to discuss his new book, Modern Slavery: A Global...
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2017 Oct 06

My Decision to Open Up All Military Positions to Women with Secretary Ash Carter

10:00am to 11:30am
Location:
Bell Hall, Fifth Floor, Belfer Building, HKS
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2017 Sep 29

Does Integration Change Gender Attitudes? The Effect of Randomly Assigning Women to Traditionally Male Teams

10:00am to 11:30am
Location:
1 Brattle Street, 3rd Floor Conference Room (Room 350), Cambridge, MA
Join us for the first installment of the HKS Gender and Security Seminar Series, a discussion with Dr. Andreas Kotsadam, Senior Researcher at The Frisch Centre and Affiliated Researcher at the Department of Economics at the University of Oslo. Light breakfast to be served.

Dr. Kotsadam's research examines whether exposure of men to women in a traditionally male-dominated environment can change gendered attitudes. The context is the military in Norway, where female recruits were randomly assigned to some squads but not others during boot camp. Findings show that...
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2017 Sep 26

The UN and Human Rights

11:45am to 1:00pm
Location:
Rubenstein-229, Carr Center Conference Room, Harvard Kennedy School
Carr Center Fellow Leonardo Castilho will host a lunchtime seminar providing an introduction to the United Nations' engagement with human rights policy issues.

Leonardo joined the United Nations in 2005 and has since then served the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the UN Population Fund. He has worked on non-discrimination, development and economic, social and cultural rights.

Leonardo will lead the Carr Center's human rights delegation to the United Nations General Assembly in October 2017. Apply and learn more here:...
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2017 Sep 12

Open House & Exhibition: Carr Center for Human Rights Policy

3:30pm to 4:30pm
Location:
Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building, 4th floor
We welcome you to join us for our annual Open House event. Learn more about the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and our mission to realize global justice through theory, policy, and practice.

We will discuss ways to get involved with the Carr Center, including learning and funding opportunities for students. There will also be a chance to meet and network with our faculty and ...
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The Wall and the Gate: Book Tour

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Study Group: Confronting Corruption in Defense of Human Rights

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Amnesty International: Fighting Human Rights Abuses

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The End of a Values-Driven Foreign Policy? Human Rights & the Trump Administration

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UN Treaty Bodies: The Work of the Committee on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights

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Book Talk – Modern Slavery: A Global Perspective

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My Decision to Open Up All Military Positions to Women with Secretary Ash Carter

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Does Integration Change Gender Attitudes? The Effect of Randomly Assigning Women to Traditionally Male Teams

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The UN and Human Rights

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Open House & Exhibition: Carr Center for Human Rights Policy

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