On this episode of Justice Matters, co-host Kathryn Sikkink, the Ryan Family Professor of Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, speaks with two veterans of the human rights movement, John Salzberg and Joe Eldridge. ... Read more about The Birth of U.S. Human Rights Policy
Wub-e-ke-niew’s enormously unsettling book We Have the Right to Exist presents a version of indigenous philosophical thought as an alternative way of being human in the world that creates profound insights in times of ecological crisis and technological disruption. He also confronts especially his White American readers with a blistering assessment of centuries of cultural devastation with ongoing effects on contemporary society. His messages are radical, and some of them are potentially divisive within the Native-American community because most Native Americans are not actually indigenous in terms of Wub-e-ke-niew’s standards. His views are very much worth reflecting on, and much of what he has to say about the consequences of the conquest and about the possibilities offered by Native American thought do not depend on these divisive views. His insights about Western civilization connect to internal criticisms articulated by thinkers like Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Latour and so make his text an excellent entry point for genuine engagement between Western and indigenous thought.
The Carr Center’s In Conversation series explores the incredible range of expertise of our faculty and fellows in the human rights domain. From firsthand experiences of conflicts around the globe to the impacts of climate change and artificial intelligence, these interviews with human rights activists, researchers, and practitioners explore the pressing need for expanding and protecting human rights worldwide.
In the newest episode of PolicyCast, Harvard professors Jacqueline Bhabha (HKS) and Hannah Teicher (GSD) discuss ways to help those displaced by climate change as places across the planet become less habitable.
Professor Cornell William Brooks and students at Harvard Kennedy School are joining forces with prominent religious organizations to develop a faith-based blueprint to advance the possibility of reparations for African Americans.
Kessely Hong is a Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and the Faculty Chair of the MPA Programs and the Mid-Career MPA Summer Program at the Harvard Kennedy... Read more about Kessely Hong
Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Professor of Government
Steven Levitsky is the Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University. As the David Rockefeller Professor of...
Building data-driven strategies in conflict management, peacebuilding, and atrocity prevention.
What is Transitional Justice? Transitional justice mechanisms are institutions—normally temporary—that are established to provide accountability for core international crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, including acts of political violence against civilians. These mechanisms include measures such as prosecution, truth commissions, and reparations. Transitional justice...
Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Desmond Ang is an applied economist and assistant professor at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He is particularly interested in the intersection...
According to Erica Chenoweth, there is no one, single moment when a country crosses from a democracy into an autocracy. Instead, as she tells The New Yorker, "The norms and institutions can grow weaker over years, or decades, without people noticing."
Yanilda María González is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Her research focuses on policing, state violence, and...
Director of the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Professor of Criminal Justice Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor, Radcliffe Institute
Sandra Susan Smith is the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Professor of Criminal Justice and Faculty Director of the ...