Special Initiatives

2021 Mar 19

Indigenous Women Convening for Peace, Justice, and Reconciliation

9:30am to 1:00pm

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Virtual Event (Registration Required)

Join us for our Indigenous Women Convening for Peace, Justice, and Reconciliation. The Indigenous Women Convening on Peace, Justice, and Reconciliation brings together Indigenous scholars and women leaders from seven indigenous socio-cultural zones of the world to share stories of war and conflicts in their territories and find collective ways of ideating indigenous conflict resolution and peace-making processes. 

This event is organized by the Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, Rights, the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, the Scholars at Risk Program, and...

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2021 Feb 18

The Cause of all Humanity: Why the United States Should Support the International Criminal Court

Registration Closed 10:00am to 11:00am

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Join the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy for a presentation by Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, President of the International Criminal Court on "The cause of all humanity: Why the United States should support the ICC.” His talk, moderated by Professor Kathryn Sikkink, will be followed by brief remarks by Dr. Geoff Dancy and Dr. Phuong Pham about their research on the effectiveness of the ICC.

Panelists: 

  • Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji | President, International Criminal Court 
  • Dr. Geoff Dancy |...
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Children at the border wall.

Getting Human Rights Right

November 19, 2020
In her latest op-ed for Foreign Policy, Sushma Raman writes the incoming Biden administration should adopt a pro-immigrant and refugee policy, "whereby immigrants and refugees are not just framed national security threats, but as assets."
2020 Nov 18

Book Talk: Authoritarian Police in Democracy: Challenges for Latin America and the US

4:30pm to 5:30pm

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Virtual Event (Registration Required)

Join the Ash Center and Carr Center for Human Rights for the launch of Authoritarian Police in Democracy: Contested Security in Latin America by HKS Assistant Professor Yanilda María González. Authoritarian Police in Democracy examines the persistence of authoritarian policing in Latin America to explain why police violence and malfeasance remain pervasive decades after democratization. It also examines the conditions under which reform can occur. Drawing on rich comparative analysis and evidence from Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia, the book...

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2020 Nov 19

Reparations and Economic Justice

Registration Closed 1:30pm to 2:30pm

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Please join the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy for its signature weekly series this fall, The Fierce Urgency of Now, featuring Black, Indigenous, People of Color scholars, activists, and community leaders, and experts from the Global South. Hosted and facilitated by Sushma Raman and Mathias Risse, the series also aligns with a course they will co-teach this fall at the Harvard Kennedy School on Economic Justice: Theory and Practice. 

Panelists:

  • Dr. Raymond Arnold Winbush | Research Professor, Director...
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2020 Nov 10

The Human Consequences of Corruption

Registration Closed 1:00pm to 2:15pm

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Corruption is never a victimless crime. Grand corruption – the abuse of public office for private gain – is a contributor to some of the world’s most serious human rights concerns. Refugees are fleeing failed states because of corruption, corrupt government leaders (kleptocrats) are enriching themselves while their citizens die of hunger, lack of healthcare, and the effects of climate change.

Investigative journalists play an important role in the...

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2020 Nov 12

Summit on Nonviolent Resistance Today 

Registration Closed 11:00am to 4:00pm

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On November 12, 2020, the Nonviolent Action Lab convened a summit featuring scholars and practitioners of nonviolent action. The event featured a keynote speech from the Rev. Stephen Green of Faith for Black Lives, several panels featuring new research on nonviolent resistance, and focused discussion among dozens of scholars, practitioners, and Topol Fellows from Harvard, Tufts, Brandeis, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, University of Massachusetts-Boston, Boston Latin School, and elsewhere.

This Summit, convened by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, is made possible...

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2020 Oct 08

10 Years On: Lessons from the Cholera Epidemic in Haiti

2:00pm to 3:30pm

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October 2020 marks the 10-year anniversary of UN peacekeepers’ introduction of cholera to Haiti. The resulting epidemic has killed over 10,000 people and caused immeasurable losses in Haiti. The UN’s reluctance to accept responsibility and to remedy affected communities has also tested the organization’s commitment to human rights and spurred strong criticisms from inside and outside of the organization.  This event brings together UN officials and Haiti advocates to examine what lessons the UN should draw from the cholera epidemic. Panelists will discuss how the cholera...

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2020 Oct 08

Labor Justice: Reimagining the Restaurant Industry in the time of COVID-19

Registration Closed 1:30pm to 2:30pm

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Virtual Event (Registration Required)

Please join the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy for its signature weekly series this fall, The Fierce Urgency of Now, featuring Black, Indigenous, People of Color scholars, activists, and community leaders, and experts from the Global South. Hosted and facilitated by Sushma Raman and Mathias Risse, the series also aligns with a course they will co-teach this fall at the Harvard Kennedy School on Economic Justice: Theory and Practice.

Panelists:

  • Saru Jayaraman | President of One Fair Wage, Co-...
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2020 Oct 01

A conversation with Alphonso David, Human Rights Campaign

7:00pm to 8:00pm

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On Thursday, October 1 at 7pm ET, join President of the Human Rights Campaign, Alphonso David, in conversation with Harvard Kennedy School Professor Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Lecturer on Education and Public Policy, and Core Faculty, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy discussing pressing matters to the LGBTQ community and celebrating LGBTQ History Month.

The quest for equity and inclusion in the LGBTQ community has historically faced many obstacles and in these challenging times the...

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2020 Oct 08

Resisting Police Violence in the Americas: Mothers on the Front Lines

4:00pm to 5:00pm

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Virtual Event (Registration Required)

Join us for a conversation with mothers from across the Americas who, after losing children to police and state violence, have become powerful activists fighting for justice and institutional changes to end state violence affecting Black, indigenous, and low-income youth. 

Speakers:

  • Dorothy Holmes, Ronnieman Foundation and Justice for Families, Chicago, US 
  • Débora Maria da Silva, Mothers of May, Brazil
  • Rute Fiuza, Mothers of May of the Northeast,...
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