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2021 Topol Research Fellowship Program

January 13, 2021

Apply for a Topol Fellowship, and develop a more robust, evidence-based and comprehensive understanding of nonviolent resistance movements.... Read more about 2021 Topol Research Fellowship Program

2021 Jan 14

POSTPONED :Democracy at Risk: Reckoning with the Capitol Insurrection

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John Shattuck and Mathias Risse. 10/8/2020. “Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Toward a More Equal Liberty.” Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States, 2020-01. See full text.Abstract

Americans today know they face threats to their rights, their democracy, their health and their economy. These threats are interrelated and demand a transformative response. Transformations have occurred at other pivotal moments in our nation’s history—at its founding during the American Revolution, its Reconstruction after the Civil War, its recovery from the Great Depression, its rise after World War II, and its reimagining during the Civil Rights Movement. Can today become a similar moment of transformation, turning threats into opportunities through the power of civic activism, voting, and government response? Can we reimagine the promise of rights that bind us together as a nation of diverse histories, identities, and lived experiences?

With the release of their nonpartisan, evidence-based report, Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States, researchers at Harvard Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights provide a guide for the nation wrestling with its values. This blueprint for protecting and expanding citizens’ rights proposes policy changes to strengthen democratic processes; safeguard equal protection, equal opportunity, and due process of law; and better protect freedoms of speech, media, religion and privacy. The Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities Project is directed by John Shattuck, Carr Center Senior Fellow and former US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. The report and the project are overseen by a faculty committee chaired by Carr Center Faculty Director Mathias Risse.

The report offers an in-depth analysis of the state of rights in America in 2020, and then offers 80 recommendations to address failures to protect these rights. The Reimagining Rights team researched fifteen topics in five broad categories that are fundamental to protecting and expanding citizens’ rights. The Carr Center will continue to publish the fifteen reports in the coming months that expand upon specific rights domains in greater detail, including voting rights, money in politics, civic education, racial equality, women’s rights, and other areas of research. Sign up for our newsletter and follow our social media channels to stay up-to-date as we release each report.

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2020 Oct 08

Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the U.S.

Registration Closed 10:00am to 11:30am

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Please join the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy for the release of our report on Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States. We'll discuss the historical context in which this project was framed, recent developments around rollbacks and movements for expansion of rights, and policy recommendations for building a more robust commitment to rights and responsibilities around six broad areas, including equal protection and due process. We'll also discuss results from our public opinion poll and townhalls across the United States, conducted with support from the...

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2020 Jul 30

The Pompeo Commission on Unalienable Rights: A Selective Vision of Human Rights

Registration Closed 4:00pm to 5:00pm

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The establishment of the Commission on Unalienable Rights (“Pompeo Commission”) in 2019 prompted concern among human rights advocates and academics that the Commission could redirect U.S. human rights policy in ways that would be self-defeating and would create serious damage to international cooperation for the protection of human rights.

The Commission released a draft report last week accompanied by a ...

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2020 Jul 15

Civic Engagement and Human Rights: Reviving U.S. Democracy

Registration Closed 2:00pm to 3:00pm

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Join us for a conversation with Danielle Allen, Director of Harvard's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, and John Shattuck, Senior Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, as they discuss their common purpose of reviving American Democracy in the 21st Century.

Professor Allen has recently worked with The American Academy to release Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century. A report which lays out a case for renewed civic faith. It offers a set of recommendations for building a fresh collective commitment to...

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2020 Jun 17

India’s COVID Democracy Crisis: Lockdown of Labour and Liberties

Registration Closed 12:00pm to 1:15pm

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In response to the public health crisis of COVID, India has imposed one of the most stringent and ill prepared lockdowns in the world, leading to a humanitarian disaster. Over 700 people have died unrelated to the virus but due to distress directly caused by the lockdown, such as hunger. Even as the state has flexed its executive muscle, activating police forces to enforce the lockdown with...

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2020 Jun 12

People Power in the Face of Authoritarianism in Nicaragua

Registration Closed 12:00pm to 1:15pm

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A conversation with Nicaraguan human rights defenders about the trials, triumphs and future challenges of people power in Nicaragua in a context of democratic decay, decreasing civic space and authoritarianism since the return of Daniel Ortega to power in 2007.

Panelists

Amaya Coppens Zamora | Activist, Medical Student, Political Prisoner
Mateo Jarquín Chamorro | Assistant Professor, Chapman University
Mónica López Baltodano | Activist,...

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2020 Jun 05

Migrants in Hungary and the Role of Grassroots Groups

Registration Closed 12:00pm to 1:15pm

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Introducing activism through the lens of a solidarity group in Hungary.

Panelists:

Aiski Ryokas | Activist
Aliz Pocsuvalszki | Activist
Mussa Kilam | Activist
Amy Rodgers | Activist
Camille Tournebize | Activist
Aniko Bakonyi (co-moderator) | Topol Fellow, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy...

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2020 Jun 03

The Struggle for Black Lives: Historical Legacies to Future Possibilities

Registration Closed 11:00am to 12:00pm

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The tragic killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville have sparked protests across the country. Join the Carr Center for a conversation with two leading scholars on the history of racist policing in the United States, the killing of black people by police and vigilantes, the role of social and civil rights movements in advocating for change, and ways in which we can envision a just future.

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Keisha N. Blain | W.E.B. Du Bois Fellow, Harvard University; President, African American...

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