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Carr Center at the UN

January 5, 2018

In the Fall of 2017, a cohort of Harvard graduate students visited New York City as part of a Carr Center for Human Rights Policy delegation to the United Nations.... Read more about Carr Center at the UN



Faculty Book Publications: 2017 in Review

January 5, 2018

Faculty members at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy published a series of groundbreaking books in 2017, addressing diverse policy issues from the role of women in Rwanda's post-conflict reconciliation; the prevalence of human trafficking and modern slavery; to making human rights work in the 21st century. 

 

Ryan Family Professor of Human Rights Policy Kathryn Sikkink, ...

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2018 Feb 07
Leading During Crisis, When More Than Careers Are At Stake
3:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: 
Wexner 434 AB
The Carr Center is delighted to welcome Mark Fallon, the author of Unjustifiable Means: The Inside Story of How the CIA, Pentagon and US Government Conspired to Torture, to discuss his book and work with the US Government.
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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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2018 Feb 05
Film Screening and Panel: The New Barbarianism
6:30pm to 9:00pm
Location: 
Malkin Penthouse, L-P-9 Littauer Building, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Please join the Carr Center for a very special event: A screening of The New Barbarianism, followed by a panel and reception.
 
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2018 Feb 05
Lunch Talk: Disinformation Campaigns in Response to Documentation of War Crimes and Human Rights Abuse
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location: 
RUBENSTEIN R-414B, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street
Join the Carr Center and Senior Fellow Steven Livingston for a lunch talk on disinformation campaigns and human rights documentation. 
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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.
RSVP HERE.
A farmer in the West Bank, cut off from his...
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2018 Feb 08
RPP Colloquium Series: Why Nonviolent Civil Resistance Works: Highlighting the Power of Spiritually-Engaged Communities in Movements for Sustainable Peace
6:00pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
Havard Divinity School, Sperry Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Ave.
Sponsor	Religions and the Practice of Peace, the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and the Women’s Studies in Religion Program at HDS
Contact	...
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2018 Feb 14
Study Group: An Introduction to the UN Human Rights System
12:00pm to 1:30pm
Location: 
Carr Center Conference Room, Rubenstein 229, Harvard Kennedy School
Study Group: An Introduction to the United Nations Human Rights System with Carr Center Fellow, Leo Castilho
Meeting dates (all 12:00 - 1:30pm in the Carr Center Conference Room, Rubenstein-229, Harvard Kennedy School of Government *subject to change - participants will be informed of any changes as soon as possible*).
• Wednesday February 7, 
• Wednesday February 14, 
• Wednesday March 21,
• and Friday, March 30.
In this study group, participants will gain an understanding of the origins...
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2018 Feb 07
A.R.T. of Human Rights: Resistance Mic
8:00pm to 9:30pm
Location: 
Oberon Theater, 2 Arrow St, Cambridge, MA 02138
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