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The Carr Center Releases Its 2019-2020 Annual Report

November 2, 2020

The Carr Center released its 2019-2020 Annual Report that highlights its efforts to build a more just, peaceful future amid a year of multiple pandemics—health, economic, and racial.

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

July 31, 2020

Faculty Director Mathias Risse joins the Writ Large podcast to discuss how The Universal Declaration of Human Rights came to be and what this document represents in the long journey to realize equal rights for all human beings.... Read more about The Universal Declaration of Human Rights



How to Stop a Power Grab

November 16, 2020

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."



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."



On Justice

November 23, 2020

Carr Center Faculty Director, Mathias Risse, joins host Sushma Raman in a discussion on distributive justice, political philosophy, and human rights.

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Kathryn Sikkink named "Top Influential Scholar of past 20 years"

October 30, 2015

 In an article in Foreign Policy, Professor Kathryn Sikkink was named one of the top 15 "most influential scholars of the past 20 years."

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A Measure of Justice

July 11, 2016

In a new feature story in the Harvard Kennedy School Magazine, Kathryn Sikkink's work on documenting human rights violations is examined in depth.

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Kathryn Sikkink gives Plenary address at APSA 2016

September 5, 2016

Carr Center's Kathryn Sikkink gave the Plenary address at the 2016 American Political Science Association's Annual Meeting.

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PolicyCast: Reason for Hope with Kathryn Sikkink

February 8, 2017

The fight for human rights is far from over, but Kathryn Sikkink wants you to remember just how far we’ve come.

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Confronting the Threat of Illiberal Democracy: An Interview with John Shattuck

February 1, 2018

See a featured interview with John Shattuck in EuropeNow.... Read more about Confronting the Threat of Illiberal Democracy: An Interview with John Shattuck

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