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An Ancient Curse Kept Nigerian Women Bound to Sex Slavery. Now, It's Been Reversed

April 30, 2018

New article in Time featuring Carr Center's Siddharth Kara.... Read more about An Ancient Curse Kept Nigerian Women Bound to Sex Slavery. Now, It's Been Reversed

2018 Apr 30
What in the world is happening in Hungary? A look at the continued rise of an authoritarian democracy.
1:15pm to 3:00pm
Location: 
B-L-1-Weil Town Hall
A discussion with Miklós Lévay and András Kádár. Moderated by Carr Center's Douglas A. Johnson.
Andras Kadar is an attorney at law and Co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC), a human...
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2018 Apr 25
Arts @ HKS
4:15pm to 5:45pm
Location: 
Rubenstein 304
Art for Social Change and Innovation...
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The Long Arc of Human Rights: A Case for Optimism

April 23, 2018

New article in Foreign Affairs featuring Kathryn Sikkink and her recent book, Evidence for Hope.... Read more about The Long Arc of Human Rights: A Case for Optimism



Kathryn Sikkink. 4/1/2018. “Human Rights: Advancing the Frontier of Emancipation.” Great Transition Initiative. See full text.Abstract

Human Rights: Advancing the Frontier of Emancipation essay by Kathryn Sikkink:

 

Amidst bleak prognostications about the future, the human rights movement offers a beacon of hope for securing a livable world. The movement’s universality, supranationalism, and expanding emancipatory potential serve as inspiration and guide for the larger project of global transformation. The sweeping vision embodied in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights has experienced constant renewal and steadfast legitimacy in the tumultuous postwar world. It has been a foundation for the pursuit of supranational governance and an antidote to the notion that the ends justify the means. The human rights movement, despite its imperfections, has a key role to play in the transformational change in human values crucial to building a just, flourishing future. 



Trump’s Attack on Syria: A Bias for Hope?

April 17, 2018

New article in the Christian Science Monitor featuring Kathryn Sikkink and her book, Evidence for Hope.... Read more about Trump’s Attack on Syria: A Bias for Hope?



Rich Nations Ramp up Anti-Slavery Funding yet Businesses Urged to Do More

April 11, 2018

Siddarthy Kara discusses the intersection of anti-slavery funding and corporate responsibility.... Read more about Rich Nations Ramp up Anti-Slavery Funding yet Businesses Urged to Do More



Fake News Is About to Get a Lot Worse. That Will Make It Easier to Violate Human Rights — and Get Away with It.

April 3, 2018

New article in the Washington Post by Scott Edwards and Carr Center's Senior Fellow Steven Livingston.... Read more about Fake News Is About to Get a Lot Worse. That Will Make It Easier to Violate Human Rights — and Get Away with It.



Analyzing the Technological Revolution

April 1, 2018

Steven Livingston examines the technological revolution: Both its implications for good, as well as its impacts on human rights outcomes.... Read more about Analyzing the Technological Revolution



Jung-Hoon Lee

Senior Fellow

Jung-Hoon Lee was the South Korean government’s inaugural Ambassador for North Korean Human Rights.  Prior to this appointment, he served for three...

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