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Trump Orders Gitmo Remain Open, but May Clear Path for Its Closure

February 23, 2018

Senior Fellow Alberto Mora featured on Fox News discussed the controversy circulating Guantanamo Bay.

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2018 Apr 23
The Fierce Urgency of Now Speaker Series: Mathias Risse - Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence: Reflecting on Some Bleak Scenarios
5:30pm to 6:45pm
Location: 
Wexner 434AB, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA
The Carr Center is excited to announce its 2018 Speaker Series: The Fierce Urgency of Now: Human Rights in 2018. The series will be faciliated by Professor Mathias Risse.
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2018 Apr 17
The Fierce Urgency of Now Speaker Series: Jacqueline Bhabha - The Human Rights of Non-Citizens Under Trump
5:30pm to 6:45pm
Location: 
Bell Hall (Belfer 500), Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA
The Carr Center is excited to announce its 2018 Speaker Series: The Fierce Urgency of Now: Human Rights in 2018. The series will be faciliated by Professor Mathias Risse.
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2018 Apr 09
The Fierce Urgency of Now Speaker Series: Stephen Rickard - Make me do the Right Thing: Politicians and Human Rights
5:30pm to 6:45pm
Location: 
Rubenstein 414 AB (Democracy Lab), Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA
The Carr Center is excited to announce its 2018 Speaker Series: The Fierce Urgency of Now: Human Rights in 2018. The series will be facilitated by Professor Mathias Risse.
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John Shattuck. 2/23/2018. “How Democracy in America Can Survive Donald Trump.” The American Prospect. Publisher's VersionAbstract

New article by Senior Fellow John Shattuck in The American Prospect.

Alexis de Tocqueville observed in 1835 that “the greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.” Tocqueville’s observation, broadly accurate over the past two centuries, is facing perhaps its most severe test today.

In its 2016 “Democracy Index” report, the Economist Intelligence Unit downgraded the United States from a “full” to a “flawed democracy.” In 2018, Freedom House offered a more dire assessment: “[D]emocratic institutions have suffered erosion, as reflected in partisan manipulation of the electoral process, bias and dysfunction in the criminal justice system, and growing disparities in wealth, economic opportunity, and political influence.”

Declining participation and confidence in government are not new, but the populist forces that propelled the election of Donald Trump signaled a new level of public disillusionment with democratic politics and institutions. During his campaign and first year in office, Trump’s core constituency cheered him on as he attacked fundamental elements of liberal democracy, including media freedom, judicial independence, and a pluralist civil society. 

Read the full article in The American Prospect. 



More of the Same? Human Rights in an Age of Inequality

February 23, 2018

Lawfare reviews Katharyn Sikkink's latest book, Evidence for Hope. 

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Turning Protest Into Policy

February 22, 2018

Harvard Gazette interviews Carr Center Lecturer Douglas A. Johnson.... Read more about Turning Protest Into Policy



John Shattuck, Amanda Watson, and Matthew McDole. 2/15/2018. New Report - Trump's First Year: How Resilient is Liberal Democracy in the US?. Carr Center for Human Rights Policy.Abstract

Declining levels of political participation and public confidence in government in the US are not new, but the populist forces that propelled the election of Donald Trump in 2016 signaled a new level of public disillusionment with democratic politics as usual. There has been a sharp increase in public discontent with the system of governance in the US over the last fifteen years.

A new report from the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy examines the democratic checks and balances in the US, and measures their resiliency in the first year of the Trump administration, comparing US response to illiberal democracies worldwide. 

Read the report.

2018 Apr 24
Film Screening and Discussion: Company Town
5:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: 
Rubenstein 306, HKS, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
What do you do when the company you work for, and live near, is making you sick? Company Town is a groundbreaking investigative documentary that tells the story of a modern day...
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2018 Apr 16
The Fierce Urgency of Now Speaker Series: J. Bryan Hehir - The Time of Trump and the Papacy of Francis: Contending Conceptions of Rights, Duties and Relationships
5:30pm to 6:45pm
Location: 
Wexner 434AB, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA
The Carr Center is excited to announce its 2018 Speaker Series: The Fierce Urgency of Now: Human Rights in 2018. The series will be faciliated by Professor Mathias Risse.
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