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    2019 Feb 28

    Study Group: Human Rights Advocacy in Polarizing Times - Where Are We Going? And How Will We Know When We Get There?

    12:30pm to 1:45pm

    Location: 

    Littauer-324

    The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy invites you to join a study group on human rights advocacy! The study group, which will meet three times this semester, is convened and moderated by Elisa Massimino, Former President of Human Rights First & Senior Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy.

    This is an open study group. No registration is required.

    The study group will meet...

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    2019 Oct 25

    Student breakfast with National Democratic Institute President Derek Mitchell on the US role in promoting democracy abroad

    9:00am to 10:00am

    Location: 

    Ash Center conference room, 124 Mt Auburn Street, Suite 200N

    Students are invited to a breakfast with National Democratic Institute (NDI) President and former U.S. Ambassador to Burma Derek Mitchell. Ambassador Mitchell will lead an informal discussion with students about the role democracy can and should be playing in U.S. foreign policy around the world, particularly vis-a-vis China's growing influence. He will draw on his experience working with Burma at the State Department as well as during his tenure as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Asian and Pacific Security Affairs (APSA), in the Office of the Secretary of...

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    Stop Surveillance Humanitarianism
    Mark Latonero. 7/11/2019. “Stop Surveillance Humanitarianism.” The New York Times. See full text.Abstract
    Mark Latonero – Carr Center Technology and Human Rights Fellow, and research lead at Data & Society – discusses surveillance humanitarianism for The New York Times

    A standoff between the United Nations World Food Program and Houthi rebels in control of the capital region is threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians in Yemen.

    Alarmed by reports that food is being diverted to support the rebels, the aid program is demanding that Houthi officials allow them to deploy biometric technologies like iris scans and digital fingerprints to monitor suspected fraud during food distribution.

    The Houthis have reportedly blocked food delivery, painting the biometric effort as an intelligence operation, and have demanded access to the personal data on beneficiaries of the aid. The impasse led the aid organization to the decision last month to suspend food aid to parts of the starving population — once thought of as a last resort — unless the Houthis allow biometrics.

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    Steve D'Antonio

    Advisory Board Member
    Chief Operating Officer, Global Fixed Income Division, Morgan Stanley
    Steve D’Antonio served as global chief operating officer of Morgan Stanley’s Fixed Income Division, and was a member of the firm-wide 40-person management... Read more about Steve D'Antonio
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    Stephen M. Walt

    Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs
    Faculty Chair, International Security Program, Belfer Center
    Stephen M. Walt is the Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs. He previously taught at Princeton University and the University of Chicago,... Read more about Stephen M. Walt

    Special Initiatives

     

    Addressing current human rights concerns at local, state, and international levels

    The Carr Center’s work includes a range of special initiatives focused on critical and compelling human rights concerns, including migration, trafficking, torture, transitional justice, humanitarian crises, LGBTQ rights, corruption, and shrinking civil society space. These initiatives are responsive to current events and are reflected in the work of our fellows, student experiential learning and funding, conferences and seminars, and the...

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