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2020 Jun 11
Police Brutality in the United States: A Conversation with Agnes Callamard, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions
Registration Closed 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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The killing of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, as well as countless black people has sparked protests around the country. Join the Carr Center for a conversation with Agnes Callamard, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. Callamard and other UN experts have called on the U.S. government "to take decisive action to address systemic racism and racial bias in the criminal justice system by launching independent investigations and ensuring accountability in all cases of excessive use of force by police." 
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2020 Jun 23
Technology and Human Rights in the Age of the Pandemic 
Registration Closed 12:00pm to 1:15pm
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Join the Carr Center for a conversation with leading technology scholars and policy makers on a range of ethical and rights concerns related to technology and its current applications. 
Panelists:
• Joan Donovan | Research Director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy
• Vivek Krishnamurthy | Samuelson-Glushko Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa and Director of the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC)...
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2020 Oct 08
Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the U.S.
Registration Closed 10:00am to 11:30am
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Please join the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy for the release of our report on Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States. We'll discuss the historical context in which this project was framed, recent developments around rollbacks and movements for expansion of rights, and policy recommendations for building a more robust commitment to rights and responsibilities around six broad areas, including equal protection and due process.  We'll also discuss results from our public opinion poll and townhalls across the United States, conducted with support from the...
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2020 Sep 29
The National Prosecution of CRSV in Guatemala and Colombia: Closer to a Victim-Centered Justice?
Registration Closed 12:30pm to 1:45pm
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Sexual violence is a widespread and chronic issue in conflicts around the world. National efforts to address impunity for conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) have led to progress and faced challenges. The UN Team of Experts, together with its partners, initiated a Digital Dialogue Series...
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2020 Sep 23
Acts of Rebellion & Envisioning a New Society: a Conversation with Drs. Vincent Brown and Timothy McCarthy
12:00pm to 1:00pm
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Please join The Royall House and Slave Quarters for a dynamic and exciting virtual conversation between Drs. Vincent Brown and Timothy McCarthy about the role of protests and revolts in shaping Black resistance and freedom movements from slave rebellions in the 18th-century Atlantic world, to the Black Lives Matter Movement today. This talk is co-sponsored by the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard and The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.
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• Dr. Vincent Brown |...
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2020 Sep 24
Transformation 2020: Popular Democracy Defined
Thu - Sat, Sep 24 to Sep 26, 4:30pm - 1:30pm
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Welcome to the nexus of awarding-winning art, activism, politics, and culture. Hosted by the Center for Popular Democracy, they are bringing together some of the world’s biggest artists, community organizers, and progressive leaders for a historic multi-hour, cross-platform livestream. 
Dr. Tim McCarthy, Lecturer on History and Literature, Education & Public Policy at Harvard University, will be part of the following sessions: 
• Thursday, September 24, 4-5:30pm: "Performing 1776: The Politics and Poetics of the...
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2020 Oct 08
Resisting Police Violence in the Americas: Mothers on the Front Lines
4:00pm to 5:00pm
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Join us for a conversation with mothers from across the Americas who, after losing children to police and state violence, have become powerful activists fighting for justice and institutional changes to end state violence affecting Black, indigenous, and low-income youth. 
Speakers:
• Dorothy Holmes, Ronnieman Foundation and Justice for Families, Chicago, US 
• Débora Maria da Silva, Mothers of May, Brazil
• Rute Fiuza, Mothers of May of the Northeast,...
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2020 Oct 01
A conversation with Alphonso David, Human Rights Campaign
7:00pm to 8:00pm
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On Thursday, October 1 at 7pm ET, join President of the Human Rights Campaign, Alphonso David, in conversation with Harvard Kennedy School Professor Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Lecturer on Education and Public Policy, and Core Faculty, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy discussing pressing matters to the LGBTQ community and celebrating LGBTQ History Month.
The quest for equity and inclusion in the LGBTQ community has historically faced many obstacles and in these challenging times the...
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2020 Oct 08
Labor Justice: Reimagining the Restaurant Industry in the time of COVID-19
Registration Closed 1:30pm to 2:30pm
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Please join the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy for its signature weekly series this fall, The Fierce Urgency of Now, featuring Black, Indigenous, People of Color scholars, activists, and community leaders, and experts from the Global South. Hosted and facilitated by Sushma Raman and Mathias Risse, the series also aligns with a course they will co-teach this fall at the Harvard Kennedy School on Economic Justice: Theory and Practice.
Panelists:
• Saru Jayaraman | President of One Fair Wage, Co-...
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2020 Oct 08
10 Years On: Lessons from the Cholera Epidemic in Haiti
2:00pm to 3:30pm
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October 2020 marks the 10-year anniversary of UN peacekeepers’ introduction of cholera to Haiti. The resulting epidemic has killed over 10,000 people and caused immeasurable losses in Haiti. The UN’s reluctance to accept responsibility and to remedy affected communities has also tested the organization’s commitment to human rights and spurred strong criticisms from inside and outside of the organization.  This event brings together UN officials and Haiti advocates to examine what lessons the UN should draw from the cholera epidemic. Panelists will discuss how the cholera...
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