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The ICC’s Afghanistan Decision

April 16, 2019

A Pre-Trial Chamber at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected the Prosecutor’s request, filed nearly 18 months ago, to open an investigation of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan, including of allegations that U.S. forces and the CIA committed acts of torture there.... Read more about The ICC’s Afghanistan Decision

2020 Feb 25
The International Court of Justice Case on Genocide in Myanmar
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: 
Austin North, Harvard Law School
In November 2019, The Gambia filed a case with the International Court of Justice alleging that Myanmar military had violated the Genocide Convention for years in its treatment of the Muslim minority group, the Rohingya. A United Nations fact-finding mission had found similar patterns of abuse, documenting widespread violations of human rights in Myanmar against minority groups, including crimes against humanity, genocide, and war crimes. The International Court of Justice handed down provisional orders to protect the Rohingya in January 2020. Now, with the backing of all 57 members of...
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2016 Sep 08
The International Criminal Court (Study Group)
2:30pm to 4:30pm
Location: 
Carr Conference Room
• The International Criminal Court with Luis Moreno Ocampo
  Carr Conference Room (Except for October 5th - Nye C)
  2:30-4:30 PM
  September 8^th, October 5^th, November 3rd, January 26^th,February 2^nd ,March 2^nd , April 6^th
2016 Oct 05
The International Criminal Court (Study Group)
2:30pm to 4:30pm
Location: 
Nye C
The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy is delighted to announce that Fellow Luis Moreno-Ocampo will lead a study group on the ICC this semester.
Moreno-Ocampo, the first-ever Prosecutor of the ICC, will convene a dynamic group of select students and researchers from across Harvard University to workshop chapters of his forthcoming book on the emergence and evolution of the ICC.
The group will meet:
Carr Conference Room (Except for October 5th - Nye C)
2:30-4:30 PM
September 8^th,...
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2016 Nov 03
The International Criminal Court (Study Group)
2:30pm to 4:30pm
Location: 
Carr Conference Room
• The International Criminal Court with Luis Moreno Ocampo
  Carr Conference Room (Except for October 5th - Nye C)
  2:30-4:30 PM
  September 8^th, October 5^th, November 3rd, January 26^th,February 2^nd ,March 2^nd , April 6^th
2020 Oct 01
The King is Dead/Long Live the King: Rethinking Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Legacy in the Era of Black Lives Matter
Registration Closed 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Location: 
Virtual Event (Registration Required)
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. 
This event is co-sponsored by the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. 
Panelists:...
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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

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
Location: 
Virtual Event (Registration Required)

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 Feb 27

The New Geopolitical Order

4:15pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Knafel Center | 10 Garden Street Cambridge, MA 02138

The new geopolitical environment taking shape in many parts of the world tends toward increasing authoritarianism and nationalistic competition. Inwardly focused governments are pursuing individual agendas, and eventually, these differing agendas will collide.... Read more about The New Geopolitical Order



The NRA's Worst Nightmare

March 27, 2020

Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, discusses gun violence and policy with Executive Director of the Carr Center, Sushma Raman.... Read more about The NRA's Worst Nightmare

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