Spring 2014 Symposium Can businesses protect human rights while protecting their bottom line? What enforcement mechanisms can make this vision a reality? Join advocates, attorneys, scholars, and policymakers in an exciting discussion on the way forward in this topical area of concern. The Harvard Human Rights Journal presents its 2014 Symposium: The Future of Business […]
The Harvard Human Rights Journal is proud to feature its interview with Elizabeth Bartholet, the Morris Wasserstein Public Interest Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Child Advocacy Program (CAP) at Harvard Law School. In this two-part interview, Professor Bartholet discusses the challenges facing international adoption. In this second section, Professor Bartholet discusses the
The Harvard Human Rights Journal is proud to feature its interview with Elizabeth Bartholet, the Morris Wasserstein Public Interest Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Child Advocacy Program (CAP) at Harvard Law School. In this two-part interview, Professor Bartholet discusses the challenges facing international adoption. In this first section, Professor Bartholet discusses the
The Harvard Human Rights Journal is proud to feature its interview with Simeon Koroma, the Co-Founder and Director of Timap for Justice, an organization that provides legal services to indigents in Sierra Leone through a community-based, mediation-focused model. In this interview, Koroma discusses the origin of Timap and the challenges of operating a legal aid
The Journal continues its Interview Initiative with Michael Bochenek, the Legal and Policy Director for Amnesty International. In this two-part interview, Bochenek discusses Amnesty’s Demand Dignity Campaign, which seeks to end the human rights abuses that perpetuate conditions of poverty around the world. In this second section, Bochenek elaborates on the connection between poverty and
The Harvard Human Rights Journal is proud to feature its interview with Michael Bochenek, the Legal and Policy Director for Amnesty International. In this two-part interview, Bochenek discusses Amnesty International’s Demand Dignity Campaign, which seeks to end the human rights abuses that perpetuate conditions of poverty around the world. In this first section, Bochenek discusses
This spring, Rohit K. Pothukuchi, a 4th year law student at NALSAR University in Hyderabad, India, had the opportunity to interview Prof. Timothy Endicott, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Oxford University. The Harvard Human Rights Journal is honored to share the contents of their conversation. Interviewer: Rohit K. Pothukuchi Critics have alleged that
Earlier this month, Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, drew more than 100 students into a hall for a fascinating lecture on “Ending Double Standards: Human Rights in the World Today.” For a copy of his remarks, click here. After the talk, clinical student James Tager, JD ’13, had the chance to interview Shetty about
Harvard Human Rights Journal interviews Dr. Jeffrey Barrows, an anti-trafficking expert who has worked with the Christian Medical Association and the State Department’s Trafficking in Persons Office. Today, Barrows is head of Gracehaven House, a shelter for adolescent girls in central Ohio. Barrows has worked to raise awareness on the issue of domestic minor sex
