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Justice Refused: Lebedeva and Others v. Russia and the 879 Cases the Court Would Not Decide  On September 3, 2026, the European Court of Human Rights struck out 879 separate applications against Russia, brought by at least 1,534 applicants, in a single document. In six of those applications, the Court had already found a violation […]

HRP Welcomes 2026-2027 Visiting Fellows  We are excited to welcome this year’s 2026-2027 Visiting Fellows: Girmachew Alemu Aneme, Senuri De Silva, Michael Lysander Fremuth, Kirsty Hughes, and Jeffrey Vogt.  The HRP Visiting Fellows Program gives individuals with a demonstrated commitment to human rights an opportunity to engage with the human rights community at HLS, enrich […]

HRP Associate Director Abadir Ibrahim Co-Authors Submission Calling on the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to Recognize the Right to a Healthy Climate  Photo by Kaouane Hichem via Adobe Stock Abadir Ibrahim, Associate Director of the Harvard Human Rights Program, together with Salma Waheedi, Executive Director of the Program on Law and Society in […]

“The United States Will Need International Law” A chapter by Gerald L. Neuman, HRP Director and J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law, titled “The United States Will Need International Law” is featured in the new collection America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance. In the wake of rising global authoritarianism […]

Presumed Consent, Absent Notice: Russia’s Organ Transplant Law Before the European Court of Human Rights On October 17, 2017, Pavel Mardari died in a Moscow hospital after five days in a coma following a car accident. His family had visited him daily, brought items from a list the hospital provided, and had been assured just […]

A Dead Constitution: How Sudan’s Legal Guardrails Were Dismantled and Why War Was the Natural Trajectory Credit: Osama Elfaki Rubbing my face with all my might, raising my head just to breathe, I am running as fast as I can. The galloping of the crowd kicks sand into my eyes. Through the white smoke of […]

HRP Announces Recipients of 2026-2027 Henigson Fellowship We are excited to announce that HRP has awarded its 2026-27 Henigson Fellowship to Namashya Karuna Arachchige LLM ‘26 and Tupalishe Mulwafu LLM’26. HRP’s post-graduate fellowships are designed to help launch the careers of students who have demonstrated great promise as human rights-engaged students and advocates while at […]

HRP Associate Director Abadir Ibrahim Co-Authors New Article on International Climate Law HRP Associate Director, Dr. Abadir M. Ibrahim, and Florida International University College of Law Assistant Professor, Dr. Angela Hefti, have published a new article on “Contributions of the African Human Rights System to International Climate Law”.   Published in Vol. 51 of the Yale […]

Fragmented Justice: Accountability for ISIS’ Atrocities against Yazidis (Photo by ZAID AL-OBEIDI/AFP via Getty Images) Fragmented Justice: Accountability for ISIS’ Atrocities against Yazidis August 3, 2014, marked the beginning of a collective nightmare for the Yazidis, a small ethno-religious community in Iraq. On that day, ISIS seized Yazidi villages in Sinjar, northern Iraq. Within two […]

New Chapter by Professor Neuman on the U.S. & International Law   A chapter by Gerald L. Neuman, HRP Director and J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law, titled “The United States Will Need International Law” is featured in an upcoming book to be published on July 7, 2026.  America Unfinished: 250 Years […]