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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 […]

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 […]

HRP Awards 2026 Summer Fellowship HRP is delighted to announce its 2026 Summer Fellowship cohort: Brooke Beyer JD’28, Ideal Dowling JD’27, Alana Mitias JD’28, and Reina Patel JD’27 Summer fellowships for human rights internships are a central part of the Harvard Law School human rights experience and provide rich professional, personal, and intellectual opportunities. Many […]

Amicus Brief Challenging Executive Order No. 14,160 HRP Director Professor Gerald L. Neuman, together with Professors Kristin Collins and Rachel Rosenbloom, submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in a case challenging the legality of President Trump’s Executive Order No. 14,160. In the brief, they argue that the Executive Order, […]

Program Associate Director Abadir Ibrahim Co-Authors Amicus Brief on Climate Obligations Before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights On March 30, 2026, Abadir Ibrahim, Associate Director of the Harvard Human Rights Program—with Salma Waheedi, Executive Director of the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World, and Angela Hefti, Assistant Professor of Law at Florida International University—co-led an interdisciplinary coalition of 16 amici curiae in the […]

From Mandate to Monument: Benita Diop and Africa’s Unstoppable March to End Violence Against Women The history of international human rights is a testament to the fact that progress is never given; it is legally, politically and socially fought for.  Nowhere is this struggle for juridical equity more apparent—and more advanced—than in the African context, […]

Draft Article by Professor Gerald L. Neuman: Lessons for Birthright Citizenship from Suspension of Deportation Credit: Maria-stock.adobe.com HRP Director and J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law Gerald L. Neuman has released a new draft article, “Lessons for Birthright Citizenship from Suspension of Deportation.” While much has been written about why the […]