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The Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies, an interfaculty initiative, seeks to integrate and strengthen human rights learning and research across all the schools at Harvard by promoting collaborative projects university-wide, and by building a vibrant program of human rights studies for undergraduates.

 
UCHRS 2007-2008 Annual Report now available!

 

PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS

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Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Kennedy School of Government
François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, School of Public Health
Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Human Rights Program Harvard Law School
 

News & Events

 

Join our group on FACEBOOK and help us reach out to UCHRS alums around the world

 

UCHRS Scholar Thrishantha Nanayakkara launches new book Devi!

& read his article, "The Notion of Citizenship and Political Stability" on the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense Website.

 

UCHRS is pleased to announce the nomination of the
Hauser Human Rights Fellows for 2009-10

Paul Katz, '09 and Kelsey Quigley, '08/'09

Paul will develop an article from his senior honors thesis on the Dirty War in Argentina.
Kelsey will research issues of homelessness, child development and human rights.


Congratulations to the new Fellows!

 

 

The Scholar Rescue Fund reports to the UN on academics under threat. Read more.


VIDEOS OF UCHRS EVENTS NOW ONLINE!

 

60 Years of Human Rights Part 1
60 Years of Human Rights Part 2

Professor Darius Rejali Lecture "Torture and Democracy: What Now?"


Ambassador Peter Maurer Lecture "Promoting Human Rights and Protecting Human Dignity Through the UN"

 

Justice Goldstone Lecture "The Legacy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights"

 

JFK Forum video: "60 Years of Human Rights: The Idea and the Reality"
Featuring Harvard President Drew Faust, Professor Amartya Sen, Doctor Paul Farmer

 

Watch a video of the program at the JFK Forum (link above) with a dramatic reading directed by the A.R.T. in collaboration with Physicians for Human Rights and see and hear a concert by Mali's Diva, Oumou Sangare!

 

 

 


 

Opportunities

 

HARVARD COLLEGE STUDENTS:

Study Abroad in Latin America with a Human Rights Focus!

Join the DRCLAS-UCHRS partnership to study abroad for a semester.

Take 2 courses plus an internship, or 3 courses in Santiago or Buenos Aires.

There is a ROLLING admissions process for study abroad - please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more info.

To learn more, click here.

 

HARVARD ALUMNI: 

see our new section for ALUMNI interested in human rights and staying connected to

UCHRS and Harvard human rights students!