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The Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies, an interfaculty initiative, is committed to promoting human rights learning and research at Harvard by encouraging collaboration among the university's many human rights initiatives, and by focusing particular attention on developing human rights curricula at the College level.

 

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

NEWS
Amartya Sen writes about the global food crisis in the NYTimes

HARVARD CELEBRATES THE
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION
OF HUMAN RIGHTS AT 60: 1948 to 2008

DECEMBER 10, 2008


60th Anniversary UDHR

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Opportunities


SUMMER INTERNSHIPS
&
RESEARCH AWARDS

 

SCHOLARS AT RISK
Visiting fellowships at Harvard for scholars facing persecution. The 2008-2009 nomination deadline has passed; please consider nominating scholars for 2009-10. Mid year nominations may be considered in emergency cases.