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After her first interview in Afghanistan, Nicolette Waldman ’13 realized she had found the career she was meant to pursue.

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Pursuing U.S. accountability for child slavery abroad

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In October, the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of legal historians in the consolidated cases against two U.S.-based chocolate companies alleged to have aided and abetted child slavery in West Africa.

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Harvard Law receives record number of Skadden Fellowships

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Nine HLS students and alumni awarded prestigious Skadden Fellowship for public service.

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Training the next generation of international women’s rights advocates

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Since joining Harvard Law School, Salma Waheedi, a clinical instructor and lecturer on law in the International Human Rights Clinic, has devoted a major part of her teaching and clinical legal practice to training students to become effective international women’s rights advocates.

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Confronting conflict pollution

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A new report from the HLS International Human Rights Clinic and the Conflict and Environment Observatory establishes a new framework for addressing human harm resulting from the environmental consequences of conflict.

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Event series explores racial justice and human rights

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The Human Rights Program launches a series of talks exploring issues of racial justice and human rights. The inaugural event, “Advocating While Black,” takes place on Sept. 24 .

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Human Rights Clinic team submits amicus brief in Chiquita Brands lawsuit

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After months of delays, the International Human Rights Clinic filed an amicus brief in June in Doe. et al. v. Chiquita Brands International, a suit that seeks accountability for Chiquita’s actions during the Colombian armed conflict from 1997 to 2004.

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U.S. appeals court rules against former Bolivian president and defense minister over 2003 massacre

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On August 3, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vacated a trial court judgment that had been entered in favor of Bolivia’s former president, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, and former defense minister, José Carlos Sánchez Berzaín, for the massacre of unarmed Indigenous people in 2003.

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New report documents human rights abuses in Bolivia

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Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic and the University Network for Human Rights released a report Monday documenting widespread human rights abuses carried out under Bolivia’s interim president since she assumed power in November 2019.

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Seeking overdue reparations for U.N.-caused devastation in Haiti

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Beatrice Lindstrom, clinical instructor and supervising attorney in the International Human Rights Clinic, has been working for nearly a decade to secure accountability from the U.N. for a devastating cholera outbreak caused by UN peacekeepers in Haiti in 2010.

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