Ou Virak
February 2, 2012 – 11:30 am | No Comment

Harvard Human Rights Journal continues its interview initiative with Ou Virak, President of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights and recipient of the Reebok Human Rights Award. In this three-part interview, conducted this past summer, …

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Ou Virak Interview, Part I
February 2, 2012 – 11:30 am | No Comment
Ou Virak

Harvard Human Rights Journal continues its interview initiative with Ou Virak, President of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights and recipient of the Reebok Human Rights Award. In this three-part interview, conducted this past summer, …

Milburn Line Interview, Part III
December 30, 2011 – 1:19 pm | No Comment
MCL

 Harvard Human Rights Journal continues its conversation with Milburn Line, executive director of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice. In this section, Line discusses the indigenous legal system in the highlands of …

Milburn Line Interview, Part II
December 24, 2011 – 2:48 pm | No Comment
MCL

Harvard Human Rights Journal continues its conversation with Milburn Line, executive director of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice. In this section, Line discusses American and international policy in Latin America, and …

Milburn Line Interview, Part I
December 16, 2011 – 9:18 pm | No Comment
MCL

The Harvard Human Rights Journal’s second interview is with Milburn Line, executive director of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego. Director Line has more than 15 …

Osama Siddique Interview, Part V
December 9, 2011 – 2:59 pm | No Comment
Dr. Osama Siddique

Harvard Human Rights Journal continues its conversation with Pakistani legal scholar Osama Siddique. This week, Osama Siddique attempts to place the debate over the Pakistani blasphemy laws within the larger framework of free speech, and …

The Power of Social Media in Developing Nations: New Tools for Closing the Global Digital Divide and Beyond
July 13, 2011 – 7:21 am | No Comment
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On January 28, 2011, Egypt’s President, Hosni Mubarak, took the drastic and unprecedented step of shutting off the Internet for five days across an entire nation. His reason for doing so was simple: to halt …

Ladies in White: The Peaceful March Against Repression in Cuba and Online
July 13, 2011 – 7:20 am | No Comment
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The Ladies in White, also known as “Las Damas de Blanco,” are a dissident group of women in Cuba who engage in forms of civil disobedience in opposition to Fidel and Raul Castro’s regime. The …

Corporate Accountability to Human Rights: The Case of the Gaza Strip
July 13, 2011 – 7:18 am | No Comment
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This article discusses the human rights obligations of corporations that operate in bilateral zones of conflict. It analyzes the commercial activity of Israeli corporations in the Palestinian Gaza Strip from within the framework of the …

Balancing Rights or Building Rights?
July 13, 2011 – 7:14 am | No Comment
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In 2007, after more than 20 years of exhaustive negotiations, drafts and re-drafts between indigenous groups and member states, the United Nations (“UN”) finally adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (“Declaration”) by an overwhelming majority.

A “Bilingual” Approach to Language Rights
July 13, 2011 – 7:08 am | No Comment
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This Article was born out of a question posed to me by my eight-year-old son, Leo, who has been raised as a bilingual speaker of Spanish and English. Leo’s question arose in response to a …