2020 Human Rights Symposium
The Harvard Law School Human Rights Program is exploring in a comparative and cross-disciplinary manner the concept of indirect discrimination on the basis of religion through a remote workshop in April 2020, hosted in cooperation with the Harvard Law School Project on Disability, the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute, and the Harvard Human Rights Journal. The Journal’s website will be publishing a series of short essays reflecting views of the participants leading up to the workshop to spark thoughtful discussion. All four of those essays, as well as Professor Neuman’s introduction to the topics, are linked below.
Symposium Introduction, Prof. Gerald Neuman – What is the Right against Discriminatory Impact Based on Religion?
Essay 1, Prof. Katayoun Alidadi – What’s in a name? Juxtaposing Indirect Discrimination and Reasonable Accommodation on the basis of Religion in the European Workplace
Essay 2, Prof. Christopher McCrudden – Indirect religious discrimination: a European perspective
Essay 3, Prof. Sarah H. Cleveland – Freedom of Religion and Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Religion: Banning the Full-Face Veil
Essay 4, Prof. Tarunabh Khaitan – Adjudicating Religion
Previous HHRJ Symposia
In previous years, the Harvard Human Rights Journal has hosted one Spring Symposium as well as an Online Symposium. Please see the links below for information about past Symposia.
2017 Online Symposium: Transitional Justice in Context
2016 Symposium: Whose Security: Must the Security of Some Depend on the Insecurity of Others?
2015 Symposium: International Criminal Courts and Tribunals: Successes and Challenges
2014 Symposium: The Future of Business and Human Rights.
2013 Symposium: Litigating the Right to Health: Comparative Perspectives from Across the Globe
2012 Online Symposium: Avoiding the Trap: Aspirations, Anxieties, and the Appropriateness of Mass Mobilization Awareness Campaigns