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    With Haiti on the Brink of Collapse, a Reckoning for US Policy on Haiti

    This piece was originally published on Just Security Haiti’s rapidly spiraling political and security crisis has brought the de facto Haitian government to the brink of collapse. As gangs assault key infrastructure and move closer to complete control, Haiti’s prime minister, Ariel Henry, is stuck in Puerto Rico and unable to return. Henry – an unelected leader whose…

  • IHRC clinical instructor Aminta Ossom speaks on a panel at the UN's Business in Human Rights Forum

    Clinic Spotlight: On-the-ground climate change advocacy at the UN

    This piece was originally published by the Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs. Presenting research to UN officials, business and NGO leaders, and grassroots activists in Geneva, Switzerland is not an ordinary law school assignment; for Taryn Shanes ‘25, the task was not only part of her clinic work, but the “linchpin” of her…

  • Docherty delivering statement at UN meeting

    The Harvard Gazette: ‘Killer robots’ are coming, and U.N. is worried

    To shed light on the legal and ethical concerns they raise, the Gazette interviewed Bonnie Docherty, lecturer on law at Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC), who attended some of the U.N. meetings. Docherty is also a senior researcher in the Arms Division of Human Rights Watch. This interview has been condensed and edited for length and clarity.