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JoAnn Kamuf Ward writes on the relevance of human rights in the era of #MeToo, and how CEDAW can advance gender equality at the local level. This builds upon the Gender Equality Toolkit that HRI developed with the Leadership Conference and UNA-USA to…

Continuing advocacy to garner federal support for state and local human rights implementation, HRI and The Program on Human Rights in the Global Economy at Northeastern provided input to OHCHR to inform a report to the UN Human Rights Council later this…

HRI Co-Faculty Director Sarah Cleveland conducts human rights follow-up mission Guatemala, and warns that recent changes “could further violate the rule of law and human rights protections.”

HRI Visiting Scholar Antonella Angelini shares a perspective on the future and challenges of a UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights.

International Humanitarian Law Expert Dakshinie Ruwanthika Gunaratne joins HRI as part of the Practitioner-in-Residence program to research and write about famine and its correlation to economic crises.

As Trump moves to hide civilian deaths, HRI's Alex Moorehead tells the Bureau of Investigative Journalism that Congress must act to ensure transparency and meaningful oversight of the US government's use of force.