Human Rights, Law and Advocacy

Harvard FAS

Human rights practitioners confront numerous ethical, strategic, and legal dilemmas in their struggles for social justice. This first-year seminar explores the underlying legal frameworks in which human rights advocates operate and then use specific case studies to consider the various challenges they must grapple with in their work. The seminar is designed to encourage students to critically evaluate the human rights movement while offering an introduction to some of the essential tools and…