Harvard Law School Human Rights Program

Course in Human Rights at Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School faculty and visiting faculty, often from other countries, offer a range of human rights courses as part of the Law School curriculum.

Fall 2012

  • Gender and Human Rights- Popowski & Roseman
  • Combating the Human Costs of Armed Conflict- Docherty
  • Advanced Skills Training for Human Rights Advocacy- Farbstein & Giannini

    • Spring 2012

  • Human Rights Advocacy and the Criminal Justice System- Delgado
  • Human Rights and the Environment- Giannini & Docherty

    • Fall 2011

  • Human Rights Advocacy and the United States- Popowski & Cavallaro
  • The Promises and Challenges of Disarmament- Docherty
  • Advanced Skills Training for Human Rights Advocacy- Farbstein & Giannini

    • Summer 2011

  • Human Rights Practice in Argentina and Latin America: Seminar (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - Cavallaro & Brewer

    Spring 2011

  • Humanitarian Protection in Situations of Armed Conflict: Clinical Seminar - Docherty
  • Litigating Using the Alien Tort Statute: Case Studies and Advocacy: Seminar - Giannini & Farbstein

    Winter 2011

  • The Doctrine and Practice of the Inter-American Human Rights System (San José, Costa Rica) - Cavallaro

    Fall 2010

  • Human Rights Advocacy: Seminar - Cavallaro
  • Business and Human Rights - Giannini/Jochnick

    Academic Year

  • Topics in Human Rights Law and Practice: LLM Concentrators' Writing and Presentation Seminar - Cavallaro/Roseman

    Spring 2010

  • Human Rights Advocacy: Seminar - Cavallaro
  • Human Rights Advocacy in Contemporary South Africa: Clinical Seminar - Giannini/Farbstein
  • International Human Rights - Cavallaro
  • International Reproductive and Sexual Health Rights: Reading Group - Roseman

    Fall 2009
  • Humanitarian Protection in Situations of Armed Conflict: Clinical Seminar - Docherty/Sonnenberg
  • Human Rights and the Environment: Advocacy Seminar - Giannini

    Other past courses:

  • Advanced Human Rights Clinical Workshop - Cavallaro (Fall/Spring)

  • Community Action for Social and Economic Rights - White (Spring)

  • Human Rights Advocacy: Seminar - Cavallaro; Nowrojee (Fall)

  • Human Rights and the Environment: Advocacy Seminar - Giannini (Fall)

  • Human Rights and the Environment: Advocacy Workshop - Giannini (Spring)

  • Human Rights, State Sovereignty, and Persecution: Issues in Forced Migration and Refugee Protection - Bhabha (Spring)

  • International Childhood, Rights, and Globalization - Bhabha (Fall)

  • International Human Rights - Goodman (Spring)

  • International Human Rights Litigation: Seminar - Cavallaro (Spring)

  • International Law Workshop - Goodman; Alford (Fall/Spring)

  • International Reproductive/Sexual Health Rights: Reading Group - Roseman (Spring)

  • Refugee and Asylum Advocacy - Anker (Fall/Spring)

  • Torture, Law, and Lawyers: Reading Group - Levinson (Fall)

    In addition, other courses address international human rights issues along with other topics. Some examples include:

  • Citizenship: Seminar - Neuman (Spring)

  • Immigration Law - Neuman (Fall)

  • Immigration and Refugee Policy: Seminar - Anker (Fall/Spring)

  • International Criminal Law: Seminar - Goldstone (Spring)

  • International Humanitarian Law - Jinks (Winter)

  • International Labor Rights in the Global Economy: Seminar - Cleveland (Spring)

  • International Law A1 - Blum (Fall)

  • International Law A2 - Danner (Fall)

  • International Law B - Brewster (Fall)

  • Legal Research: International, Foreign, and Comparative - Wise (Spring)

  • Public International Law - Pangalangan (Spring)

    Clinical work for credit is available in connection with the Human Rights Advocacy Seminar, the International Human Rights Litigation Seminar, and the Human Rights and the Environment Advocacy Seminar. Students may also pursue independent clinical projects for credit. Please visit the International Human Rights Clinic section to learn more.