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Cambridge, MA—Harvard Kennedy School (ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø) announced that , the Lucius N.…
Human Rights as Membership Rights in the World Society by Mathias Risse
The idea of human rights has come a long way. Even hard-nosed international-relations realists…
Economic theory teaches us that it is in every country’s own best interest to engage in trade.
Trade therefore is a voluntary activity among consenting parties. On this…
Gun Rights and Public Safety
In March 2018, hundreds of thousands of young people walked out of school and marched on their local statehouses and on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., to advocate for…
Freedom of Speech and Media
The First Amendment guarantees some of the most fundamental rights provided to Americans under the Constitution. The right to free expression is a foundational tenet of American…
Religious Freedom
The complicated relationship of religion and government predates the founding of the United States. The Founders grappled with this dilemma for years before compromising on the…
Letter From the Director: Celebrating Sushma Raman's Contributions to the Carr Center
Dear Friends of the Carr Center,
I write with the news that Sushma Raman, the Executive Director of the Carr Center, will be leaving the Carr Center and starting a new journey as…
Is There a Human Right to Truth?
The "A Right to Truth? Information, Communication, and Democracy in the 21st Century" workshop examined the nature of truth and its fundamental necessity in a world…
Mathias Risse - The 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Faculty Director Mathias Risse writes a letter commemorating the 70th anniversary of the UDHR.
This year we have also commemorated the 70th anniversary of the American…
Carr Center Discussion Paper | 2023-03
In 2021 the Saami Council asked Harvard to suspend research related to stratospheric aerosol injections, a form of geoengineering. Their intervention raises far-reaching questions…