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Theories of international relations (IR) typically make predictions intended to hold across many countries, yet existing experimental evidence testing their micro-foundations…
Carr Center Discussion Paper 2024–06
There is something new under the sun. Many of our beliefs and certainties may be coming to an end. Like the ancient navigators contemplating the immensity of the oceans, full of…
Douglas A. Johnson has been a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School since 2013, and also served as the Faculty Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights…
Each year, we celebrate International Human Rights Day on December 10—the day that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was proclaimed in 1948. The United Nations has…
Can human rights organizations (HROs) shame governments without fueling racism against diasporas or appearing racist? To what extent can shamed governments recover public support…
Last week, Dr. Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Faculty Program Chair of the Carr Center's Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Program, provided Morning Prayers entitled "The Silences That Lie (…
The Carr Center's Human Rights Defenders have joined us from Venezuela, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Afghanistan, Russia, India, Myanmar, Cambodia, and more.…
This fall, Danai Nhando (MC/MPA '25) joined the Carr Center as one of its Student Ambassadors. Danai is a human rights lawyer and social impact programs specialist with…
Following the results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election, a second administration under Donald Trump has already sparked conversation over the path forward for democracy…
BY ALEXANDRA GILLIARDThe Carr Center recently hosted a breakfast and conversation with Wai Wai Nu, a Burmese human rights activist who spent seven years as a political…