http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/news.php Chronological view of Carr news listings en-us Wed, 15 May 13 10:06:43 -0400 Wed, 15 May 13 10:22:22 -0400 http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/news.php Kint RSS Generator 1.0 christopher_kintzing@hks.harvard.edu christopher_kintzing@hks.harvard.edu 10 May 30: Carr Center Fellow Felisa Tibbitts presents "Principles and Guidelines for Building Human Rights-Infused Intercultural Competencies," a policy document she developed for UNESCO, at the 2nd World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue in Baku, Azerbaijan. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr/programs/human-rights-in-education/people#ftibbitts Mon, 13 May 13 10:41:25 -0400 http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/dummy_news_url.php#630 April 16: Carr Center Fellow Siddharth Kara speaks at a major conference run by the Global Philanthropy Forum, a community of donors and investors committed to international causes, where, as part of a problem-solving working group, he will discuss ways to improve data on modern-day slavery. http://philanthropyforum.org/sessions/problem-solving-working-group-improving-data-on-modern-day-slavery/ Thu, 11 Apr 13 14:06:52 -0400 http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/dummy_news_url.php#629 March 17: WPRR, Public Radio, Grand Rapids, MI, Siddharth Kara, Carr Center Fellow with the Program on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery, takes part in an on-air panel discussion on human trafficking, part of Minnesota Public Radio's program "Scholars Circle." http://bit.ly/WA5hi9 Wed, 20 Mar 13 12:55:41 -0400 http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/dummy_news_url.php#628 March 8: Harvard Kennedy School News, Mathias Risse, Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy and core faculty at the Carr Center, argues in a new working paper, "The Human Right to Water and Common Ownership of the Earth," that humanity's shared possession of our planet provides a philosophical foundation for a right to water and sanitation. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/articles/right-to-water Mon, 11 Mar 13 10:32:43 -0400 http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/dummy_news_url.php#627 March 8: The Harvard Gazette, The Carr Center's recent, multi-part event, "Congo's Invisible War," and its associated, on-going exhibition of the work of Finbarr O'Reilly, Reuters chief photographer for West and Central Africa, titled "Congo on the Wire," are well summarized in this discerning review by Harvard's news service. http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/03/darkness-visible/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=03.08.13%2520%281%29 Fri, 08 Mar 13 10:51:44 -0500 http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/dummy_news_url.php#626 March 7: Carr Center Fellow Leonardo Vivas delivers the keynote address at the 2013 UNDP Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Madrid. Vivas also moderates the conference panel titled "The Combination of Short-Term Interventions and Long-Term Strategies." http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/events/2013/Leonardo_MDG_Conf_20130307.pdf Thu, 28 Feb 13 10:08:43 -0500 http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/dummy_news_url.php#625 February 16: Carr Center Fellow Sharmila Murthy spoke on a panel that examined land and water rights in India at the Harvard HPAIR 2013 Asia Conference. Also on the panel were Namita Wahi and Jasdeep Randhawa. The panel was moderated by Erum Sattar. http://hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr/programs/human-rights-to-water-sanitation/news-comment/2013-news-comment/hpair-2013-asia-conference Wed, 20 Feb 13 16:56:54 -0500 http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/dummy_news_url.php#624 February 11: India Abroad, Coverage of Carr Center Fellow Siddharth Kara's new book "Bonded Labor: Tackling the System of Slavery in South Asia," continues with this latest article, "Tracking Modern-Day Slavery," appearing in India Abroad. http://www.indiaabroad-digital.com/indiaabroad/20130215?pg=18#pg18 Mon, 11 Feb 13 09:52:34 -0500 http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/dummy_news_url.php#622 February 6: The Harvard Gazette, The Carr Center event highlighting the lack of press freedoms and mistreatment of journalists in Turkey, an event which featured Turkish journalist Ferai Tinc, is picked up by the Harvard news service. http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/02/in-turkey-problems-for-press/ Mon, 11 Feb 13 10:52:46 -0500 http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/dummy_news_url.php#623 January 30: In late January, Carr Center Fellow Sharon Weinblum will be a guest speaker at a "Policy Hub" information session before the European Parliament. The topic of her session will be "Prospects of change in Israeli politics." http://hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/news/2013/2013-01-30_ISRAEL_Internal Policy_FLYER.pdf Tue, 29 Jan 13 11:11:51 -0500 http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/dummy_news_url.php#621 January 28: Carr Center Fellow Felisa Tibbitts will present the OSCE Guidelines for Human Rights Education in Secondary School Systems at Columbia University Teacher's College, New York City. http://www.tc.columbia.edu/ Thu, 10 Jan 13 11:27:52 -0500 http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/dummy_news_url.php#617 January 28: On December 7 and 8, 2012, Professor Mathias Risse of Harvard Kennedy School, Professor Tyler Giannini of Harvard Law School and Sharmila Murthy of the Carr Center organized a thought-provoking inter-disciplinary Radcliffe Exploratory Seminar on "The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation: From Theory to Practice." http://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr/programs/human-rights-to-water-sanitation/news-comment/2013-news-comment/radcliffe-exploratory-seminar-on-the-human-rights-to-water-and-sanitation Mon, 28 Jan 13 11:39:39 -0500 http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/dummy_news_url.php#618 January 26: The Global Post, "Where does a 'moderate' victory in Israel leave the peace process?" Carr Center Fellow Sharon Weinblum comments on how the US remains the key to reopening the issue of Israeli-Palestine talks. http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/commentary/how-does-moderate-victory-israel-affect-peace-process Mon, 28 Jan 13 12:10:03 -0500 http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/dummy_news_url.php#619 January 17: Knight Foundation Press Release, Tool for validating news source materials, created by WITNESS, a human rights organization directed by Carr Center faculty affiliate Sam Gregory, one of eight winners of this year's "Knight News Challenge: Mobile." Winners to split $2.4 million Knight Foundation grant award. http://www.knightfoundation.org/press-room/press-release/eight-mobile-ventures-win-24-million-funding-knigh/ Mon, 28 Jan 13 13:24:42 -0500 http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/dummy_news_url.php#620 December 24: Marcos Ferreiro, MPA 12, publishes "Blurring of Lines in Complex Emergencies: Consequences for the Humanitarian Community" in the December 2012 issue of The Journal of Humanitarian Assistance. Mr. Ferreiro's SYPA thesis work, upon which the article was based, was sponsored by the Carr Center. http://sites.tufts.edu/jha/archives/1625 Mon, 07 Jan 13 11:05:21 -0500 http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/dummy_news_url.php#616 December 19: The Economist, In this recent interview, Carr Center Fellow Siddharth Kara discusses his research, explains why bonded labor is modern slavery, and talks about his latest book "Bonded Labor: Tackling the System of Slavery in South Asia." http://www.economist.com/blogs/feastandfamine/2012/12/qa-siddharth-kara Wed, 02 Jan 13 14:49:44 -0500 http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/dummy_news_url.php#615 November 28: Carr Center Fellow Felisa Tibbitts will be facilitating a session and presenting in two human rights-related side events at the Council of Europe conference "Human Rights and Democracy in Action - Looking Ahead" in Strasbourg, France. http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/education/edc/conference2012/default_en.asp Mon, 26 Nov 12 14:47:03 -0500 http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/dummy_news_url.php#614 November 28: Siddharth Kara, Carr Center Fellow working on human trafficking, testifies before a U.S. congressional hearing, organized by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, investigating "International Human Trafficking and Forced Labor." http://tlhrc.house.gov/hearing_notice.asp?id=1243 Tue, 20 Nov 12 10:04:35 -0500 http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/dummy_news_url.php#612 November 19: KRUU Radio, "Speaking Freely with Dennis Raimondi", Timothy Patrick McCarthy, director of the Sexuality, Gender and Human Rights Program, discusses the future of the LGBTQ movement in the United States and globally, in this radio interview with host Dennis Raimondi. http://kruufm.com/node/14576 Wed, 21 Nov 12 11:50:03 -0500 http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/dummy_news_url.php#613 November 9: Carr Center Fellow Siddharth Kara presents the keynote address at Yale University's Gilder Lehrman Center's 14th Annual International Conference, "Abolition, Past and Present: Scholars, Activists, and the Challenge of Contemporary Slavery." http://www.yale.edu/glc/modernslavery/schedule.htm Thu, 01 Nov 12 09:59:48 -0400 http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/dummy_news_url.php#607