In the News:

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."
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.
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.
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."
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What's New:

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.
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.
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.
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."
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About the Carr Center:

The mission of the Carr Center, like the Harvard Kennedy School, is to train future leaders for careers in public service and to apply first-class research to the solution of public policy problems. Our research, teaching and writing are guided by a commitment to make human rights principles central to the formulation of good public policy in United States and throughout the world.
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Recent Publications:

Book: “New Nation-States and National Minorities,” Sharon Weinblum, Julien Danero Iglesias, Nenad Stojanovic (co-editors) - (ECPR Press) March 1, 2013.
Magazine Feature: “Stolen: Human Trafficking Knows No Borders,” Siddharth Kara, Carr Center Fellow, 2010-13 - Kiwanis Magazine, January 27, 2013.
Law Journal Article: “The Human Right to Water in Israel: A Case Study of the Unrecognized Bedouin Villages in the Negev,” Sharmila Murthy, Mark Williams, Elisha Baskin - Israel Law Review, January 1, 2013.
Book Chapter: “Human Rights in Academia: The NGO Link,” in “Bildung, Menschenrechte, Universitat,” Felisa Tibbitts, 2011-12 Carr Center Fellow - (Drava Verlag Klagenfurt) December 4, 2012.
Journal Article: “Land security and the challenges of realizing the human right to water and sanitation in the slums of Mumbai, India,” Sharmila Murthy, Carr Center Fellow, 2010-12 - Health and Human Rights Journal, December 1, 2012.
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