via HRP blogby Bonnie Docherty On May 27, 2021, we said goodbye to Harvard Law School Class of 2021. In lieu of an in-person celebration, graduating students of the International Human Rights …
A Burning Issue: The Human Cost of Incendiary Weapons
via HRP blogby Jacqulyn Kantack Incendiary weapons inflict excruciating physical and psychological injuries on civilians in conflict zones, and those who survive endure a lifetime of suffering. …
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Banning Nuclear Weapons: Milestones and Memories
via HRP blogby Bonnie Docherty At the stroke of midnight on January 22, 2021, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was transformed from words on paper to binding …
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Clinic Celebrates Nuclear Ban Entering into Force
via HRP blogby Dana Walters Today, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons enters into force. What exactly does this mean? All of the treaty’s obligations, from providing assistance to …
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Confronting conflict pollution
by Dana Waltersvia Harvard Law Today Between 1946 and 1958, the United States conducted 67 nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands, irreparably damaging the environment and disrupting the lives of …
A living witness to nuclear dystopia
Via Harvard Law Today By Juan Siliezar First came a flash. Thirteen-year-old Setsuko Nakamura felt as if she were drifting skyward. And then darkness. Seventy-four years later Setsuko still …
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