December 04, 2024 , Professor Farzin Vejdani Publishes New Book on Crime and Punishment in 19th-Century Iran

Vejdani's new work is a pathbreaking study of the legal and social history of crime and punishment in Iran during the Qajar period.

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November 25, 2024 Visiting Fellowship Alumna Launches Muslim Family Law Hub

Visiting Fellowship Program alumna Dr. Fatima Essop co-founded the Muslim Family Law Hub, an innovative platform that aims to educate and advocate for more equitable Muslim family law outcomes in South Africa

September 03, 2024 Announcing the 2024 Neelan Tiruchelvam Memorial Fellow: Thyagi Ruwanpathirana

We are thrilled to welcome the inaugural Neelan Tiruchelvam Fellow, hosted jointly with the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School

June 12, 2024 Afrooz Maghzi Talks to Harvard Law Today about Human Rights Lawyering in Iran

Attorneys have been vital to these ongoing campaigns for human rights, despite decades of suppression by the government — including threats of arrest, imprisonment, surveillance, and worse.