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November 03, 2025 , Now Accepting Applications: The Neelan Tiruchelvam Memorial Fellowship at Harvard Law School

Apply for the Tiruchelvam Memoral Fellowship offered jointly by the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World and the Human Rights Program

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September 25, 2025 , Professor Kristen Stilt and Macarena Montes Franceschini publish new article on animal rights and rights of nature

Professor Kristen Stilt and Macarena Montes Franceschini argue that animal rights and rights of nature can and should find synergistic connections to tackle some of the most significant planetary threats today, notably, industrial animal agriculture.

Poster for event Duty to Prevent on April 24, 2025

July 14, 2025 The Duty to Prevent, Guarantor Institutions and State Capture: Theorizing from the Global South

Watch the full recording of "The Duty to Prevent, Guarantor Institutions and State Capture," examining the critical link between a State's responsibility to prevent human rights violations and constitutional design from a Global South perspective.

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June 09, 2025 , Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World Writing Prize 2025

Arash Abbas, JD '26, awarded the Harvard Law School Dean's 2025 Writing Prize of the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World