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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.

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February 24, 2025 , Salma Waheedi co-authors policy paper on displaced Armenians’ right of return to Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)

Program Executive Director Salma Waheedi joins Yeghia Tashjian, Nareg Seferian, and Thomas Becker to present a framework for the right of return for displaced Armenians to Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), in a policy paper published by the Aram Manoukian Institute for Strategic Planning.

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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.

September 12, 2023 , Understanding the Islamic Legal System for South African Legal Practitioners

2022-2023 Visiting Fellow Fatima Essop discusses the Islamic legal system in South Africa in her latest article published by the Advocate