Headshot of Senuri de Silva in black and white

September 16, 2026 , Neelan Tiruchelvam Memorial Fellow Spotlight: Senuri de Silva

We are excited to welcome the 2026 Neelan Tiruchelvam Memorial Fellow to Harvard Law School, where she will be hosted jointly with the Human Rights Program.

TOPSHOT - People attend a funeral ceremony for the remains of 41 victims from the Yazidi minority, who were executed by Islamic State (IS) group militants in 2014, in front of a memorial monument in Sinjar in northwestern Iraq's Nineveh province on January 24, 2024. The victims of the August 2014 massacre, carried out in the Sinjar region by IS group militants, have been recently identified through DNA tests.

June 08, 2026 , Fragmented Justice: Accountability for ISIS Atrocities against the Yazidis

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April 01, 2026 , , Now Accepting Submissions: Writing Prize of the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World

Apply for the Harvard Law School Dean's Writing Prize of the Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World

Photo of speaker Athar Minallah

March 17, 2026 , Guardians for the Voiceless: Justice Minallah Reflects on Judging the Rights of Animals and Nature in Pakistan

At Harvard Law School, Pakistani jurist Athar Minallah discussed the pioneering role of Pakistani courts in recognizing the legal rights of non-humans and articulating the corresponding constitutional and moral obligations humans owe to animals, ecosystems, and nature.