The Harvard Human Rights Journal is a journal of international human rights scholarship published by students of Harvard Law School in cooperation with the Harvard Human Rights Program. The Journal publishes cutting-edge human rights scholarship by academics, practitioners, and students. In doing so, we provide a forum for dialogue and the exchange of ideas from a variety of international perspectives.

In 2008 the Journal made the exiting transition to biannual publication, with two issues of Volume 21 published in March and June 2008.  In addition to traditional full-length articles, the June issue included shorter symposium pieces focusing on the U.S.’s role in promoting human rights both at home and abroad.

The Human Rights Journal spring symposium, US and Human Rights: Bringing Rights Home, included distinguished academics, policy-makers, advocates, and field workers in a discussion about current domestic human rights issues and abuses. We were proud to feature Larry Cox, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA as a keynote speaker. Click here for a list of the speakers and panelists.

This website contains the full text of all current articles and book notes as well as full text of back issues starting with Volume 12, 1999, and tables of contents of earlier volumes.