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2024
The World has the Chance to Hold Azerbaijan Accountable, National Interest
Contradictions cloud Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights’ mission amid Baku partnership, Civilnet
In the Twilight Zone, The Baffler
La CIDH ante el caso Ayotzinapa: Notas sobre mi experiencia como Relator, IBERO
Accountability after ethnic cleansing: University Network for Human Rights and Karabakh, Civilnet
Another Major Report confirming Israel's Genocide of Palestinians in Gaza by the University Network for Human Rights, Palestine Academy for Science and Technology
Azerbaijan Ethnically Cleansed Armenians. It Should Pay a Price, Newsweek
Gaza genocide denial, Electronic Intifada
Bolivian president thanks people after facing down failed coup attempt, Al Jazeera
Top U.S. Law Schools Present Undeniable Evidence of Israel’s Gaza Genocide, Mint Press
Israel is committing genocide. Its enablers can be held to account, Mondoweiss
Lo que ocurre en Gaza no es guerra, es genocidio, La Razón Bolivia
How the US Congress aids and abets acts of genocide, China Morning Post
Papering over our pain in the time of genocide, Pearls and Irritations
Menschenrechtsorganisationen analysieren Genozidvorwürfe gegen Israel in Gaza, Islamique
Rights experts slam 'hypocrisy' of US police crackdown on pro-Palestine student protests, The National News
Pro-Palestine protesters speak at last Regents meeting of the semester, Daily Lobo
Is the pot calling the kettle black?, Trinidad Daily Express
University Human Rights Network Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza, Democracy Now!
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, new study concludes, Middle East Monitor
A new report from international law experts finds Israel is commiting genocide against Palestinians Gaza and calls for urgant action to stop it, Institute for Middle East Understanding
CAIR Welcomes Report by U.S. Human Rights Experts Showing Israel is Committing Genocide in Gaza, Council for American-Islamic Relations
New study claims Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, Boston Globe
Most Thorough Legal Analysis' Yet Concludes Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza, Common Dreams
US human rights experts find Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, Al Jazeera
Leaving Haiti, London Review of Books
Accountability for Nagorno-Karabakh, International Bar Association
Ethnic Cleansing in Our Time, Hartford Courant
"We're Dying Here": The fight for life in a Louisiana fossil fuel sacrifice zone, Human Rights Watch
2023
Artificial Intelligence Explored in Shasha Seminar for Human Concerns, The Wesleyan Connection
Panel discusses aftermath in Artsakh, The Daily Trojan
They Taunted Our Children With Knives, Byline Times
Landmark Settlement Holds Bolivian Ex-President Accountable for Human Rights Abuses, North American Congress in Latin America
The Invisible War Crimes, Blankspot
Las víctimas de una masacre en Bolivia recibirán una compensación económica 20 años después, El País
EEUU: Sánchez de Lozada acepta pagar indemnización por masacre en Bolivia, Associated Press
Former Bolivian President to Pay Damages for 2003 Indigenous Massacre, Democracy Now!
Ethnic Armenians fear being wiped off the map as exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh nears end, ABC News Australia
Survivors Reveal War Crimes as Putin’s Men Stood Aside, Daily Beast
Bolivian ex-president to pay damages to victims of military in landmark US case, The Guardian
Bolivia’s ex-leader to compensate massacre victims in landmark U.S. case, Washington Post
Armenians Face a Second Genocide. Will the World Intervene?, Newsweek
Don’t Just Remember the Armenian Genocide. Prevent It From Happening Again, TIME Magazine
Silencing Human Rights Advocates, and Speaking Back: Interview with Jim Cavallaro and Omar Shakir, Speaking out of Place
2022
‘Misleading’ health data hid higher rates of asthma-related ER visits in St. John Parish, state cites error, The Lens NOLA
Biden State Department Embraces Flawed Logic for Bolivian Coup in Leaked Report, The Intercept
A path forward: Residents seek remedy for decades of environmental injustice in Mossville, Louisiana, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Retos De La Justicia Para Un Mundo En Postpandemia (Challenges of Justice for a Post Pandemic World), Seminario Internacional De Derecho (International Law Seminar)
The New York Times continues to whitewash right-wing extremism in its Chris Rufo profile, Media Matters
How a Chemical Company Created a Ghost Town, VICE News Overlooked
The University Network for Human Rights, New Books Network
2021
Campaign calling for release of Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez gains momentum, People’s Dispatch
UN experts demand the unconditional release of activist Khurram Parvez, India News Stream
Decision on Greenpoint Energy Center Delayed Again as DEC, National Grid Hash Out Details, Brooklyn Paper
Touring Louisiana's Chemical Ghost Town, The New Yorker
Activists Say Analysis of Greenpoint Energy Center Expansion is Flawed, Call on DEC to Reject Permits, Brooklyn Paper
Vanishing Black community of Mossville set for visit by EPA head, The Advocate
U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan visits Mossville on “Journey to Justice” tour, KPLC News
‘Startling’: EPA head pledges action for vanishing Black community of Mossville, The Advocate
A chemical firm bought out these Black and white US homeowners – with a significant disparity, The Guardian
Residents of Louisiana’s Cancer Alley hopeful for action after EPA head’s visit, The Guardian
Human rights groups appeal to international panel to end Biden’s Title 42 migrant expulsions, Texas Public Radio
US rights groups petition for a stop to asylum seeker expulsions, Al Jazeera
Pols Call on Hochul to Revisit Rate Hike Tied to Controversial Brooklyn Pipeline, The City
Louisiana's communities of color already suffer from pollution and COVID. Now it's climate change, USA Today
Racism, Sexism, and Politics Fueled Massacres in Bolivia, Says Report, VICE News
Judge Temporarily Freezes Plan to Truck Frigid Liquid Natural Gas to Brooklyn, The City
Report Outlines 'Crucial' Need for Biden Administration to Aid Climate Refugees, Common Dreams
Halting Transit of Fracked Gas through NYC, Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Activists Sue National Grid And NYC Over Gas Facility in Greenpoint, Brooklyn Paper
Proponen observatorio ante niveles de impunidad, El Economista
Experts Release Report on Human Migration Due to Climate Change, Yale Law School News
Judge halts construction at National Grid's Brooklyn LNG terminal, S&P Global
‘Cancer Alley’ residents file international human rights appeal and accuse US government of abandoning them, The Independent
The US owes a massive climate debt. One way to pay it: let in climate migrants, Fast Company
Harvard, Yale, and University Network for Human Rights Legal Experts Call on Biden Administration to Aid Climate Refugees, Harvard Crimson
YLS students call on Biden to revise policy to help climate-displaced migrants, Yale Daily News
Climate Change Is a Driving Force in Central American Migration, TruthOut
“Shelter from the Storm”: Climate Change Is a Driving Force in Central American Migration, Democracy Now!
Huge plastics plant faces calls for environmental justice, stiff economic headwinds, Washington Post
National Grid Is Building A Natural Gas Pipeline Through North Brooklyn. But Do We Need It?, The Gothamist
CT’s prison population shrunk during the pandemic. Will it last?, CT Mirror
National Grid, New York sued over Brooklyn LNG facility, S&P Global
Concerned BK Residents Slam National Grid, NY Regulator With Lawsuit Over Greenpoint Expansion, BK Reader
North Brooklyn Environmentalists Sue State, National Grid Over Gas Depot Expansion, Brooklyn Paper
New Yorkers sue state, National Grid over Brooklyn LNG project, Reuters
Last-Minute Hearings Added on National Grid’s Greenpoint Expansion, Columbia News Service
Harvard Law Student Coordinates Open Letter to United Nations Calling for Human Rights Accountability in Sri Lanka, Harvard Crimson
New Public Health Study Does Little To Allay Fears In Cancer Alley, New Orleans Public Radio
Louisiana Tumor Registry hasn't missed cancers around Denka, LSU says, but can't speak to causes, The Advocate
From Pollution to the Pandemic, Racial Equity Eludes Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Community, DeSmog
Study Finds High Cancer Risk Near Plant In A Majority Black Part Of St. John the Baptist Parish, NPR
2020
New Human Rights Research Consortium Draws International Audience for Initial Conference, U Conn
Survivors of Bolivia coup massacre cry out for justice, The Grayzone
Racism turned their neighborhood into 'Cancer Alley.’ Now they’re dying from COVID-19, USA Today
Un estudio de Harvard señala al Gobierno interino de Bolivia por violaciones de derechos humanos, El País
Harvard y su incómodo informe, La Razón Bolivia
Embattled Bolivian mayor refuses to step down amid political crisis: ‘Quitting would be a betrayal’, The World
Bolivia’s Covid-19 Election Nightmare Is a Warning, The New Republic
Thousands of Bolivians March to Protest Delayed Presidential Election, Democracy Now!
Rodríguez Veltzé advierte deterioro de la imagen de Bolivia con el informe de Harvard, La Razón Bolivia
Bolivia: hubo movilizaciones contrarias a la postergación de las elecciones presidenciales, La Diaria
Harvard: En Sacaba y Senkata hubo ‘patrones desconcertantes de violaciones de derechos’, La Razón Bolivia
Estudio de Harvard señaló al régimen de Bolivia por violaciones a los DDHH, ADN
Human Rights Advocates: Environmental Racism is Compounding the Pandemic’s Toll on Communities of Color, Wesleyan University Fries Center for Global Studies
St. James is full': New Cancer Alley plant may double toxic pollutants, EPA data shows (The American South), The Tennessean
Bolivia, un país desprogramado e incierto – Por Julio Peñaloza Bretel, Nodal
Undone Science: When Research Fails Polluted Communities, Undark
New course at Wesleyan taught by ED Jim Cavallaro: Human Rights and the 2020 Elections, The Wesleyan Argus
University Network for Human Rights Pilots Summer Intensive Program, The Wesleyan Argus
2019
University Network for Human Rights Establishes New Headquarters on Campus, The Wesleyan Argus
Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' residents launch march against pollution, The Guardian
Japanese owners of plant at heart of US Cancer Town refuse to meet activists, The Guardian
University Network for Human Rights, Wesleyan launch Global Rights Advocacy program, Greenwich Time
आदिवासी समुदाय खतरे में, सरदार सरोवर बांध को 135 मीटर तक भरने की जिद छोड़े गुजरात, Naidunia
Forced evictions of Sardar Sarovar oustees gross violation of human rights: Report, The Hitavada
University Network for Human Rights relocates to Wesleyan campus in Middletown, Middletown Press
St. John School Board panel suggests study on moving students from school near chemical plant, NOLA
Top 10 U.S. emitters of cancer-causing gas are in Louisiana and Texas, Axios
Cancer Town: Rev William Barber challenges presidential hopefuls to visit, The Guardian
Cancer Town: Civil rights leader William Barber takes on pollution at Guardian town hall, The Guardian
High cancer risk plagues Louisiana town near chemical plants, CBS Evening News
Residents of US Cancer Town diagnosed at 'highly unusual' rates, study says, The Guardian
Louisiana's Cancer Alley Residents Take the Fight for Environmental Justice on the Road, DeSmog
Residents of America's Cancer Town confront chemical plant owner in Japan, The Guardian
Louisiana Activists to Chemical Plant: 'Stop Poisoning Black People', Colorlines
米子会社工場で「高い発がん率」, Kyodo
Cavallaro on Human Rights Crises in US and Brazil and Role of University, OLiberal
Israel’s order to deport alum incites pushback from SLS, EU, U.S. Democrats, The Stanford Daily
War Crimes in Yemen? U.S. & U.K. Arms Killed & Injured Nearly 1,000 Civilians in Saudi-Led Attack, Democracy Now!
American and British bombs killed more than 200 Yemeni civilians, report says, Washington Post
UK and US Bombs Caused Nearly 1,000 Civilian Casualties in Yemen, The Independent
US and European arms used to attack Yemeni civilians: Report, Al Jazeera
Saudi Arabia-Time for Accountability at the UN in Geneva, MENA Rights
Former U.S. IACHR members urge State Department not to withdraw funding, Global Americans
Professor James Cavallaro to Leave SLS to Direct New Global NGO, Stanford Law School
Over 100 legal experts support new CA law that prevents children from entering adult criminal justice system, Fair and Just Prosecution