Ensuring Rights and Protections for Vulnerable Populations

HRI uses its expertise and platform to put forth creative, bipartisan strategies to extend equality and dignity to all segments of society

The global surge of populism, nationalism, and extremism, coupled with an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, threatens to undermine international human rights norms and protections for the most vulnerable. This work has three components: 1) conducting research and generating tangible ideas about how to deal with protracted displacement and ensure that refugees have access to education, economic opportunities, and protection; 2) examining the obstacles and opportunities for enhancing LGBT rights; and 3) rebuilding key alliances and the intellectual and strategic foundation underpinning international human rights norms and institutions. To advance these objectives, HRI is hosting a series of public and private events and producing research on an ongoing basis.

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Time to Renew the Democracy Playbook

As threats to democracy continue to morph and become more insidious, a renewed democracy playbook must be nimble and innovative to fight back against democracy’s steady decline.

Commentary by Shannon N. Green and Lauren Mooney — January 12, 2018

Report Launch: Stuck in Limbo: Refugees, Migrants, and the Food Insecure in Djibouti

Please join the Human Rights Initiative and the Global Food Security Project for a report launch and discussion on the linkages between human rights, food security, migration, and displacement in Djibouti. With unprecedented levels of displacement, the international system is at a breaking point -- its creaky infrastructure is ill-equipped to handle the 95.3 million people in need of humanitarian assistance worldwide. Fears of reduced international assistance are growing, even as partners currently operate on less than half of what they need to serve the most vulnerable and food insecure populations.

Event — April 26, 2017

U.S. Foreign Policy on Transitional Justice

Please join the Human Rights Initiative for the launch of U.S. Foreign Policy on Transitional Justice, (Oxford University Press, 2015) by Dr. Annie Bird.

Event — October 11, 2016