Human Rights Initiative
The CSIS Human Rights Initiative, launched in 2014, promotes a proactive, resilient global human rights agenda that reinforces democratic values as a central component of a comprehensive foreign policy
It seeks to generate innovative solutions for government, civil society, and the private sector to build respect for human rights and works to integrate human rights priorities across U.S. foreign policy interests. Current focus areas for the Human Rights Initiative include exploring how respect for human rights can help build sustainable and inclusive democracies; analyzing how to align and leverage private sector interests to further human rights priorities; and responding to egregious current human rights abuses.
Contact
- Lauren Burke
- Senior Program Manager, Human Rights Initiative
- 202.775.3286
- LBurke@csis.org
Media Queries
- H. Andrew Schwartz
- Chief Communications Officer
- 202.775.3242
- aschwartz@csis.org
- Samuel Cestari
- Media Relations Coordinator, External Relations
- 202.775.7317
- scestari@csis.org
Featured Analysis
Advancing Decent Work and Labor Rights Globally
The Human Rights Initiative hosted a discussion of the impact of the global labor rights movement on American workers, businesses, and consumers.
Transcript — February 21, 2024
Ukraine’s Rapid Digitalization: Human Rights Risks and Opportunities in a Postwar Environment
Report by Marti Flacks, Caitlin Chin-Rothmann, Lauren Burke, Julia Brock, and Iryna Tiasko — February 14, 2024
Progress and Possibility: Reflecting on 75 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Opening Remarks
Transcript — December 6, 2023
Someone Has to Lead
Commentary by Daniel F. Runde — December 1, 2023
One Anniversary, Two Declarations: The UDHR and the Inter-American Human Rights System
Commentary by Christopher Hernandez-Roy — December 1, 2023
Past Events
A Human Rights Approach to Ukraine's Rapid Digitalization
Advancing Decent Work and Labor Rights Globally
Progress and Possibility: Reflecting on 75 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Future of the Care Economy
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Amy Lehr Joins CSIS as Director of Human Rights Initiative
Press Release — August 2, 2018
Tony Blair to Launch CSIS Commission on Countering Violent Extremism
Press Release — February 22, 2016