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
One Anniversary, Two Declarations: The UDHR and the Inter-American Human Rights System
Commentary by Christopher Hernandez-Roy — December 1, 2023
The Evolving and Incompletely Realized Human Right to Water
Commentary by David Michel — 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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One Anniversary, Two Declarations: The UDHR and the Inter-American Human Rights System
Commentary by Christopher Hernandez-Roy — December 1, 2023
The Expanding Use of Technology to Manage Migration
Report by Marti Flacks, Erol Yayboke, Lauren Burke, and Anastasia Strouboulis — March 6, 2023
The Last Thing El Salvador’s New President Needs Is for the United States to Cut Billions in Aid
Commentary by Mark L. Schneider — July 1, 2019
A CSO Playbook to Reclaim Civic Space: Version 1.0
Report by Amy K. Lehr and Catherine Hyde Townsend — December 21, 2018
Against The Odds: Overcoming Online Harassment of Women in Politics
Commentary by Amy K. Lehr and Efthimia Maria (“Mariefaye”) Bechrakis — November 8, 2018
Divided We Fall: Why the Ban on Transgender Military Service Will Harm U.S. Security
Commentary by Julie Snyder and Shannon N. Green — July 27, 2017
What Would “America First” Mean for Human Rights Protection in the Middle East?
Commentary by Lana Baydas — July 17, 2017
The Folly of Merging State Department and USAID: Lessons from USIA
Commentary by Daniel F. Runde and Shannon N. Green — May 26, 2017
Do we need a new strategy to prevent terrorist attacks on the United States?
Report by Shannon N. Green — December 15, 2016
Responding to the Closing of Democratic Space
Report by Shannon N. Green — November 16, 2015