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Khosravi Chair in Principled Internationalism and Director, Human Rights Initiative
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Political Prisoners and the Future of Nicaragua

Join the CSIS Americas Program for a timely and important conversation on political prisoners and the future of Nicaragua.

Event by Christopher Hernandez-Roy , Ryan C. Berg , Jared Genser , Juan Felipe Wills , Juan Sebastián Chamorro , Rosalía Miller , and Félix Maradiaga — May 11, 2023

North Korean Human Rights and International Cooperation: The Way Forward after the UN Commission of Inquiry (COI)+10

Please join the CSIS Korea Chair for the "North Korean Human Rights and International Cooperation: The Way Forward after the UN Commission of Inquiry (COI)+10." conference on April 21 at 9 am EDT. 

Event by John J. Hamre , Victor Cha , Jin Park , Shin-wha Lee , and Hyun-dong Cho , Robert R. King , Jung-Hoon Lee , Michael Kirby , Elizabeth Salmón , Robert Joseph , Jung H. Pak , Scott Snyder , Chaesung Chun , Sheena Chestnut Greitens , Ellen Kim — April 21, 2023

Addressing Uganda's Crackdown on LGBTQ+ Rights

What is driving the latest crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights in Uganda, and how can the international community support Uganda's LGBTQ+ community?

Event by Maria E. Burnett , Frank Mugisha, PhD , Nicholas Opiyo , Qwin Mbabazi , and Jessica Stern — April 10, 2023

The 2023 Forum on Business and Democracy

As part of the 2023 Summit for Democracy, CSIS will host a half-day Forum spotlighting the critical impact of the private sector on democracy around the world and spotlighting commitments that companies are making to advance democracy. 

Event by ​Marti Flacks , John J. Hamre , Don Graves , Brad Smith , Paige Alexander , Karan Bhatia , and Neil Potts , Alissa Starzak , Thea Lee , Kevin Cassidy , Shawna Bader-Blau , Nate Herman , Richard Nephew , Kathy Sheehan , Michele Crymes , Megan Bridges , Johnny Walsh — March 28, 2023

The Assault on Ukraine’s Healthcare System

On February 21, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR), together with partners published Destruction and Devastation: One Year of Russia’s Assault on Ukraine’s Health Care System, a major analysis that presents the evidentiary basis for potential war crimes committed by Russia.

Event by J. Stephen Morrison , Uliana Poltavets , Tetyana Katrychenko , and Anna Olsen — February 27, 2023