by Harris Institute | May 5, 2020 | Commercial Law, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, International Law, Public Health, United Nations
By: Ke Xu, LLM 2020 The Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute recently launched a new webinar series on COVID19 and International law in response to a call from students and the broader community for reliable and informative programming on an evolving global issue....
by Harris Institute | Apr 30, 2020 | Gun Violence, Human Rights, Public Health, United Nations
By Madaline M. George, J.D., Fellow, Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law A joint report on gun violence by Washington University’s Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute and the Institute for Public Health has been...
by Harris Institute | Dec 19, 2019 | Gun Violence, Human Rights, Public Health
Speakers at the IACHR Hearing with IACHR President Margarette May Macaulay (center) Madaline George, Harris Institute Fellow and lead researcher at the Institute’s Gun Violence and Human Rights Project, testified before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights...
by Harris Institute | May 31, 2016 | Human Rights, Public Health, Rule of Law
By: Rickpaul Singh Vander In 2012, a horrific case of rape put India on the front page of the New York Times and inspired me to understand and write about the issue of sexual assault in India. Now that I am given the platform to share my thoughts, I wonder if this...
by Harris Institute | May 5, 2016 | Climate Change, Human Rights, Negotiations, Public Health, United Nations
By: Tamara L. Slater In the finals weeks of 2015 under the auspices of the UNFCCC, 195 nations adopted a global climate change agreement in Paris, France that has the potential to save humanity from the increasingly devastating impacts of climate change. The so-called...
by Harris Institute | Jan 11, 2016 | International Humanitarian Law, Public Health
By: Teresa Yao GlobeMed, various campus groups, and the Harris World Law Institute brought Dr. Paul Farmer, a leading physician and anthropologist, to Washington University on November 6, 2015. He issued an urgent call to increase access to healthcare in the most...