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For 30 years, the Justice & Society Program has worked to promote an understanding of, and adherence to, international human rights. During that time, we have led seminars to educate federal judges on human rights and humanitarian law. The expanded goal of the Justice & Society Program will be to enhance participatory democracy, focus and refine debate on issues that cross-cut law and social policy, and motivate participants to become citizen-advocates for reform in areas of wide societal concern.
In Search of Accountability: Justice after Nuremberg
Since the Nuremberg trials of 1945-46, the world's leading democracies have struggled to establish a legal infrastructure to hold accountable those responsible for genocide, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. Are the mechanisms they created up to the task today?
Targeted Killings and the Law of War
The use of targeted killings, through drone strikes and other means, raises questions of U.S. and international law, with long-term implications in the military, human rights, civil rights, and diplomatic arenas. Our panel of leaders in law and foreign policy explored several of the thorny issues surrounding a program facing growing scrutiny at home and abroad.
Alice Henkin Receives Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award from Secretary Clinton (watch State Department video)