Events
*Tonight*

James H. Waldo: Privacy and Accuracy in Data Science - Do We Need to Choose Only One?

Jim Waldo is the Chief Technology Officer for the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Jim designed clouds at VMware and was a Distinguished Engineer with Sun Microsystems Laboratories. While at Sun, he was the technical lead of Project Darkstar, a multi-threaded, distributed infrastructure for massive multi-player on-line games and virtual worlds.

Date: Monday, April 22
Time: 5:30 pm to 6:45 pm
Location: Wexner 102

Women, Peace and Power

A film screening and discussion with:

  • Erica Chenoweth, Professor of Public Policy, HKS
  • Dr. Kessely Hong, Faculty Chair, MPA Programs
  • Hind Kabawat, Deputy Head, Syria Negotiation Commission, Geneva
  • Zoe Marks, Lecturer in Public Policy, HKS
  • Marie O’Reilly Senior Advisor, Peace is Loud
  • Moderated by; Sarah Boyd MC/MPA at HKS and women, peace, and security expert

Date: Tuesday, April 23
Time: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Location: Wexner 436

Workshop - Writing to Persuade & Building Coalitions

In this workshop, we’ll explore key elements of successful human rights advocacy campaigns—goal-setting, communications, coalition-building—and practical skills advocates need, especially in today’s politically polarized environment, to win.

The workshop is convened and moderated by Elisa Massimino , Former President of Human Rights First & Senior Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy.

Date: Thursday, April 25
Time: 12:30 to 1:45 pm
Location: Littauer 324

Designing Contextually Driven AI Systems for Gun Violence Prevention with Chicago Youth

The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy invites you to a discussion on AI systems and gun violence prevention, facilitated by Technology and Human Rights Fellow, Desmond Patton.

Desmond Upton Patton is a Public Interest Technologist who uses qualitative and computational data collection methods to examine the relationship between youth and gang violence and social media.

Date: Thursday, April 25
Time: 4:30 to 5:30 pm
Location: Rubenstein 229

Videos
The ICC's Afghanistan Decision

A Pre-Trial Chamber at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected the Prosecutor’s request, filed nearly 18 months ago, to open an investigation of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan, including of allegations that U.S. forces and the CIA committed acts of torture there.

Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-Repetition - Carr Center reflects on Colombia

On April 12, 2019, the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy hosted a discussion on the Integrated System for Truth, Justice, Reparation and Non-Repetition, created as a result of the peace accord between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrillas.

New Research
Discussion Paper: Half a Century After Malcolm X Came to Visit: Reflections on the Thin Presence of African Thought in Global Justice Debates. CCPD 2019-007.

New discussion paper by Faculty Director Mathias Risse .

Journal Article: Countermajoritarian, Representative, and Enlightened: The Roles of Constitutional Courts in Democracies

New article by Luís Roberto Barroso .