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Unyielding Principles: The Future of Human Rights in Foreign Policy

  • Harvard Kennedy School | Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights 79 John F. Kennedy Street Cambridge, MA, 02138 United States (map)

September 15, at 6 pm (ET): Unyielding Principles: The Future of Human Rights in Foreign Policy 

The Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights' inaugural Human Rights & Foreign Policy Fellows cohort will convene for a crucial discussion on the role of human rights in shaping American foreign policy. 

Speakers: 

  • Jessica Stern, Former U.S. Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons at the U.S. State Department

  • Desirée Cormier Smith, Inaugural U.S. Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice at the U.S. State Department

  • Maggie Dougherty, Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for International Organizations at the National Security Council; former Senior Policy Advisor to U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and former foreign policy advisor in the office of U.S. Senator Marco Rubio

  • Kelly Fay Rodriguez, Former Special Representative for International Labor Affairs at the U.S. State Department

  • Professor Kathryn Sikkink (Moderator), Ryan Family Professor of Human Rights

This will be a Forum event, so Alumni can either join in person or watch it live or the IOP YouTube page: https://iop.harvard.edu/events/unyielding-principles-future-human-rights-foreign-policy

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