The Universal Declaration at 75 – Looking Back and Forward
On December 10th, 2023, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the seminal and aspirational foundation for post World War II human rights principles, will turn 75.
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New Study on Romani American Experience Shines Light on Persistent Inequities and Discrimination
The François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University today released a new study that draws attention to the inequities the Roma diaspora faces in the United States. Published in collaboration with the advocacy nonprofit…
Harvard University Centers Condemn Recent Police Violence in the United States
The following is a joint statement from the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, the International Human Rights…
New Study Highlights Critical Gaps in the United States’ Special Education System
A new Harvard Educational Review article, “Racial Differences in Special Education Identification and Placement,” examines how the United States’ special education system is failing to serve communities of color equitably from start to finish, from…
Trauma as a Border Control Strategy
By Jacqueline Bhabha and Mary T. Bassett
The United States continues to pull ahead in a xenophobic race to the bottom, making fear and trauma central to its border control toolkit. The list is long: Executive orders purporting to ban Muslims, slashing…
Professor Bhabha: States Have an Obligation to Protect Migrant Children
A new International Organization for Migration (IOM) report released today takes a closer look at the deaths and disappearances of migrants around the world.
“Fatal Journeys: Volume 4” focuses on missing migrant children. According to IOM data, nearly…
One in One Hundred: Roma Value Education But Face Racism in Access
One in One Hundred: Drivers of Success and Resilience among College-Educated Romani Adolescents in Serbia
New report on factors for success among Romani college students challenges the narrative of Roma indifference to education
For immediate…
Rapid Needs Assessment of the Rohingya in Cox's Bazar
In March 2018, researchers from Harvard FXB and BRAC (the Bangladeshi-based international nongovernmental organization) conducted a rapid assessment household survey among 800 Rohingya and host families in Ukhia and Teknaf in the District of Cox’s…
Professor Jacqueline Bhabha on Family Separation and Migration
Separation at the border
On June 27, our colleague Chris Sweeney in the Harvard Chan Office of Communications interviewed Harvard FXB’s director of research, Professor Jacqueline Bhabha, on family separation for their feature Three…
June 22, 2018 Harvard FXB Statement on US Zero Tolerance Policy
President Trump introduced a “zero tolerance” immigration policy on April 6, 2018, as a seemingly fail-safe measure to prevent what he calls undesirables from seeking to enter the US across the border with Mexico. He launched the policy to elevate his…
