Carr Center for Human Rights Policy

Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
Named afterGregory C. Carr
Formation1999
TypeHuman rights
Location
Faculty director
Mathias Risse
Parent organization
Harvard Kennedy School
Websitehttp://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu

Carr Center for Human Rights Policy is a research center at Harvard Kennedy School founded in 1999. The center's scholars address issues related to human rights, including human security, global governance and civil society, economic justice, and equality and discrimination.

The center was founded with financial support from Harvard Kennedy School alumnus Greg Carr,[1][2] who donated $18 million for its founding.[3]

The current faculty director at the Carr Center is Mathias Risse.[4] The current executive director is Maggie Gates.[5] The Center was previously directed by Michael Ignatieff[6][7] (2000-2005), Sarah Sewall[8] (2005-2008), Rory Stewart (2009-2010),[9] and by Douglas Johnson (2013-2018). The founding executive director of the Center is former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, who held the position from 1998–2002.[10] Charlie Clements[11] served as executive director from 2010–2015, followed by Sushma Raman as executive director from 2015-2023.

Fellows who are or have been associated with the Center include John Shattuck, William Schulz, Luis Moreno Ocampo, William Arkin, Roméo Dallaire, Caroline Elkins, Alberto J. Mora, Sally Fegan-Wyles, Omer Ismail, Andrea Rossi, Beena Sarwar, Daniel J. Jones, and Taslima Nasrin.

  1. ^ "Carr: From Business To Human Rights". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  2. ^ Verhovek, Sam Howe (2001-03-07). "New Future for Idaho Aryan Nations Compound". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  3. ^ "Kirsch Foundation Major Philanthropists in Technology". www.kirschfoundation.org. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  4. ^ "Mathias Risse".
  5. ^ "Maggie Gates". carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu.
  6. ^ Frankel, Rebecca. "The FP Top 100 Global Thinkers". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  7. ^ Konigsberg, Eric (2009-01-31). "Running on Book Sense and Charm". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  8. ^ Kaplan, Robert D. (2010-03-09). "Man Versus Afghanistan". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  9. ^ Meyer, Michael (2009-07-10). "Still 'Ugly' After All These Years". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  10. ^ "What Samantha Power actually said about 'imposing a solution' on Israel". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  11. ^ "Human rights are absolute". Boston.com. Retrieved 2022-06-01.