2007-2008 Carr Center for Human Rights Policy Fellowship Program

CARR CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY

The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy is located in the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Founded in 1999, the Carr Center is a research, teaching and training program that critically examines the policies and actions of governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and other actors that affect the realization of human rights around the world. Our research, teaching and writing are guided by a commitment to make human rights principles central to the formulation of good public policy in the United States and throughout the world. Since its founding, the Center has developed a unique focus of expertise on the most dangerous and intractable human rights
challenges of the new century, including genocide, mass atrocity, state failure and the ethics and politics of military intervention.

The Carr Center is led by Director Sarah Sewall, whose recent work focuses on the civilian in war and includes facilitating a dialogue between the military and human rights communities on the use of force. The talented group of faculty and staff comprising the Carr Center also includes Center founder and current faculty affiliate Samantha Power, whose Pulitzer-prize winning book, "A Problem From Hell: America in the Age of Genocide", marked the culmination of the Carr Center's extensive research project on U.S. policy responses to genocide in the 20th century.

As an independent research center, the Center seeks to offer a forum in which diverse views about human rights can be considered. The Center seeks to bring new voices to the table, thereby extending and deepening the human rights dialogue. The Carr Center's location in a school of public policy allows it to draw upon a range of disciplines and the case-based analytic approach for which the Kennedy School is known. For more information on the Carr Center, please visit http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/cchrp ..


THE FELLOWS PROGRAMS

The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy Fellows Programs bring together a diverse group of human rights practitioners, scholars and activists to conduct research on human rights policy, contribute to the Center's programs, and participate in broader dialogue with students, faculty and researchers in the Harvard community. In 2007-2008, the Carr Center will offer two separate fellowship types: The Carr Center Fellowships for Academics and Scholars (non-stipendiary) and the Carr Center Fellowships for Activists and Practitioners (stipendiary). The eligibility requirements and application procedures differ.

Please visit the Carr Center website, http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/cchrp/fellows.shtml , for application information and details.


APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 31, 2007


CONTACT INFORMATION
Tyler Moselle
Telephone: +1 (617) 495-7615
E-mail: tyler_moselle@ksg.harvard.edu

Mailing Address:
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
John F. Kennedy School of Government
79 John F. Kennedy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
USA