Duke Human Rights Center

Welcome

The Duke Human Rights Center brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars and students to promote new understandings about human rights, terror, political violence and the politics of forgiveness, accountability and reconciliation. Our objective is to create a synergy that will position Duke as a leader in cutting-edge, creative scholarship and teaching on these themes.

Spotlight on Faculty

Laurence R. Helfer

Opting Out: Derogations from Human Rights Treaties in National Emergencies

Laurence R. Helfer is the incoming Harry R. Chadwick, Sr. Professor of Law at Duke Law School and a member of the Duke Human Rights Center’s faculty steering committee

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