Carr Center for Human Rights Policy

Carr Center for Human Rights Policy

Named after	Gregory C. Carr
Formation	1999
Type	Human rights
Location	Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Faculty director	Mathias Risse
Parent organization	Harvard Kennedy School
Website	http://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.