{"id":44,"date":"2017-07-12T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T17:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/about-us\/hri-in-the-news\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T11:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T15:08:11","slug":"hri-in-the-news-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/human-rights-institute\/about-us-2\/hri-in-the-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>News Coverage and Press Releases<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/letters-to-the-editor\/americas-hypocrisy-on-democracy-and-human-rights-has-a-cost\/2021\/06\/15\/6f28fb3e-cd28-11eb-a224-bd59bd22197c_story.html\">America&#8217;s Hypocrisy on Democracy and Human Rights Has a Cost<\/a>,&#8221; letter to the editor by Elisa Massimino in the Washington Post, June 17, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/national-security\/558914-rethinking-dhs-to-prioritize-human-security-and-homeland-services?rl=1\">Rethinking DHS to Prioritize Human Security and Homeland Services<\/a>,&#8221; Elisa Massimino and Rudy deLeon, The Hill, June 17, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/issues\/security\/reports\/2021\/06\/16\/500642\/redefining-homeland-security-new-framework-dhs-meet-todays-challenges\/\">Redefining Homeland Security: A New Framework for DHS to Meet Today&#8217;s Challenges<\/a>,&#8221; Mara Rudman, Rudy deLeon, Joel Martinez, Elisa Massimino, Silva Mathema, Katrina Mulligan, Alexandra Schmitt, and Philip E. Wolgin, Center for American Progress, June 16, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/tnsr.org\/roundtable\/book-review-roundtable-the-fight-for-womens-rights-after-world-war-i\/\">Women and a New World Order<\/a>,&#8221; in Book Review Roundtable: The Fight for Women&#8217;s Rights After World War I, Texas National Security Review, May 25, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justsecurity.org\/73769\/protecting-ethiopian-refugees-and-averting-the-next-crisis\/\">Protecting Ethiopian Refugees\u2014and Averting the Next Crisis<\/a>,&#8221; Elisa Massimino and Alexandra Schmitt, Just Security, December 9, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justsecurity.org\/73145\/a-radically-modest-bureaucratic-proposal-to-strengthen-democracy-and-human-rights-at-home-and-abroad\/\">A Radically (Modest) Bureaucratic Proposal to Strengthen Democracy and Human Rights at Home and Abroad<\/a>,&#8221; Elisa Massimino and Rob Berschinski, Just Security, October 30, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/08\/31\/its-official-egypt-you-can-now-get-15-years-jail-tweet\/\">It&#8217;s Official: In Egypt, You Can Now Get 15 Years in Jail for a Tweet<\/a>,&#8221; Elisa Massimino and Neil Hicks, Washington Post, August 31, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/07\/17\/pompeos-new-commission-undermines-universal-human-rights-just-planned\/\">Pompeo&#8217;s New Commission Undermines Universal Human Rights\u2014Just As Planned<\/a>,&#8221; Elisa Massimino and Alexandra Schmitt, Washington Post, July 17, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/congress-blog\/politics\/494486-human-rights-lessons-of-the-pandemic\">Human Rights Lessons of the Pandemic<\/a>,&#8221; Elisa Massimino and Alexandra Schmitt, The Hill, April 24, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/issues\/security\/news\/2020\/04\/10\/482998\/migrant-model-follow-portugals-response-coronavirus\/\">A Migrant Model to Follow: Portugal&#8217;s Response to the Coronavirus<\/a>,&#8221; Elisa Massimino and Alexandra Schmitt, Center for American Progress, April 10, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook\/2019\/09\/09\/what-hill-leaders-want-475335\">POLITICO Playbook: What Hill leaders want<\/a>,&#8221; coverage of the appointment of Elisa Massimino as the Robert F. 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