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Landmark Settlement Holds Bolivian Ex-President Accountable for Human Rights Abuses

Human Rights, Bolivia, and the Best of Harvard Law | Opinion

This staff editorial solely represents the majority view of The Crimson Editorial Board. In the last few months alone, we’ve seen several high-profile Harvard Law School graduates grace the news with unseemly headlines: vacationing during a massively impactful crisis, distorting the truth through non-stop falsities, or engaging in inappropriate use of governmental resources. The trend makes it tempting to view Harvard’s legal education as a corrupting force. But it isn’t, or at least it doesn’t have to be. Sometimes our Law School can make us proud, with brave alumni who showcase the very best of our ideals and ambitions — the very best of Harvard, even.

Federal Judge Upholds Ruling Against Former Bolivian President in Human Rights Case Brought by HLS Clinic | News

Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic secured a historic victory last Monday as a federal judge turned down former Bolivian president Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and former defense minister José Carlos Sánchez Berzaín’s request to reverse a $10 million judgment against them for the massacre of Indigenous people in 2003. Then HLS second-year student Thomas B. Becker brought the case to the clinic in 2006, and lawyers there, alongside other nonprofits and private law firms, filed the original suit on behalf of 10 members of Bolivia’s Indigenous population the following year. In a landmark decision in 2018, an American jury found the two Bolivian officials responsible for the extrajudicial killings. District Judge James I. Cohn reaffirmed that decision on April 5.

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