Aminta Ossom is a Lecturer on Law and Senior Clinical Instructor at Harvard University. She is a Faculty Associate at the Carr‑Ryan Center for Human Rights at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is a human rights lawyer and educator who explains how international law works in practice, especially in responses to economic inequality. She studies and uses tools like human rights–based litigation and advocacy to understand when they can help equalize power and resources, particularly in areas such as labor, housing, climate change, and corporate responsibility.
French climate lawsuit offers a window into the next round of the global legal fight
In the TotalEnergies case, the company acknowledged that its own activities result in emissions that pose risks to the environment.
July 29, 2026
