“Let me summarize by saying that it has been a great couple of weeks. I have spent most of my time working on issues related to the nuclear disaster: doing research, writing memos, even visiting an evacuee camp (I have two more trips to the area planned). As it turns out, the senior lawyer here is the head of the Japan Bar Association’s Human Rights Committee, and in that capacity he has had me research for him varied topics like the methods of execution employed in the United States and the recent mass arrest of lawyers in Turkey. The office is politically active, and I have been to several press conference and meetings at the National Diet Offices as well as a fundraiser for Human Rights Watch. These photos are from an anti-nuclear protest in front of the National Diet Building that I attended as an observer with a lawyer from the office.”

Carter is one of 23 HLS students working this summer in 18 countries under the auspices of the Chayes International Public Service Fellowship. Please visit our Chayes Fellowship page to learn more!