Harvard Kennedy School professor Kathryn Sikkink explores the reasons we should aspire to guarantee human rights and in her new book "Evidence for Hope" she demonstrates with years of fieldwork how human rights work has been effective over time. Photo: [Pexels](https://www.pexels.com/photo/grayscale-person-photo-227578/ "")
**Kathryn Sikkink** is the Ryan Family Professor of Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and the Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Her books include The Justice Cascade and Activists beyond Borders.