The Columbia Human Rights Law Review is proud to dedicate its 40th anniversary issue to Columbia University Professor Emeritus Louis Henkin, whose impact on the development of international law and human rights law cannot be overstated. Mapping the course of Professor Henkin's life and career reveals countless scholarly achievements and sheds light on the moral compass of a man who has helped to make the modern world a more humane place. In honoring Professor Henkin's contributions to the human rights field, issue 38.3 offers a collection of tributes and commentaries that focus on the current status and future fate of human rights in the twenty-first century.