HUMAN RIGHTS AT UCONN
Examining the most pressing human rights questions and preparing the next generation of human rights leaders.
Human Rights for the Next Generation
On October 1, 1946, the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg delivered its verdict, convicting 19 Nazi leaders of conspiracy, crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
Seventy-five years later, as the world faces new challenges to democracy and rule of law, we dedicate The Dodd Center for Human Rights, extending the legacy of Nuremberg for the next generation.
Learn more about the event we hosted on October 15, 2021 featuring Senator Chris Dodd and President Joe Biden.
Evolving Landscapes of Human Rights
Celebrating 20 Years of Interdisciplinarity & Innovation
March 29-31, 2023 • Storrs, CT
Human Rights and the Global Assault on Democracy
October 25-27, 2023
The Human Rights Summit at The Dodd Center for Human Rights brings together scholars, activists, policymakers, artists, and business leaders from across the world to examine the key human rights challenges of our time and generate new ideas to promote global justice and human dignity.
Through a mix of high-profile lectures, practical workshops, and roundtable discussions, the Human Rights Summit will serve as a critical venue for sharing insights, building relationships, and inspiring action.
In the News
Checking In With The U.S. Treasurer
Human Rights graduate student Sage Phillips ’22 (CLAS), ’24 MA, speaks with U.S. Treasurer Lynn Malerba ’08 MPA, Chief of the Mohegan Tribe, on the significance of her role as both a tribal leader and senior U.S. official, as well as the values of representation and inspiration.
[Read More]Governor Lamont Announces Kiana Foster-Mauro Is Connecticut’s 2024 Teacher of the Year
Kiana Foster-Mauro, an alum of the Neag School of Education and an undergraduate minor in Human Rights, was announced as the 2024 Connecticut Teacher of the Year by Governor Ned Lamont and Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker. Foster-Mauro is a a fourth-grade teacher at Nathan Hale Arts Magnet School in New London, CT.
[Read More]Many Global Corporations Will Soon Have to Police Up and Down their Supply Chains as EU Human Rights ‘Due Diligence’ Law Nears Enactment
Rachel Chambers (HRI & the School of Business) and David Birchall write about the potential impacts of a new EU law requiring businesses to reduce human rights abuses and environmental damage in their supply chains.
[Read More]Upcoming Events
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Human Rights Practice Lab: Student Project Showcase 11:00am
4/22
Human Rights Practice Lab: Student Project Showcase
Monday, April 22nd, 2024
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Homer Babbidge Library
Lunch will be provided. Please register below if you plan to attend in person.
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The Human Rights Practice Lab is a project-based capstone course that provides Master’s students in human rights with an opportunity to critically engage with human rights issues, strategies, tactics, institutions, and law in a practical setting. Students complete a project that advances the work of a human rights organization on the local, national, or international level.
The students completed the following projects, which they will present:
The Human Rights Cities Project for the US National Human Rights Cities Alliance, Melissa Chioreso and Aida Gradascevic
State Preemption and Human Rights Cities for the US National Human Rights Cities Alliance, Gamze Ozker and B Diaz
A National Human Rights Institute in the United States for the National Human Rights Institute Campaign, Emma Dashnaw, Aubri Petersen, and Peyton Marie De Lorenzo Pease
Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights Curriculum for Human Rights Education Associates, Sage Phillips and Saah Agyemang-Badu
Rights of the Benet Mosopisyek Indigenous community in Uganda for the Benet Mosop Community Association, Katie McCluney, Sue Collins, and Grace Pereira Lopes
Contact Information:
Alex Branzell, Events & Communications Coordinator, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut
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