Human Rights in Practice with Megan Manion 

February, 2021 - Meet two University of Minnesota Law students who are contributing to important human rights efforts. LL.M. students, Landing Dahaba of The Gambia/USA and Ivania Galeano of Honduras joined moderator Kathya Dawes to share their experiences in the human rights field and answer questions in this previously recorded webinar. 

Sponsored by the Human Rights Center and International Programs, this is an opportunity to get to know UMN’s exceptional LL.M. students and learn firsthand about their human rights work. Learn more about the student speakers and the LL.M. class of 2021.

Human Rights in Practice with Megan Manion flier. Features photo of Megan in front of UN Women sign.

In celebration of Women's History Month: Learn about gender-focused international human rights and humanitarian law with UMN Law Alumnus and Human Rights Center Research Fellow, Megan Manion ’16. Megan will discuss her 7+ years of experience in gender, justice, and security issues, including her work with UN Women in places like Chad and Afghanistan. 

Megan joined the Human Rights Center as Research Fellow and Legal Advisor in November 2020. In this capacity, she leads the support provided by the Center to Professor Fionnuala Ni Aolain in her role as UN Special Rapporteur. Prior to this role, Megan served in several roles at UN Women, as a Policy Analyst in New York, where her work focused on transitional justice and preventing and countering violent extremism and countering terrorism, and as a Justice and Security Specialist based in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Megan holds a J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School, with concentrations in international law and international human rights law, and earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a Fulbright-Hays Scholar.