Human Rights Center Events

Violence against women and girls is one of the greatest violations of human rights in the world. According to the World Health Organization, 35 percent of women worldwide have experienced physical violence, and 30 percent of women who have been in a relationship report that they have experienced some form of physical and/or sexual violence inflicted...

The Human Rights in Practice series is an ongoing program of the Human Rights Center aimed to allow students to engage with international law and human rights practitioners in an informal setting to explore diverse career paths in the field.

Join us for this discussion with Douglas Keilor, Founder and Executive Director of JJAI, and Rebecca Rosefelt, 3L, and 2017 UMN Human Rights Center Fellow at JJAI.

JJAI is a nonprofit organization working in several states in Mexico to improve the respect of human rights of children in the criminal justice system.

Accountability gaps–regulatory, institutional, social, and cultural–emerged as a consistent theme across all of the 12 University of Minnesota Human Rights Lab projects.

Dr Karina Ansolabehere is a Professor at the Latin American School of Social Sciences - Mexico (Flacso México) and a researcher with the National Autonomous University of Mexico.  In the academic year 2012-2013 she was visiting professor at the...

The Human Rights Center offers competitive fellowships for students to take summer placements in the field of human rights and international law. Students apply to the program for funding to support unpaid human rights internships they have secured for themselves or they can apply for one of the funded placements arranged by the Human Rights Center...

Fabrice works specifically on the United Nation’s set of global standards to support the business community in tackling discrimination against lesbian, gay, bi, trans and intersex people. Fabrice is one of the drafters and global champions of these influential standards which offer guidance on the concrete steps that companies can and should take to...

The Human Rights Center at the University of Minnesota Law School and Mossier Social Action and Innovation Center invite you to a lecture on business and human rights with renowned guest expert, Mr. Bennett Freeman, and Professor Jennifer Green.