Human Rights Program

Mobilizing knowledge to advance human rights.

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Meet Our Graduate Students

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Human Rights Lab

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Meet Our Undergraduate Students

20th Anniversary Symposium

The Human Rights Program celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, we hosted the Human Rights Program 20th Anniversary Symposium: Mobilizing Knowledge to Advance Human Rights on November 18 - 19, 2021.

Anniversary Symposium

Recent News

Professor Barbara Frey, former director of the Human Rights Program

Barbara Frey Fellowship established to support emerging human rights leaders

The Barbara Frey Fellowship was established in 2022 to promote the legacy of Professor Barbara Frey through the development of human rights leaders.

Human Rights Start at Home

A team of Master of Human Rights students has submitted their input to the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in advance of its second annual report…

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The State of Academic Freedom in an Era of Globalized Education

This webinar, sponsored by the University of Minnesota Human Rights Program on Friday, April 22, 2022 features 4 experts whose studies on academic freedom span across the…

PhD student helps migrant women tell their stories of human rights abuses through art

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History in Whose Hands?

Sociology PhD Student Nikoleta Sremac discusses her project researching the role of Serbian women in constructing collective memory of the Yugoslav wars.