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

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CHGS Hosting "Human Rights, Genocide & Minnesota: Teaching Big Concepts in Small Spaces"

The series will bring new resources to teachers in outstate Minnesota and feature expertise from around the world.

HRP’s Arvonne Fraser Fellow Applies Knowledge of Public Health Disparities to Her Summer Internship

Zeinab Mohamud is a senior majoring in Biology, Society and Environment with a minor in Public Health who spent her summer as an Arvonne Fraser Fellow at Global Rights for…

MHR Alum Publishes Paper in the International Journal of Human Rights

Victor Molina is a recent graduate of the Master of Human Rights Program whose professional paper for the degree was recently published in the International Journal of Human…

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The important applied nature of students’ work in the classroom

Professor Diana Quintero led a workshop and directed research project this past spring in which students tackled real-world human rights issues with tangible solutions.

HRP’s Don Fraser Fellow Gains Valuable Experience in Human Rights

Kathleen Zhang is a rising junior majoring in Political Science and Global Studies who spent her summer as a Don Fraser Fellow at the Advocates for Human Rights.