Human Rights Day Symposium
Each year, the international community observes Human Rights Day on December 10, honoring the day in 1948 when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This landmark document set forth a vision of equality, justice, and dignity for all. Since 2024, the Human Rights Program and the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies have begun holding an Annual Human Rights Day Symposium to commemorate this occasion.
This inspiring event brings together our human rights community, faculty, and students to explore the progress, challenges, and future of the global human rights movement. The symposium spotlights efforts to defend human rights. Participants engage with emerging research, exchange ideas, and examine both the advances and ongoing challenges in protecting human dignity worldwide.
The symposium includes a poster session with presentations of student work, and a keynote address from a leader in the human rights field. The student poster session showcases projects, policies, research, and creative engagement on critical human rights issues. The symposium aims to foster collaboration and dialogue around human rights.
Student Poster Session Awards
HRP and CHGS are thrilled to offer student awards of up to $1,000 each for poster session participants. Posters will be evaluated based on human rights messaging, persuasiveness of analysis, depth and accuracy of content, and visual engagement. In addition, student presenters will become eligible for funding to present their poster at another professional conference.
Learn More about the Human Rights Day Symposium
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