Dr. Leigh Payne of Oxford University is a Senior Research Fellow with the Human Rights Program. She has dedicated herself to the study of human rights in the context of transitional justice. Currently partnering with HRP Director Barbara Frey as part of an international research team, the Observatory on Disappearances and Impunity in Mexico, Dr. Payne continues to bring attention to and examine human rights in Latin America.
This spring the Human Rights Program will be publishing a comprehensive web-based report and database discussing the UMN-based team's component of the project. Leading up to the report release, this three part series will share three blog posts by key members of the Observatory team. This final blog installment by Leigh Payne covers the four logics of disappearance.
Undergraduate student Maria Larson discusses how the murder of George Floyd by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has shifted discussions of police brutality on both the national and international stage.
Completed as part of the course PA 5885: Human Rights Policy - Issues and Actors during Fall 2020 this project explores the interrelated issues of housing, air quality and refugee resettlement.
This spring the Human Rights Program will be publishing a comprehensive web-based report and database discussing the UMN-based team's component of the project. Leading up to the report release, this three part series will share three blog posts by key members of the Observatory team. This first installment is written by Hunter Johnson covering his documentary Until We Find Them.
Ted Meinhover (BA Global Studies '07), celebrating 11 years in the U.S. diplomatic corps, recently reflected on his time with the HRP and the impact the experience had on his future career path.
This spring the Human Rights Program will be publishing a comprehensive web-based report and database discussing the UMN-based team's component of the project. Leading up to the report release, this three part series will share three blog posts by key members of the Observatory team. This first installment is written by Barbara Frey on analyzing press reports.
Isabella Nascimento (BA Global Studies '14), Staff Attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, recently reflected on her time with the HRP and the impact the experience had on her future career path.
