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News & Events

Catch up with our latest news, upcoming events, and faculty and student accomplishments.

20th Anniversary Symposium

The Human Rights Program celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, we are hosting the Human Rights Program 20th Anniversary Symposium: Mobilizing Knowledge to Advance Human Rights on November 18 - 19, 2021, in Cowles Auditorium at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs on the University Twin Cities campus.

Anniversary Symposium

Recent News

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.

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Until We Find Them

In honor of World Press Freedom Day (May 3) Master of Human Rights alum Hunter Johnson's (‘20) documentary, Until We Find Them is being released for streaming.