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About HRP

Mission

The Human Rights Program educates students by connecting them with academic and real-world experience in the field of international human rights. We bring together faculty and students with other human rights actors, including governmental and nongovernmental organizations, to support interdisciplinary research and training in the field of human rights.

HRP promotes the impressive interdisciplinary research and program activities on human rights at the University. Human rights is by its very nature an interdisciplinary subject, engaging many fields of academic study including the humanities, law, social sciences, public policy and the health communities, to name a few. We encourage students to increase our knowledge about preventing human rights violations by using their abundant skills and curiosity to undertake research, analysis and strategic advocacy on human rights issues.

To this end the Human Rights Program has a threefold mission:

Educating

HRP carries out interdisciplinary teaching and research in international human rights.

Advocating

HRP helps students find meaningful work experiences in human rights organizations around the world.

Connecting

HRP brings together students, faculty, professionals and experts working in the field of human rights to address critical issues.

Mapping Exercise

Students, from International Human Rights Advocacy participate in a tactical mapping exercise focused on taser use in the United States.

Upcoming Events

Outside Human Rights Events

  • CVT Benefit Concert (May 21)

    Join us For a concert benefitting the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT). Enjoy a night of music, drinks, food and raffle prizes at Hell's Kitchen in Downtown Minneapolis!

    What: Benefit concert and raffle in support of CVT! $5 cash at the door.
    When: May 21, 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
    Where: Hell's Kitchen, 80 9th Street South Minneapolis, MN, $5 parking in adjacent ramp.
    Why: We are raising money for basic needs to help torture survivors in the Twin Cities.
    Who: This is a 21+ event. Bring your friends!

    (Continue Reading)May 2nd, 2012

  • Freedom Here & Now (May 8)

    Ending Modern Slavery

    Tuesday, May 8, 2012
    12:30-5:30 PM
    Ted Mann Concert Hall
    University of Minnesota

    This event is free and open to the public. Register at http://may8freedom.eventbrite.com/.

    The Twin Cities is among the nation's 13 largest centers for sex trafficking of children. In a concerted effort to combat this disturbing trend, business and nonprofit leaders, law enforcement, prosecutors, advocates, and private funders are working to design a field-leading intervention model to eliminate the sex trafficking of Minnesota girls. Cutting-edge programs--like the Women's Foundation of Minnesota's MN Girls Are Not For Sale campaign and Carlson's training protocol to help Radisson Hotel employees spot and report trafficking activities--are leading the way in this fight.

     (Continue Reading)April 23rd, 2012

  • Jamaican Pride: Defending LGBTI Rights (April 10)

    JaMinn Link in association with the Caribbean Students Association at Macalester College invites you to join us for a discussion with David Kato Vision and Voice Award recipient Maurice Tomlinson about issues facing Jamaica's LGBTI community, the current state of the laws, and homophobia in Jamaica.

    Maurice Tomlinson has been involved in LGBTI and HIV and AIDS activism in Jamaica and the Caribbean for over 12 years. He is an Attorney-at-Law and law lecturer with current research interests in sexual rights and HIV/AIDS advocacy. He is leading the legal campaign to overturn Jamaica's anti-sodomy laws. Maurice is the first winner of the David Kato Vision and Voice award for LGBTI leadership.

    Macalester College
    John B. Davis Auditorium
    1600 Grand Ave.
    Saint Paul, MN 55105

    April 10, 2012
    7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
    A brief reception will begin at 7:00 p.m.

    RSVP at http://jaminnwith.eventbrite.com/

     (Continue Reading)March 26th, 2012

  • Opening Reception: Discrimination by Design (April 10)

    There will be an opening reception for the Discrimination by Design Exhibit and Film Series: Curating Invisible Histories on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 from 6pm to 8pm at Elmer L.Andersen Library. The event will feature Ted Phillips, Curator from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and open the Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals Exhibit to be on display at the library from April 2 to May 11, 2012. Please RSVP to cheree@minndakjcrc.org by March 27, 2012.

    Click here for more information about the exhibit and films.

     (Continue Reading)March 19th, 2012

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