Human Rights Institute
2026 Malka Penn Award Recognizes ‘The Teacher of Nomad Land’ and ‘Coming Home’
Selections honored as outstanding works that address human rights issues and themes
2026 Human Rights Institute Funding Awards Announced
HRI is proud to award more than $130,000 through its annual funding competitions, supporting human rights scholarship and research across the university
The War Continues: Russia and Ukraine
Kristina Hook draws on her long-term ethnographic fieldwork in Ukraine providing a zoomed-in view of the war as it is lived and fought
Retreat Aims at Fostering Civil Dialogue in an Era of Polarization
Students learned tools for facilitating constructive dialogue and fostering connections with those with different perspectives
Being Seen, Feeling Seen: Summit Examined Complicated, Far-Ranging Intersections of Sport and Human Rights
Human Rights Summit features perspectives from athletes, academics, and industry experts
Research Study Analyzes How Human Rights Content Empowers Spanish Heritage Learners
Neag School professor and alumna examine curriculum inspired by UConn’s Human Rights Close to Home initiative
Second Human Rights Summit comes to UConn with Focus on Sports, Featuring Iconic Athletes from 1968 Summer Olympics
Tommie Smith and John Carlos will visit UConn Storrs for the opening keynote conversation of a three-day summit examining the global and domestic issues at play in the intersection of human rights and sports
Archiving for Justice, Truth, and Memory: Unpacking the Baggage of What Went Before
Reflections on the importance of the newest addition to UConn’s ICTY Digital Archives, the Srebrenica Genocide Archives Collection.
UConn Professor and Alumni Encourage Social Workers and Students to Influence Federal Public Policy through the Regulatory Process
Keeping up to date on the regulatory arena is critical now more than ever
Holocaust Survivor Shares Her Story of Survival
'Your honor, I’ve never been in the witness protection program, but I’ve had four last names'