Human Rights Institute
Cultivating the Next Generation of Economic and Social Rights Practitioners and Scholars
UConn’s Human Rights Institute has steadily built a Program on Economic & Social Rights that influences global scholarly and policy work on issue of poverty, inequality, environmental justice, and other challenges at the heart of human wellbeing.
UConn Develops Special Programming to Connect Students, Reduce Isolation
uKindness initiative offers creative ways to make contact and beat stress.
Art, Music Faculty Collaboration Illuminates ‘Paradox in Political Tribalism’
Following a divisive election, a multimedia collaboration asks searching questions about values and principles.
A Statement from the Human Rights Institute
Wednesday’s rampage at the Capitol—resulting in the deaths of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick and four others—was among the darkest day of this dark season for the United States.
Special Message from the HRI and Dodd Impact Directors
Statement from the Human Rights Institute Wednesday’s rampage at the Capitol—resulting in the deaths of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick and four others—was among the darkest day of this dark season for the United States. Saturated in lies and conspiracy theories, incited by the President, and protected by white privilege, the mob that stormed the […]
Richard Ashby Wilson Named Faculty Dean at UConn Law
Human rights scholar Richard Ashby Wilson has been named associate dean for faculty development and intellectual life at the UConn School of Law. “Professor Wilson is an excellent interdisciplinary scholar and teacher and an outstanding institutional service member,” Dean Eboni S. Nelson said, announcing the appointment. “I look forward to working with him as we […]
Commemorating International Human Rights Day
UConn joins the world in marking International Human Rights Day.