Human Rights Institute
Following in the Footsteps of Physicians for Human Rights
This fall UConn School of Medicine students are starting the UConn Immigration Rights Initiative (UIRI) to assist asylum seekers in their pursuit of safe haven in the U.S. Learn how their advocacy efforts have been guided by the internationally renowned Physicians for Human Rights, winners of the 2017 Dodd Prize who are set to be honored Nov. 2-3 at UConn and UConn Health.
Social Conditions Play Major Role in Migrant Health
Health is about more than just individual behavior and clinical care, it’s about politics and power, say UConn medical anthropologists.
Cycles & Cyclones – Riding on the Wheels of Opportunity
There’s a storm brewing and Albert Einstein, famed physicist, caught wind of it.
Business and Human Rights
When a United Nations committee met last month in Geneva, Switzerland, to prepare new guidance on business and human rights, six UConn faculty offered suggestions to bolster the international treaty.
Resisting The “Wheels of History” – Rupture and Remembrance in Cambodian American Memory Work
The wheel of history is inexorably turning: he who cannot keep pace with it shall be crushed." – Khmer Rouge Saying.
Doctors’ Group to Receive UConn’s Dodd Prize in Human Rights
Physicians for Human Rights, which uses science and medicine to combat abuses and atrocities, will accept the award on Nov. 2.
Furthering the Study of Human Rights in Business
Business law professor Stephen Park and UConn colleagues have been awarded a $265,000 research grant under UConn's Academic Plan to investigate ways to protect and promote human rights in the business world.
Moving the Conversation Forward
Twenty schoolteachers are on campus this week to learn how to help their students discuss complex issues in productive ways.
A Judgment on Behalf of Humanity
Habeas corpus is more than just a protection against imprisonment, says Sarah Winter in research supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
UConn Receives $4 Million for Human Rights Initiatives
The gift, coupled with an additional $2 million raised by the UConn Foundation, will fund scholarships, fellowships, internships, and support for signature programs.