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PURSUING JUSTICE THROUGH SCIENCE AND LAW

As part of our mission to train students and advocates to document violations of human rights and to turn this information into effective action, the Human Rights Center works directly with a number of graduate student researchers on our ongoing projects. In addition, the Center awards fellowships to graduate students and advanced undergraduates from across the UC system to support summer fieldwork with human rights organizations in the United States and around the world.

Periodically, Center staff and faculty teach classes on human rights issues. Graduate seminars are offered through the School of Law or the School of Public Health. Undergraduate students looking for courses with a human rights focus are advised to review the Interdisciplinary Human Rights Minor.

Publications

Human Rights Center Annual Report (December 2012)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

MethodologyThe Right Toolkit: Applying Research Methods in the Service of Human Rights (April 2012)    

 

 

Kenya Sexual Offences Act Implementation Workshop Report, Summary Version and Comprehensive Version (April 2012)

 

Human Rights Center Annual Report (October 2011)

 

 

Talking Peace: A Population-Based Survey on Attitudes About Security, Dispute Resolution, and Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Liberia (June 2011)

After the First Trial: A Population-Based Survey on Knowledge and Perception of Justice and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (June 2011). Read the press release.

Transitioning to Peace: A Population-Based Survey on Attitudes About Social Reconstruction and Justice in Northern Uganda (December 2010). Read the press release.

Building Peace, Seeking Justice: A Population-Based Survey on Attitudes about Accountability and Social Reconstruction in the Central African Republic (August 2010). Read the press release on UCB NewsCenter.

News and Events

12/21/12 - Announcement: New executive director selected to lead Human Rights Center

12/10/12 - In the News: 2012 Human Rights Fellow Joanna Cuevas Ingram on voting rights and Venezuela.

12/10/12 - We Witness: A Panel on Digital Video, Social Media, and Political Protest

11/27/12 - Audio: Human Rights Fellowship information Session

11/15/12 - In Conversation: Art for Human Rights exhibit, with Eric Stover and Michael Mascuch

11/14/12 - Information Session: 2013 Human Rights Fellowship Program

11/01/12 - Event: Human Rights Fellowship Conference

10/19/12 - Film Screening: Still Time: A film screening and panel discussion on incarceration of women

10/01/12 - Event: The Human Toll of Armed Conflict in Syria

09/13/12 - We're hiring!  HRC is hiring an executive director.

09/13/12 - Event: Niños de la Memoria: A Film Screening and Panel Discussion on the Search for the Missing Children of El Salvador's Civil War

09/12/12 - We're hiring! HRC is looking for two amazing people to join our team: a coordinator for our communications and fellowship programs and a program officer. Please visit the UC Berkeley jobs site and search for Human Rights Center to see the listings and apply.

08/08/12 - In the News: UC Merced Connect Fellow studies midwifery  (Merced Sun-Star)

07/20/12 - In the News: Report faults N.M. police, sheriffs on racial profiling  (The Durango Herald). See the report here.  

07/13/12 - In the News: El Salvadoran Officials Seek Help to Find Missing Children  (Berkeley Law)

06/29/12 - In the News: Transcript magazine highlights HRC efforts to reunite families separated by El Salvador's civil war (Forensic Files, page 13)

06/20/12 - Article: Temporary Protection for Refugees Fleeing Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, by Kim Thuy Seelinger, director of HRC Sexual Violence and Accountability Project (IntLawGrrls)

05/15/12 - Press Release: Delegation from El Salvador Visits International Commission on Missing Persons

05/14/12 - Event: The Next Frontier of International Justice with Honorable Stephen Rapp (World Affairs Council, SF)

4/27/12 - Announcement: 2012 Fellows Announced

04/26/12 - In the News: Faculty Director Eric Stover comments on the Charles Taylor verdict (PBS NewsHour) 

04/04/12 - In the News: Team on sexual offenses wants post-election gender violence investigated (The Nation, Kenya)

04/02/12 - In the News: Team appointed to review Post Election Violence cases (Kenya Broadcasting Corporation) 

02/09/12 - Article: The International Committee for the Red Cross releases an article by Eric Stover, Mychelle Balthazard and K. Alexa on the trial of "Duch" at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Read the article here.

01/24/12 - In the News: Read 2010 Fellow Andrew Lim's Op-Ed, Though Diplomatic Doors Open to Myanmar, Tragedy Persists in Ethnic Areas (Huffington Post)