Human Rights Center
Events
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Kevin Bales on Slavery in the Economy of the Anthropocene: Barbara Weinstock Lectures on the Morals of Trade
Alumni House, The Toll Room University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United StatesMarch 14, 2023, 4:10 pm - Lecture with Kevin Bales March 15, 2023, 4:10 pm - Panel Discussion About this Lecture: Crucially, in the 20th century, the links between slavery, conflict, environmental destruction, economics, and consumption, began to both strengthen and evolve. The availability of people who might be enslaved dramatically increased in line with population […]
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Kevin Bales on Slavery in the Economy of the Anthropocene: Barbara Weinstock Lectures on the Morals of Trade
Alumni House, The Toll Room University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United StatesMarch 14, 2023, 4:10 pm - Lecture with Kevin Bales March 15, 2023, 4:10 pm - Panel Discussion About this Lecture: Crucially, in the 20th century, the links between slavery, conflict, environmental destruction, economics, and consumption, began to both strengthen and evolve. The availability of people who might be enslaved dramatically increased in line with population […]
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My Sweet Land: Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Booth AuditoriumJoin us for a screening of award-winning documentary My Sweet Land, followed by a panel discussion including director Sareen Hairabedian, on Thursday September 18! Registration is required for this event, […]
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New Directions for Climate Accountability: The Inter-American Court’s Advisory Opinion
170 Law BuildingFeaturing Viviana Krsticevic, Executive Director of the Center for Justice and International Law and Nikki Reisch, Director of the Climate and Energy Program at the Center for International Environmental Law, […]
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Human Rights Fellowship Conference 2025
Booth Auditorium, 175 Law Building UC Berkeley School of Law, 2745 Bancroft Ave, CA, United StatesEvery year since 1994, the Human Rights Center has provided fellowships to UC students for human rights fieldwork, research, and journalism. This year, our fellows spent their summers working with organizations in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Nigeria, Argentina, Madagascar, Hong Kong, California and New York on issues including sterilization in prisons, threats to asylum seekers at […]
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Rethinking Responsibility for Online Harm Accumulation
Virtual (Zoom)Join us for a virtual roundtable discussion with global experts to discuss the distinct harms caused by the aggregation of online speech. While individual posts may not violate platform rules, […]
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Binaifer Nowrojee | Human Rights Defenders and Accountability in a Changing World
UC Berkeley Special Event: Human Rights Defenders and Accountability in a Changing World with Binaifer Nowrojee, President, Open Society Foundations In conversation with Angana P. Chatterji, Chair, Political Conflict, Gender […]
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Estado de Silencio / State of Silence: Film Screening and Panel
Booth Auditorium, 175 Law Building UC Berkeley School of Law, 2745 Bancroft Ave, CA, United StatesState of Silence/Estado de Silencio explores the limits of freedom of the press in Mexico, following four journalists who risk their lives to report on the collusion between organized crime and corrupt officials. From the reporters’ perspective, the documentary shows how they must navigate zones of silence and powerful entities to expose corruption and violence. […]
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Democracy and Repression in Central America: A Conversation with Noah Bullock of Cristosal
132 Law BuildingA conversation with Noah Bullock of Cristosal on documenting human rights abuses, defending democratic space, and how authoritarianism is reshaping the region. This conversation will explore what’s happening across Central […]
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