Featuring 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, in conversation with Prof. Laurel E. Fletcher. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear from leading experts involved in the landmark Advisory Opinion 32/25 issued […]
Every 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 […]
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, […]
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 and People’s Rights Initiative, Center for Race and Gender; and Research Anthropologist, UC Berkeley Munis D. Faruqui, Sarah Kailath Chair of India Studies and Associate […]
State 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. […]
The Berkeley Law community is invited to a panel talk, "Disappeared in Plain Sight: Fighting Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan as a Crime Against Humanity." The Taliban regime has systematically removed women from public life since its return to power in 2021. Afghan women and their allies are fighting erasure, including through international law. Hear how human […]
This talk will examine how the universal promise of human dignity and human rights has been repeatedly compromised across the Middle East—by states, global powers, and the very system meant […]
Join the 2026 HRC summer fellows as they report back on their experiences and key takeaways from their fieldwork abroad and in-state, addressing crucial human rights issues in California, Asia, […]
Join us for a book talk with Orville Schell in conversation with Adam Hochschild on China’s prison camps, their Soviet roots, and the threats to journalists who investigate them, hosted […]
Join us for a screening of Frontline’s new award-winning documentary One in a Million. Filmed over 10 years, it follows Israa’s epic journey from Syria to Germany and back again. […]
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