Human Rights Institute

Human Rights Institute

The Human Rights Institute promotes excellence and innovation in faculty research across disciplines and develops high-impact student engagement in human rights issues.

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The ÂÌñÉç Human Rights Institute (HRI) advances research, teaching and community engagement in human rights. We bring a transdisciplinary human rights perspective to important social problems and contribute to evidence-based policymaking as well as critical discourses in human rights. Drawing upon ÂÌñÉç's research excellence and New York state's rich history advocating and advancing human rights, the HRI develops initiatives with rights-based perspectives to impact public policy in New York state, the United States and internationally. We welcome new affiliates.

HRI News & Publications

  • IN THE NEWS - Professor Cingranelli's research on the worldwide featured on Earth.com.
  • Human rights student Emma DeOliveira's article, "," has just appeared in the Undergraduate Research Journal. Congratulations, Emma!
  • Coverage of our book launch:
  • Our latest book publication:
  • Landscapes of Injustice, Landscapes of Repair , Studies in Social Justice
  • See videorecordings and resources from our r seminar series!
  • "Interns boost immigration services in local nonprofit" -- Read about our partnership in the American Civic Association in downtown ÂÌñÉç.
  • Read about Harpur College's Public Interest Law Internships, featuring our human rights students who interned at the Refugee Hub at Sheffield Hallam University last summer. Four students assisted in the law clinic to reunite refugee families in Britain. Read the full story in BingUNews! 
  • Co-director Moore published a dossier of essays on Cultural Renditions of Guantanamo and the War on Terror in the Winter issue of (UPENN Press). The issue features Moore's introductory essay along with contributions from scholars and former detainees Mansoor Adayfi and Mohamedou Ould Slahi Houbeini.
  • HRI co-director David Cingranelli co-authored an article on a new data set that analyzes countries’ human rights over several decades, published by  on January 26th.  
  • Videos from our collaborations with the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice are now available on our HRI&HKC, @hrihkc8261. See the presentations and keynotes from our conferences!
  • New dossier on WOMEN, CLIMATE, INSECURITY, edited by Alexandra Moore (ÂÌñÉç) and Sunita Toor (Sheffield Hallam University)! Read about international climate protection instruments, climate change and maternal health, children's right to climate justice, and more in .
  • See coverage in of our event on "Aslyum Stories and Patients' Rights in New York State," hosted by Dr. Anne-Caroline Sieffert of Romance Languages.
  • Congratulations to Johanna Seppala, Leah Wardlaw, and Olivia Vinson, winners of this year's Undergraduate Research Essay Award! See our STUDENTS page for details.
  • An with Professor David Cingranelli, Co-Director of the HRI, on advice for students considering human rights careers.
  • Congratulations to Aliana Sheers on the publication of her essay, ," in Alpenglow vol. 6, issue 1.
  • - click the link to see essays developed from our spring conference
  • BingUNews feature about three students' work at a Refugee Family Reunification Clinic in Britain last summer: Students Work to Reunite Refugees with Families. Congratulations to Rachel DiSibio, Lizzie Nutig and Daniel Singh Guzman on their outstanding work.

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