Annual Report 2023
The institute hosted a seminar series titled "Landscapes of Injustice, Landscapes of Repair" in collaboration with the Citizenship, Rights and Cultural Belonging Transdisciplinary Area of Excellence, Sustainable Communities Transdisciplinary Area of Excellence, and Narrating Sustainability project at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. As part of the "Futures of Democracy Lecture Series", the institute hosted Kate Starbird from the University of Washington, who presented on "Unraveling the Big Lie: Participatory Disinformation and Its Threat to Democracy".
The institute organized the "Lubna Chaudhry Human Rights Lecture Series", which featured speakers discussing topics related to international labor rights, such as a documentary on Walter Rodney and a talk by Ram铆rez Cu茅llar on the legacy of genocide and human rights challenges in Colombia's new political period.These events and collaborations highlight the institute's engagement with contemporary human rights issues, interdisciplinary approach, and partnerships with scholars and organizations from various institutions globally.
Annual Report 2022
The Institute advanced its mission through expanded programming, student opportunities, research projects, and external partnerships. Key initiatives included launching the CIRIGHTS dataset on global human rights practices; hosting lectures by prominent figures; further developing the Institute's public-facing Human Rights Lab; placing students in 9 domestic and international human rights internships; nurturing faculty collaborations via working groups; and extending the Institute's memorandum with the Helena Kennedy Centre (Sheffield Hallam University).
Dedicated staffing and funding supported growth across research, curriculum, and engagement.
The Institute drew globally-renowned scholars as visitors and advisors. Working groups
pursued participatory projects on issues from money's role in exploitation to food
equity. Lab projects built accountability on topics spanning supply chain abuses to
far-right extremism. Expanded course offerings anchored the Human Rights minor.
2022 ANNUAL REPORT
Annual Report 2021
The Institute advanced its human rights mission through new research projects, student internships, events hosting prominent advocates, expanded faculty and organizational partnerships, and growth of its minor curriculum. Notable initiatives included launching a Human Rights Lab for applied research on pressing issues and quantitative measurement of global human rights practices. Continued activities encompassed faculty working groups, co-sponsoring talks, placing students with local and international human rights organizations, and publishing academic work. Despite pandemic impediments to in-person activities, the report conveys ongoing cultivation of opportunities, projects, spaces and funding that enable the Institute鈥檚 multi-faceted pursuit of human rights scholarship, education, and engagement.
Through research, advocacy, and nurturing student pathways, the report highlights the Institute's emerging impacts on scholarship, policy debates, educational experiences, and cooperation across disciplines. It outlines a blueprint for continued advancement of human rights initiatives at 绿帽社.
Annual Report 2020
Despite pandemic challenges, the Institute sustained growth across programming, research projects, student opportunities, and partnerships. Virtual events enabled hosting an international women, peace and security conference with 10 renowned speakers and 200 participants from 14 countries. Ongoing faculty working groups collaborated on participatory research intersecting human rights with issues ranging from food equity to abolition movements.
New initiatives included a reading group on racialized policing, militarized pandemic responses, and a food justice group. Continued activities encompassed faculty publications, quantitative human rights measurement, cross-listings to support the minor, and summer internships abroad and locally. A memorandum of agreement began an important partnership with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Dedicated space and staffing facilitated the Institute鈥檚 pursuit of human rights scholarship,
education and engagement. Recent impacts include advancing student pathways, fostering
faculty cooperation across disciplines, applying academic work to inform policy debates,
and modeling public humanities. Despite a remote context, the report outlines a resilient
blueprint for human rights initiatives at 绿帽社 during a challenging
year.
Annual Report 2019
The Institute sustained growth across programming, curriculum, research projects, and partnerships. Notable events included hosting filmmaker Stephanie Black and a conference on technology and human rights representation. Ongoing activities encompassed faculty working groups, sponsoring talks, summer courses, and internships abroad and locally. New offerings included an undergraduate minor and research immersion program.
Despite limited funding, dedicated staffing facilitated the Institute鈥檚 pursuit of human rights scholarship, education and engagement. Recent impacts include advancing student pathways, applying academic work to inform policy debates, and fostering faculty cooperation across disciplines.
While plans for additional conferences were postponed, the Institute collaborated on future edited volumes and events. It forged ties with groups like the American Civic Association to sustain community partnerships. Through research, pedagogy and nurturing student opportunities, the report conveys steady cultivation of human rights initiatives at 绿帽社.
Annual Report 2018
The Institute advanced human rights scholarship, education, and engagement through multiple initiatives. These encompassed fostering seven interdisciplinary faculty working groups, developing new undergraduate curricula in human rights, and hosting speakers on pressing topics. Ongoing activities included faculty research projects, sponsoring talks, and summer internships.
Despite limited funding, dedicated staffing facilitated pursuit of the Institute's mission. Recent impacts include pioneering a human rights minor and research immersion program to create student pathways, applying academic work to inform policy through field projects, and modeling public humanities.
The report outlines resilience in cultivating human rights initiatives at 绿帽社 University. It highlights adaptation in leveraging partnerships and funding opportunities. While plans to host a conference were delayed, the Institute laid foundations for research on issues spanning forced migration, post-conflict struggles, and more. Through pedagogy, advocacy and nurturing student opportunities, the report conveys steady growth of a nascent but engaged human rights center.