Human Rights Center
Navahine v. Hawaiʻi: Climate’s Big Win
OnlineThe Settlement of Navahine v. HDOT with Our Children’s Trust Online event Register for Zoom webinar here Navahine v. Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation is the world’s first youth-led constitutional climate […]
White Helmets: Justice & Accountability for Crimes in Syria
100 Law BuildingThe White Helmets, formally known as the Syrian Civil Defense, are a grassroots humanitarian organization made up of ordinary Syrians who came together to save lives amidst the devastation of […]
Ayotzinapa: Ten Years Searching for Truth and Justice
100 Law BuildingOn September 26, 2014, 43 students in Guerrero, Mexico were detained and disappeared by police in collusion with organized crime, leading to massive national and international protests and worldwide media […]
Archiving Memory in Law: 40 Years After the 1984 Sikh Massacres
141 Law Building2024 marks 40 years since the Indian Army’s siege and massacres across Punjab in June 1984, and the anti-Sikh genocide that spread across India that November. The deadliest decade for […]
International Conflict Feminism book talk with Prof. Vasuki Nesiah
297 Goldberg Room 225 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesProfessor Vasuki Nesiah (NYU) discusses her new book, International Conflict Feminism (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024) in conversation with Professor Laurel E. Fletcher. Professor Nesiah teaches human rights, legal and […]
2024 Human Rights Center Fellowship Conference
295 Law Building - Warren Room 2745 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, United StatesEvery year since 1994, the Human Rights Center has provided fellowships to University of California students for human rights fieldwork, research, and journalism in collaboration with a wide variety of […]
60 Years Later: Legacies of the Free Speech Movement – with Richard Buxbaum and Adam Hochschild (in person and virtual)
297 Goldberg Room 225 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA, United StatesLaunched at UC Berkeley in 1964, The Free Speech Movement was pivotal in codifying the freedom of expression for university students. Berkeley Law’s Professor Richard Buxbaum was part of the […]
Lunch Talk: Akwe Amosu on Building Transnational Solidarity
141 Law BuildingThe Berkeley Law extended community is warmly invited to a lunch talk featuring Ms. Akwe Amosu, program director of The Symposium on Strength and Solidarity for Human Rights, in conversation […]
Protecting Our Drinking Water Regulations
Human Rights Center 2224 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesA teach-in on the federal PFAS drinking water regulations and the movement to protect communities from "forever chemical" toxins in the United States. Lunch will be served. RSVP HERE. In […]
Syria Tomorrow: In Conversation With Syrian Opposition Negotiators
OnlineBetsy Popken, Executive Director of UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center, will speak with Syrian opposition negotiators on the country’s road ahead after the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad. Featured speakers: Hosam […]
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