Past events are organized by academic year. If an event was organized as part of a faculty project, you can find a more complete description on our Projects page.
2009
“Tock Tick: The Working of a Judge's Mind” - Justice Albie Sachs
View Poster“Thou Shall Not Steal: Putting an End to the National Epidemic of Wage Theft”
View PosterTed Smukler, Director of Public Policy, Interfaith Worker Justice Adam Kader, Executive Director, Chicago Interfaith Committee on Worker Issues Workers from Chicago Interfaith Committee on Worker Issues United Electrical Workers union members from Republic Windows and Doors Occupation
"Human Rights and History" - Symposium
View PosterRobert H. Kirschner, M.D., Memorial Human Rights Lecture: “Prevention, Peacemaking and Transitional Justice” - Juan Méndez, President, International Center for Transitional Justice
View Poster“In Search of Humanity: Blogs of an International Aid Worker” - Obie C. Porteous
View Poster“Gringo: A Coming of Age in Latin America” - Chesa Boudin
View PosterInternational Network on Migration and Development - Reception
View Poster“Hard Times: Brazil's Landless Movement Faces the Economic Crisis” - Débora Nunes da Silva of MST
View Poster“A Right to Credit?: The Experience of a Human Rights Alumnus in Microfinance" - Jacob Haar
View Poster“Drawings of Genocide: Darfur through the eyes of its children" - Exhibit and Keynote Lecture with Rebecca Tinsley
View PosterKeynote Lecture: Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 6 pm
“Dear President Obama: Lessons from Chicago on the Issue of Torture” - Panel Discussion
View PosterSTAN WILLIS, Attorney at Law Offices of Standish E. Willis Ltd. and Black People Against Police Torture JOEY MOGUL, Attorney at the People’s Law Office and professor at Depaul University College of Law AZIZ HUQ, University of Chicago Assistant Professor in Law SUSAN GZESH, Director of University of Chicago Human Rights Program
“Ignacio Martín-Baró's Vision Today: Progress for All in El Salvador?” - Susan Bird and the Ignacio Martín-Baró Human Rights Essay Prizes Award Ceremony
View Poster"Impunity in Colombia: One Woman's Story" - Yessika Hoyos Morales
View Poster"Plan Mexico, the Drug War and Human Rights in Mexico" - Laura Carlsen and General José Francisco Gallardo
View Poster"Voices for Justice: Human Rights Advocacy in Ethiopia" - Daniel Bekele and Leslie Lefkow
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Spring 2023 Human Rights Courses
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