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The Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute is home to UConn's human rights programs and Dodd Impact. The Thomas J. Dodd.

In 2001, the University of Connecticut designated human rights as a university priority. This was the culmination of a flourishing of human rights activities at the University in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Dodd Research Center was founded in 1995, housing the Nuremberg archives of former Nuremberg Executive Counsel and Connecticut Senator, Thomas J. Since 2000, the University has hosted the Marsha Lilien Gladstein Visiting Professor of Human Rights that brings leading human rights scholars to the University campus to teach and give a public lecture on central developments in the field. The Human Rights Institute was founded in 2003 by the Gladstein Professor of Human Rights, Richard A. Wilson in order to promote interdisciplinary research and teaching across the University. Since then nine joint faculty have been hired at the Institute to build the research profile of the Institute and to contribute to the growing undergraduate major and minor, and graduate certificate in human rights. In 2001, a human rights minor was established at the University and currently enrolls approximately 40 minors, making it one of the largest human rights minors in the country. On the basis of the success of the human rights minor, a human rights major was launched in 2012. The human rights undergraduate major now has over 150 students earning degrees in human rights and participating in internships across New England. The Institute has one of the largest human rights majors in the country.

10/14/2026

Check out the new article by Katayoon Beshkardana and Rachel Chambers on the growing use of AI on financial products, now available in the American Business Law Journal.

Read the article by visiting https://doi.org/10.1111/ablj.70023

10/13/2026

As we conclude this year’s scholarship spotlights, we are excited to highlight our last 2026 recipient of the Summer Capstone Scholarship!

Julia Marin is a 2026 recipient of our Open Society Foundations Award. Julia is pursuing majors in Human Rights and Political Science and has a supported placement at the Thomas Merton Family Center.

10/12/2026

We are excited to announce volume 25, issue 4 of the Journal of Human Rights—a special issue on sport and human rights!

We'll be highlighting the issue's 8 contributions: 1 introduction and 7 research articles, by Erica Laplante; Dr Daniela Heerdt; Dr. Anna Baeth; Jules Boykoff and Jörg Krieger; Alisse Ali-Joseph; Trisha-Ann Hawthorne-Noble; and Kaan Sener.

Read the issue here: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjhr20/current

09/30/2026

As we continue announcing the results of our annual funding competitions, we are excited to highlight our 2026 Summer Capstone Scholarships recipients!

Megan Katnik is a 2026 recipient of our Open Society Foundations Award. Megan is pursuing majors in Human Rights and Journalism, and minors in Writing and English. Megan's supported placement is at Distressed Children and Infants International (DCI).

Stay tuned to learn about our other funding awardees!

09/28/2026

Another recent publication from our HRI community!

Check out the new article by Meital Peleg Mizrachi and Rachel Chambers on fashion sustainability regulation, now available in the UC Law Business Journal.

Read the article at: repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_business_law_journal/vol22/iss2/5/

Interested in sustainable fashion and its connections to human rights, global inequality, and regulation? Meital Peleg Mizrachi and Rachel Chambers also participated in the recent panel discussion “From Closet to Consequence: Sustainable Fashion, Global Inequality, and Human Rights” alongside Dellasie Aning, Imran Islam, and Swayam Sampurna Panigrahi.

The April 2026 UConn panel brought together perspectives on sustainable fashion, textile waste, labor rights, environmental impacts, and the role of regulation and accountability.

Watch the recording on YouTube: https://youtu.be/FbHuRvRGId4

09/24/2026

The Arts & Human Rights Program and Boston Center for the Arts are excited to present Brazilian artist Alice Miceli in conversation with Dr. Caroline Fowler next Thursday evening from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. They will discuss Miceli’s exhibition, Impenetrable Landscapes, curated by UConn professors Michael Orwicz and José Falconi.

The exhibition (Boston Center for the Arts, 25 September - 12 December) explores ethical-aesthetic approaches to genocide, environmental disasters, and landmine warfare, asking how to make their underlying conditions visible without repeating their original logic. Miceli’s photographic approach addresses the Khmer Rouge genocide, the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, and hidden minefields in Colombia, Bosnia, and Cambodia.

For more information about the event, the artist and discussant, and to register online, visit events.uconn.edu/human-rights-institute/event/2397358-impenetrable-landscapes-artist-alice-miceli-in

09/23/2026

Congratulations to Dr. David Richards and Dr. Shareen Hertel on their publication, Teaching Human Rights in Political Science.

This insightful book, available through Edward Elgar Publishing, provides practical guidance for teaching human rights in post-secondary education political science courses. Leading and emerging scholars present a variety of pedagogical approaches, exploring major debates in the field and covering cutting-edge human rights research.

David Richards is an Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut, with appointments in both the Department of Political Science and the Human Rights Institute, where he is Director of Graduate Studies.

Shareen Hertel is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Connecticut and was the inaugural Wiktor Osiatyński Chair of Human Rights. She holds a joint appointment in the Department of Political Science and the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute.

To learn more about their book, visit the link in our bio.

09/17/2026

We are excited to welcome Ercüment Celik, interim professor of sociology at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and member of the Connecticut/Baden-Württemberg Human Rights Research Consortium to campus next Thursday when he will present the outcomes of his project on Exile Turkey, 1933-1945, including a book, an exhibition, and a documentary film.

For more information about the event and to register online, visit events.uconn.edu/human-rights-institute/event/2363017-exile-turkey-1933-1945-a-student-led-science-remembr

09/16/2026

As we continue announcing this year's funding recipients, we are thrilled to highlight our last 2026 Summer Internship Fellow!

Malakoot Tabarssi is a 2026 recipient of our Open Society Foundations Award. Malakoot is pursuing a major in Political Science, a minor in Human Rights, and has an internship site at Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services.

Stay tuned to learn about our other funding awardees and start to highlight our 2026 Summer Capstone Scholarships!

09/14/2026

What does communication science tell us about how to build support for economic rights? Join us Monday, September 21 for a session with Jack Berry diving into the work of the Center for Public Interest Communications at the University of Florida and the resulting practical communication strategies that emerged across a variety of economic rights topics.

For more information about the event and to register online, visit events.uconn.edu/human-rights-institute/event/2234416-communicating-to-build-support-for-economic-rights-w

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