Not For Sale
Stanford researchers fight human trafficking

Human trafficking is a global phenomenon that each year forces millions into lives as prostitutes, laborers, child soldiers, and domestic servants. Traffickers prey on the weak and vulnerable, targeting young victims with promises of a better life. Read more »

Honoring Women Heroes
Human Rights Watch comes to Stanford

The Program on Human Rights at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) is hosting the Human Rights Watch 2011 Voices for Justice honorees at a special event at Stanford University on November 18, 2011. This year's honorees —Consuelo Morales and Sussan Tahmasebi— will discuss their work defending human rights on the front lines in Mexico and Iran.

Calling All Human Rights Practitioners
Applications for summer fellowships open

The Program on Human Rights at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), together with the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society are offering four summer fellowships in human rights for 2012. The application period has now opened to talented Stanford undergraduates interested in working for organizations, government agencies, NGOs or international organizations that promote or defend human rights. The deadline to apply is December 9, 2011.

October 14, 2011
Marques to lead Program on Human Rights

November 1, 2011
Local teaching, global thinking

October 4, 2011
Human rights curriculum for the 21st century

September 22, 2011
An exciting year ahead