Indigenous Peoples Rights in Evidence
Former Peruvian President links ethnicity to poverty

The Program on Human Rights, the Center for Latin American Studies and Students for a Sustainable Stanford hosted the conference “Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America” on May 8 bringing together scholars to examine the common trends, actors, challenges and changes among indigenous populations in Latin America and the Caribbean. Read more »

Working on Migrant Rights in Hong Kong
Adrian Bonifacio awarded human rights fellowship in 2012

Over the Summer, Adrian Bonifacio, one of the recipients of the Human Rights Fellowship in 2012, will work with the Asian Pacific Mission for Migrants (APMM), a non-governmental organization that promotes and defends the rights of migrant workers in Hong Kong.

Documenting Human Rights
Human trafficking series elevates issue of global importance

The Program on Human Rights convened experts advancing research, policy, and activism in the field of human trafficking at the 2012 Sanela Diana Jenkins Human Rights Speakers Series, "Human Trafficking is Global Slavery." Members of the Adobe Youth Voice Peapod Academy of the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula joined Stanford students at the weekly seminar and deployed a team of talented young filmmakers to document the series.

February 22, 2012
New Stanford summer course to bring leading human rights actors inside the classroom

March 7, 2012
How to build a world free of slaves

March 1, 2012
Bay Area law enforcement adopt victims-based approach to combat human trafficking

February 6, 2012
Will human rights dominate the international stage by 2022?