The Center for Human Rights and International Justice equips a new generation of leaders to protect and promote human rights and dignity for all, in the classroom and in the world.

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October
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Date
Friday, October 6, 2023. 12:00pm - 1:30pm
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Ever since Russia launched a full-scale aggression against Ukraine in February 2022, reports of large-scale destruction and allegations of mass…

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General Masaharu Homma, a Japanese officer charged with war crimes, testifies in his own defense at his trial held in the High Commissioner’s residence in...

Our special projects researcher, Michael Eastman, recently embarked on a crucial trip to the National Archives in College Park, Maryland, during the summer of 2023.

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Professor Tendayi Achiume delivered the Stanford Center for Human Rights and International Justice’s 2023 Annual Lecture on International Justice.
The Center for Human Rights and International Justice recently hosted a discussion entitled “New Directions in Genocide Studies,” which featured three scholars contributing to intellectual innovation in the field of genocide studies. 

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In the Classroom and In the World

Learn more about how the Center integrates overseas programs with classroom education.

Founded in 1999 as the Berkeley War Crimes Studies Center, the Center moved to Stanford in 2014 with transitional support from Dr. Haruhisa Handa. For five years, we operated under the name WSD HANDA Center for Human Rights and International Justice. In 2019 we became known simply as the Center for Human Rights and International Justice.

Founding Director David Cohen, on the history of the Center's name