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Reflecting on the 10 years since we moved our Center to Stanford, I can only express my gratitude to the students, faculty, and staff that have enabled the Center to flourish and expand the scope of its educational and research mission.

David Cohen
Faculty Co-Director
The Center is an amazing place where students can interact directly with renowned human rights scholars and practitioners and engage in a variety of human rights projects across the globe. We will continue to focus on providing students with opportunities and tools to improve human rights conditions in their communities and beyond.

Kiyoteru Tsutsui
Faculty Co-Director
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.
News and Upcoming Events
The Center for Human Rights and International Justice, the Center for African Studies, the Program in International Relations, and Stanford Global Studies were honored to host a student lunch roundtable with Madam Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first female president of Liberia and Nobel Peace Laureate.
Kira Kay, Executive Director of the Bureau for International Reporting (BIR), delivered the Center for Human Rights and International Justice’s 2025 Annual Lecture on International Justice on May 20, titled “Journalism’s Role in International Justice: Notes from the Field.” The event was co-sponsored by Stanford Immigration and Human Rights Law
Stanford Human Rights Minor alum (Class of 2022) and Human Rights Summer Fellow Alexandra Koch was recently named a 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholar and will be returning to the Farm next academic year to pursue her JD at Stanford Law School.
Upcoming Events
No upcoming events at this time. In the meantime, check out our past events