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.
Faculty Co-Director David Cohen
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.
Faculty Co-Director Kiyoteru Tsutsui
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. 

 

Mission and History of the Center

News and Upcoming Events

Envisioning the Future of Anti-Trafficking Efforts: Insights from the Tech Against Trafficking Summit and Transnational Law Conference

Center for Human Rights and International Justice Director of Human Trafficking Research Jessie Brunner recently returned from an energizing week of convenings of key business leaders, anti-trafficking practitioners, policymakers, researchers, technologists, and individuals with lived experience.

Michael Eastman Wins Major Award from the U.S. Navy

Center researcher and Stanford University  Libraries historian Michael Eastman is the winner of the 2025 Chief of Naval Operations History Award! Eastman, previously a South African human rights lawyer, wrote an essay on the United States Navy’s prosecutions of Imperial Japanese war criminals after World War II.

The Human Rights Careers Intensive: Guiding Students Toward Meaningful Impact

The Center for Human Rights and International Justice was pleased to offer its 14th iteration of  the Human Rights Careers Intensive (HRCI) this Fall, a program originally piloted in 2018 in partnership with Stanford Career Education.

Upcoming Events

January
20

Date
Tuesday, January 20, 2026. 12:45pm
Location
Encina Hall
616 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
Suite 030
Join us at this career development workshop, where you will have the opportunity to hear from Stanford scholars, who will provide tips on how to…
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