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Lin Li, a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford’s Clayman Institute for Gender Research, recently joined the Center for Human Rights and International Justice for a talk entitled “From the ‘Comfort Women’ Redress Movement to the #MeToo Movement.” As a…

Maya Guzdar, a human rights minor, is one of four Stanford students who have been named Schwarzman Scholars will spend the 2022-23 academic year at Tsinghua University in Beijing, where she will earn a one-year master’s degree in global affairs…

Stanford human rights graduate Mariam Noorulhuda '20 recently co-authored a correspondence on “Global health responsibilities in a Taliban-led Afghanistan” in Nature Medicine. The missive describes how the Taliban seizure of power in Afghanistan…

Dr. Ryan Matlow, a core faculty member for our center’s Human Rights in Trauma Mental Health Program, recently released a new resource guide that contextualizes the experiences of unaccompanied children released from government custody and…

Stanford University’s Human Trafficking Data Lab (HTDL) is honored to receive funding from the Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office) to provide crucial research in the fight against trafficking.…

The International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg—which convicted and sentenced 21 Nazi leaders for crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity—came to a close on Oct. 1, 1946. Thanks to a grant from Tad Taube and Taube…

By Center Fellow Søren Jørgensen.

Since March 2021, more than 65 PhD and master level students from some of the best universities in the world, representing over 25 countries, have been collecting and analyzing dilemmas related to the use…

Our joint partnership, Re:Structure Lab, has released its second of six thematic forced labor evidence briefs, most recently focused on commercial contracts and sourcing. These briefs, each rethinking a key component of how severe labour…

Ten seniors affiliated with the Center for Human Rights and International Justice have won the Stanford Alumni Association's Award of Excellence. Designed to recognize the top 10% of the class, the Award of Excellence honors graduating seniors…

Human rights minors and fellows Chloe Stoddard and Constanza Hasselmann have won the Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for Distinctive Contributions to Undergraduate Education, which recognizes distinctive and exceptional contributions to…

Human rights minor and Stanford senior María Suárez-Nieto has been awarded the Stanford Alumni Association Outstanding Achievement Award. A first-generation student from Colombia, María has assumed leadership and volunteer roles to help…

Stanford University's Human Rights in Trauma Mental Health Program, of which the Center for Human Rights and International Justice is a partner, has contributed to a new UNITAD field guide. During a Security Council Arria Meeting held at the…

Originally published by Stanford Global Studies

 

Congratulations to Jessie Brunner, senior program manager and director of human trafficking research in the Center for Human…

Director David Cohen recently discussed the Center’s joint project to preserve and digitize the archives of the post-WWII Nuremberg war trials with B'nai B'rith International CEO Dan Mariaschin. Watch the interview here.

This past year…

David Cohen, the director of Stanford University's Center for Human Rights and International Justice, received the Miriam Aaron Roland Volunteer Service Prize on Wednesday, May 12. Cohen is an expert on human rights law and, as a professor of…

Stanford University's Human Trafficking Data Lab—a joint venture by our Center—is using satellite imagery to disrupt forced labor, thanks to a 2020 grant from Stanford University Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI). The Lab is a multi-…

By Alisha Zhao, Student Assistant. 

Stanford senior Chloe Stoddard has been awarded the John Gardner Public Service Fellowship for 2021-22. Each spring, six graduating seniors or co-term students (three from Stanford and three from…

Stanford grad student César Arévalo has been awarded the Tom Ford Fellowship in Philanthropy for 2021-22. The Ford Fellowship provides young professionals with intensive, mentored experiences in domestic foundations in order to educate Stanford…

The Center for Human Rights and International Justice is pleased to share some exciting recent developments and a groundbreaking new chapter of collaboration with the Stanford University Libraries (SUL) as part of the Virtual…

The Center for Human Rights and International Justice, jointly with faculty from The University of Sheffield and Yale University, recently received a substantial grant co-funded by Humanity United and the Freedom Fund to reimagine business models…