Recent News

The Handa Center was honored to join the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) to co-sponsor Kofi Annan, in Conversation with Francis Fukuyama, on May 1.

The Stanford Daily captured the event in the article,…

Congratulations to Dr. Paul Wise, Handa Center Faculty Advisory Board Member, on his election to the Academy of Arts and Sciences!  

Dr. Wise is one of nine Stanford faculty that have been elected membership to this prestigious society…

Congratulations to Human Rights Minor Julian Bava ‘18  for receiving the International Public Service Fellowship, which provides one opportunity for a graduating senior to invest their talent, energy and training in public service abroad.…

Launch for the Results of the Study “Understanding the Landscape of Human Trafficking Data Collection in ASEAN and Promoting Government- and Civil Society-Led Promising Practices” 

Jakarta, 29 March 2018 - The Human Rights…

Doron Dorfman, the Lecturer who designed and taught HUMRTS 104: Introduction to Disability Studies and Disability Rights, was named one of the finest law school writers of 2018 by The Burton Awards.

Dorfman was awarded this honor for his…

The Handa Center’s Cambodia Program, represented by Lina Tay, appeared on local Radio FM 102 on February 1, 2018 to discuss the recently released report, ‘So We Can Know What Happened’: The Educational Potential of the ECCC. The report captures…

Mika Koch ’19, a human biology major and human rights minor, was awarded the National Newman Civic Fellowship for her work in global health.

Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne recommended her for the award, which honors student…

Maya Lorey is a senior majoring in Human Biology with a minor in Human Rights. At Stanford, she designed a unique, interdisciplinary framework for her studies and focused on women’s health and rights in conflict and post-conflict settings.…

Caring for male and LGBTI sexual violence survivors: learning from local organizations

Handa Center Research Fellow Sarah Chynoweth

Forced Migration Review 57, Syrians in displacement, February 2018

Local…

Technology, Syria, and Human Rights: How a Tech - "Connected" Civil Society Might Hold Governments Accountable

While the war in Syria has dragged on without resolution, one thing remains clear: there is ample documentation of human rights…

Human Rights Minor Julian Bava, ’18, co-authored, “The American Service-Members' Protection Act: Pathways to and Constraints on U.S. Cooperation with the International Criminal Court” in Eyes on the ICC.

This publication originated as a…

With co-sponsorship by the WSD Handa Center for Human Rights & International Justice and Center for South Asia, Stanford student Japsimran Kaur, ’18, spent her summer working with a team of Stanford researchers in Gujarat, India.…

Sofia Singer ’19, received support from the Handa Center and Center for South Asia to spend last summer interning with Community Empowerment Lab in Uttar Pradesh, India. She presented the findings of her research, Addressing…

Alina Utrata (‘17) recently published an article in northern slant, titled “Belfast is not Bosnia”, reflecting on her studies of conflict in Bosnia and Ireland. Utrata was the first student to declare the Human Rights Minor at Stanford…

On January 25, 2018 the Cambodia Programs of the WSD HANDA Center for Human Rights and International Justice, with generous support from the British Embassy in Phnom Penh and the East-West Center, officially launched its new report…

The Handa Center is excited to welcome a new research fellow, Adam Kochanski. Adam joined us after completing his PhD in Political Studies at the University of Ottawa in Canada, where he focused on transitional justice issues.

Below is a…

Stanford Politics, a student run newsmagazine, interviewed Handa Center Annual Lecturer Karim Khan, QC about Islam and human rights. 

The Q&A tackles the war on terror, Islam's reputation, universal human rights and religion, and…

 Handa Center Research Fellow Sarah Chynoweth co-authored the article, "Sexual violence against men and boys in conflict and forced displacement: implications for the health sector," in Reproductive Health Matters' special issue…

Handa Center Research Fellow Mark Hanis pens a letter, A Kinder Truman Doctrine, in Foreign Affairs Magazine's November/December 2017 Issue.

A Kinder Truman Doctrine

By Mark Hanis

I am delighted to see Senator Tim Kaine…

The Stanford Daily covered the Handa Center Annual Lecture in Human Rights, Islam and Human Rights, delivered by Karim Khan, QC on November 30, 2017.

The article, International lawyer Karim Khan argues peace at core of Islam, can be…