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Handa Center Research Fellow Dr. Sarah Chynoweth is the author of a new UNHCR publication, "We Keep It in Our Heart" - Sexual Violence Against Men and Boys in the Syria Crisis.

As the civil war in Syria further deteriorates…


"Five from Stanford named Rhodes Scholars," reports Stanford News.  Among them is Human Rights Minor and Handa Center Student Worker Alexis Kallen.  

Alexis Kallen is a senior majoring in political science and in feminist,…

The Stanford Daily wrote about HUMRTS 104: Introduction to Disability Studies and Disability Rights, a new course launched by the Handa Center this Fall.

When J.S.D. candidate Doron Dorfman J.S.M. ’14 arrived at Stanford five years ago, he…

Judge Chang-ho Chung of the International Criminal Court visited Stanford on November 15 to offer his perspective on recent trends and institutional developments at the Court, as well as opportunities for future engagement to…

In collaboration with the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the Stanford University Human Rights in Trauma Mental Health Lab has released a report titled Mental Health Consequences Following Release from Long-Term Solitary Confinement…

Stanford Politics, a student run newsmagazine, has produced several articles covering Handa Center events on campus.

“The mobilization of hatred…is too often an extremely useful political strategy”, written by Holden Foreman and published…

The Stanford Daily referenced HUMRTS 104: Introduction to Disability Studies and Disability Rights, a new course launched by the Handa Center this Fall in their article, "ASSU-led Disabilities Week to culminate in launch of ‘Abilities Hub,’"…

Stanford Politics, a student run newsmagazine, has produced several articles covering Handa Center events on campus.

“I was not allowed to have my own life”, written by Holden Foreman and published on October 30, 2017, describes the Handa…

“One police officer can have an impact on this whole country”, written by Hannah Kunzman and published in Stanford Politics on October 21, 2017, reports on the Handa Center/ Human Rights Watch film screening of The Force, a…

The past academic year has seen important developments for the Handa Center, both on the Stanford campus and beyond. One of our most important goals at Stanford is to enable students from across the campus to pursue their interests in human…

Despite being widely hailed as a turning point in the global fight to end modern slavery, a new estimate of the number of people living as slaves worldwide could in fact complicate efforts to tackle the crime, several academics have warned.

The annual Freedom from Slavery Forum, co-hosted by the Handa Center for Human Rights & International Justice and Free the Slaves, was held at Stanford University October 5-7, 2017. 

The Forum aims to catalyze the anti-trafficking…

This summer, funding from the Handa Center enabled 14 students to work in seven countries on issues such as child rights in Brazil, environmental law in Washington, D.C., LGBTI rights in Ghana, mental health law and policy in India, and…

Disability Studies is a relatively new interdisciplinary academic field that examines disability as a social, cultural, and political phenomenon. HUMRTS 104: Introduction to Disability Studies and Disability Rights is a new course offered this…

In July, Acting Associate Director Jessie Brunner attended a United Nations University two-day workshop in New York that convened diverse stakeholders to discuss how best to implement UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8.7, which aims…

Hundreds of articles and books have been written about the Khmer Rouge, and about the legal proceedings at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) -- very often by foreign observers. The Legacy Film Lab gives…

Human Rights minors Christina Schiciano and Alina Utrata were sitting in the Introduction to Human Rights class their senior year when they realized that, after four years of studying human rights at Stanford, they had probably learned about the…

On July 6, Handa Center research fellow Sarah Chynoweth's Letter to the Editor was published in The New York Times about gay refugees from the Middle East. You can read the article in its entirety here or below.…

Congratulations to all our graduating seniors who made a valuable contribution to the Handa Center's work this academic year through coursework, research, fellowships, and more! The Handa Center is especially proud to have graduated our…

Human Rights Minor Alina Utrata, '17, recently completed her honors thesis through the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law entitled "Stories Courts Tell: The Problematic History of the Yugoslav Tribunal in Bosnia and…