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Human Rights September 01, 2023

2023 Summer Fellowship: Promoting Anti-Human Trafficking Advocacy with FREEST

Committed to the work, Erin was able to end her exchange experience at UD by being a summer fellow working with the organization FREEST on anti-human trafficking projects. 

Human Rights September 01, 2023

2023 Summer Fellowship: My Experience with The Halo Trust

This summer, Layla had the wonderful opportunity to work for the Halo Trust Organization USA. Through her fellowship, she has learned and gained many inspiring insights and her passion for human rights has only deepened.

Human Rights April 25, 2023

Navigating today’s society as a Transgender Person

In this blog, Jet, a transmasculine nonbinary HRC student reflects on his experience coming out in high school, his life at University and the current legal targeting of LGBTQ+ young people in the U.S., specifically in Ohio.

Human Rights April 12, 2023

Human Rights Week 2023: Wrap Up

Human Rights Week 2023 focused on gender identity and gender equality around the world. Organized by students in the Human Rights Advocacy Group, this week had seven events about different topics relating to gender!

Human Rights March 16, 2023

Mébét Movie Screening and Roundtable on Child Marriage

The movie screening and roundtable event focused on the practice of childhood marriage in The Gambia and beyond. The film displayed both sides of culture, showing both its beauty and dangers of it. Following the film was a discussion with the director, Ousman Jarju, a child marriage survivor, Musu Bakoto Sawo, and the Director of Women’s and Gender Studies, Professor Jamie Small.

Human Rights March 14, 2023

VOICES: Uniting Dayton for human rights

Tony Talbott writes for the Dayton Daily News Ideas & Voices about Uniting Dayton for Human Rights.

Human Rights March 08, 2023

When the Ferguson uprising came to Geneva

HRC Director of Applied Research and Learning, Dr Joel Pruce writes for Open Global Rights about how a shadow report presented to the Committee Against Torture brought police brutality in the US to the international human rights community.

Human Rights February 27, 2023

Law Student Insights on Critical Race and Feminist Legal Theory Series (Part 4)

While lawfare may be a recent concept in legal academia, its use dates back generations in the United States. A prime example of lawfare in motion is the War on Drugs, a generational effort to disrupt minority communities under the mask of curbing drug usage. The War on Drugs failed to end drug usage in the United States, but it achieved substantial growth in the jail system, an increase unevenly made up of people of color.

Human Rights February 24, 2023

Law Student Insights on Critical Race and Feminist Legal Theory Series (Part 3)

The “reasonable person” standard used in US law since the 1800s is outdated, because it ignores issues of  race and gender, and  contributes to negative qualities of colorblindness in the legal community. This objective standard of rationality creates inequality in the legal field that affects many minorities.