UICHR@25

Fall 2024 Webinar Series

Annual Report

Anniversary Campaign

The UICHR hosts diverse collaborative events and innovative programs, teaches Human Rights courses, and engages in scholarly work reaching the UI community, the state of Iowa, and beyond.

The Center, a unit of the UI College of Law, teaches and collaborates with community organizations and UI departments, scholars, and student groups. UICHR’s publicly engaged programs and initiatives include:

Class in Human Rights Certificate

Certificate in Human Rights

The Center for Human Rights offers the undergraduate Certificate in Human Rights, awarded by the College of Law.

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Working Groups

The UICHR supports faculty working groups to encourage innovative, interdisciplinary research and scholarship on campus.

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Iowa Human Rights Network

The Iowa Human Rights Network is a collective of faculty members from institutions across the state of Iowa.

Events

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Eugenics & the Medical Profession in Nazi Germany

Thursday, October 17, 2024 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Carver Biomedical Research Building
Dr. Patricia Heberer Rice from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will hold a roundtable conversation with UI health care students on eugenics policies and the medical profession in Nazi Germany.  The event is organized by the UI Center for Human Rights, Carver College of Medicine, and U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum with support from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and International Programs & the Stanley-UI Foundation Support Organization. The event was made possible through the...
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Bringing Human Rights Home: How a Law School Clinic Worked to Close a Supermax Prison

Thursday, October 17, 2024 12:40pm to 1:40pm
Boyd Law Building
New Iowa Law faculty member Prof. Hope Metcalf will discuss the application of human rights norms to domestic issues. Prof. Metcalf will be launching the Democracy and Human Rights practicum in Spring 2025.
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UI Center for Human Rights Fund