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:
Certificate in Human Rights
The Center for Human Rights offers the undergraduate Certificate in Human Rights, awarded by the College of Law.
Working Groups
The UICHR supports faculty working groups to encourage innovative, interdisciplinary research and scholarship on campus.
Iowa Human Rights Network
The Iowa Human Rights Network is a collective of faculty members from institutions across the state of Iowa.
Events
Agricultural Workers and Extreme Heat: OSHA’s Proposed Heat Safety Rule
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 12:00pm to 1:00pm
The UICHR Fall 2024 Webinar Series will examine Industrial Agriculture: Impacts, Advocacy, and Community. Join experts from across the United States for a series of panels discussing the impacts of industrial agriculture on the environment, community, and health of agricultural states.
Agricultural Workers and Extreme Heat: OSHA’s Proposed Heat Safety Rule
Wednesday, Nov. 13
Noon to 1 p.m. CST
Zoom ID: 977 5557 6923
Join occupational safety, labor, and environmental experts discussing...
Intrahousehold Autonomy & Demand for Modern Energy Solutions in Low-Income Countries: Case Studies From Ethiopia
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Presented by Sied Hassen Mohamed, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at Grinnell College. Professor Mohamed is in Iowa through the Scholars At Risk Protection Program and is from Ethiopia.
Meeting the energy need of people in low-income countries has been a challenge for governments of these countries. At a macro level, among many other factors, the governments are faced with limited finance to fund grid electricity infrastructure. The role of private sector in providing grid electricity...