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
TLCP Symposium: AI & International Humanitarian Law
Friday, April 4, 2025 (all day)
Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems (TLCP), the University of Iowa College of Law's international law journal, will hold its 2025 symposium Artificial Intelligence and International Humanitarian Law on April 3-4 in Iowa City, Iowa.This symposium will focus on the evolving role of technology in armed conflict, with special attention to topics such as cyber warfare and AI, autonomous weapons systems and the law of armed conflict, and regulating AI in warfare. We aim to foster meaningful...
They Don’t Want Her There
Thursday, April 10, 2025 12:45pm to 1:45pm
They Don’t Want Her There
A Conversation with Attorney Carolyn Chalmers & Professor Jean Jew
Please join us on Thursday, April 10 2025 from 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. at the Boyd Law Building, Room 235 at the University of Iowa for a conversation with Carolyn Chalmers and Jean Jew. A book signing will follow lecture the lecture.
Event Co-Sponsors: UI Center for Human Rights, Organization of Women Law Students & Staff, Women of Color Collective, University of Iowa Retirees Association.
News
CLAS scholars and artists form Interdisciplinary Consortium for the Study of War and Genocide
Monday, February 24, 2025