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

Human Rights Day Lecture
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 12:45pm to 1:45pm
The Human Rights Day Lecture
Beyond the "War" on Covid: Portal to a More Just Society
Catherine Powell
Building off her earlier work on the Color of Covid, Prof. Powell’s talk analyzes the wartime framing of “fighting” a war on COVID-19. The talk will question what is meant by “security”—by “racing” national security and interrogating what the concept of “security” foregrounds and erases. What kinds of expertise it empowers and whose knowledge matters in identifying threats?
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Iowa Human Rights Research Conference
Saturday, April 20, 2024 9:00am to 3:00pm
The annual Iowa Human Rights Research Conference takes place on Saturday, April 20, 2024, at the University of Iowa College of Law. The conference is hosted by the Iowa Network of Human Rights Academics and the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights.
The deadline for student proposals is Feb. 19, 2024. The call for proposals and submission information is available at https://iowahumanrights.org/submit-proposal
Registration details and schedule will be available mid-spring at https:/...
News
UI Center for Human Rights, Legal Clinics Help Offer Immigration Legal Services to Afghan Immigrants
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
A New Coalition Taps Federal Aid to Assist Afghan Immigration Process
Monday, October 17, 2022
New partnership will provide immigration legal assistance to Afghan nationals in Iowa
Thursday, October 6, 2022