The first webinar in our fall series, “Human Rights and Gun Violence: Reframing the Issue” occurred on Wednesday, Sept. 14 and a recording is available on our UICHR YouTube channel. Subsequent webinars in this series will explore the human rights implications of endemic gun violence while considering the opportunities and challenges a human rights framework might provide in the quest for solutions. The series coincides with our One Community, One Book selection An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago and October 7 keynote by author Alex Kotlowitz.

Please join us on Tuesday, Oct. 25 for the second webinar in the series Human Rights & Gun Violence: Constitutions, Guns, & Human Rights. Leila Sadat will discuss the international human rights impacted by gun violence including the impact of gun rights amendments to state constitutions. The webinar will occur from noon to 1 p.m. (CST) on Zoom ID: 940 8098 8113