The DHRC brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to promote new understandings of pressing questions about human rights, terror, political violence and the politics of forgiveness, accountability and reconciliation.

Read more about the Duke Human Rights Center.

The catalog of Duke human rights and rights related courses for Fall 2008 and Spring 2009.

The Duke Human Rights Center, in conjunction with Arts and Sciences, invites Duke faculty and instructors to submit course-development proposals that would establish new curricula that is human rights-related. This competition offers several awards of $2,500.00 each.

Many undergraduates are searching for meaningful ways to do human rights work in the summer or after graduation. Check out these organizations and web sites for more information.

The Archive for Human Rights is part of Duke University's Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library.
Its mission is to identify, collect, and provide access to materials generated by organizations and individuals working within and having significant impact on the field of human rights. Working in close partnership with the Duke Human Rights Center, the Archive is a key component of Duke University's commitment to social justice, social equality, and social responsibility.

Human rights are not only at risk abroad. At home, we face a new era when violations like torture and unfair imprisonment are the fodder of daily news. At Duke, there is a complex history of abuses, among them slavery, that the university community has been a part of, confronted, overlooked and ultimately engaged with, beginning with the lives of the founders, the Duke family.

Read more about slavery and segregation at Duke.

Check here for more information about participating in HR delegations and internships.

Friday, April 17
4:00-6:00pm
240 Franklin Center

Monday, April 20
4:30-6:00pm
Duke Law School

Yvonne Mokgoro
Law, Liberalism, and Difference:
A Public Conversation with Yvonne Mokgoro, Jean Comaroff, & John Comaroff

Selected DHRC talks are now available online. (iTunes is required for some talks)

• Noah Weisbord
  on "Outlawing War:
  Competing Human Rights Perspectives"
  (Video)
   
• HRC director Robin Kirk
  speaks about human rights in Turkey on The Agenda with Steve Paikin
  (Video)
   
• John Hope Franklin and Lea Fridman
  "George Washington Williams: The Case of a Neglected American Hero"
  (Video)
   
• Louis Bickford
  "Remembering Past Atrocity: Monuments, Memorials, and Museums in Comparative Perspective"
  (Video) (Audio Only)
   
• Remzije Istrefi
  "The Human Rights Situation in Kosovo Under the United Nations Administration (UNMIK)"
  (Audio Only)
   
• Gareth Higgins
  "The war on terror and the terror of war: What the President-elect needs to learn from the Irish peace process"
  (Video)
   
• Michael Tigar
  "A Human Rights Agenda for the New Administration: Accountability and Engagement"
  (YouTube Video)

"He infused the battle against genocide with new insights and passion, almost single-handedly drafted an international multilateral treaty declaring genocide an international crime, and then turned to the United Nations in its earliest days and implored Member States to adopt it." - Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations.

Read more about Raphael Lemkin at Duke.