What do you get when you bring together almost 150 social studies teachers for a weekend retreat in scenic Lake Chelan? A slate of inspiring and enlightening workshops, of course, but also a supremely tricky social studies trivia night. Quick: name five U.S. presidents who previously served as Secretary of State! * While my Jackson

Contents in the Winter 2016 newsletter: 35 Years Ago Today: Remembering Río Lempa Masssacre Unfinished Sentences Testimony Archive Milagro Reunites with Son in El Salvador Human Rights Funding due April 1st Spring and Summer 2016 Course Lists Summary of 2015 Human Rights Day Death Penalty Panel Discussion Write-Up Reflection by New Intern: Shafina Khaki Upcoming

My name is Shafina Khaki, and I am an intern at the UW Center for Human Rights (UWCHR). Similar to most undergraduate students, I came into this internship hoping to gain work experience in an area about which I was already passionate. The UWCHR is committed to interdisciplinary excellence in the field of human rights;

On December 10, 2015, community members and activists gathered at Seattle Town Hall for the 16th Annual Human Rights Day event. The Seattle Human Rights Commission, in collaboration with Seattle Town Hall, the Seattle Office for Civil Rights, UW Center for Human Rights, and other partners organized this free event around the theme, “Black Lives Matter”

During 2015, a group of University of Washington students traveled to El Salvador to document the work of Asociación Pro-Búsqueda to investigate cases of the forced disappearance of children during the country’s civil war. It is our privilege to reproduce this article by Pro-Búsqueda recounting the partial reunification of one of the families that the

During October and November of 1981, U.S. officials received reports of the slaughter of civilians by the Salvadoran military. Now known as the La Quesera massacre, this marked a new phase in the military’s strategy, leading over the next few months to a series of atrocities including the Santa Cruz and El Mozote massacres. Newly

Lots of exciting things in the Fall 2015 newsletter: Student fellows report back on their work UWCHR sues CIA Conference photos and videos Meet our new interns Upcoming events, and much more!  

On October 15, the UW Center for Human Rights (UWCHR) hosted a panel presentation with locally-based non-profit Landesa, an organization that works to secure land rights and promote social justice in some of the world’s most remote and impoverished areas. For its incredible work, Landesa was awarded the Hilton Humanitarian Prize, a $2 million prize

Sometime between October 15-18, the office of Dr. Angelina Godoy, Director of the University of Washington Center for Human Rights, was broken into by unknown parties. Her desktop computer was stolen, as well as a hard drive containing about 90% of the information relating to our research in El Salvador. While we have backups of

English En algún momento entre el 15 a 18 de octubre, la oficina de la Dra. Angelina Godoy, Directora del Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad de Washington fue allanada por personas desconocidas. Fue robada su computadora, además de un disco duro, el cual almacenaba alrededor del 90% de la información de nuestras investigaciones