I am deeply appreciative to receive funds from the UW Center for Human Rights’ Osheroff-Clark Award to support my work in a coalition-driven project to ensure access to unemployment services for excluded immigrant workers in Washington state. The Unemployment Insurance Campaign Coalition is gearing up for another legislative session, after our losses and learning from

This report is part of a series regarding Human Rights Conditions at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, based on ongoing research efforts and released to highlight initial findings in the urgent context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Contents: • Introduction • Background, Methodology, and Human Rights Standards • Sanitation of Food and Laundry •

The UW Center for Human Rights is proud to present seven fellowships to students carrying out human rights work!   Itza Carbajal is a PhD student at the Information School. Funds from the Lisa Sable Brown award will allow Itza to conduct an investigation with Colombian youth on the themes of personal, communal, and institutional histories; and

Every spring we come together to celebrate UWCHR student researchers and highlight ongoing work for human rights in our community at our Spring Symposium and Awards Celebration. For the 2023 Spring Symposium, we were honored to feature our newest project and collaboration, Strategies for Massage Parlor Workers’ Rights. Working with the Massage Parlor Outreach Project

Immigrant rights groups protest first King County deportation flight since May 2019 On the morning of May 2, 2023, an ICE Air deportation flight departed King County International Airport (Boeing Field), the first such flight in nearly four years, following a federal judge’s decision overturning a 2019 King County executive order barring ICE from using

As part of the Indigenous Rights and Environmental Sustainability project, UWCHR student researchers and faculty participated in Chief Leschi Schools‘ evening of celebration for the opening of their new auditorium on campus on February 24th, 2023. The energy that had gone into the construction of this beautiful space showed and the community gathered in numbers

This research update is part of an ongoing multi-part investigation of human rights concerns at the Northwest Detention Center. Contents • Introduction • Background, Methodology, and Human Rights Standards • Sanitation of Food and Laundry • Allegations of Medical Neglect • Use of Solitary Confinement • COVID-19 and Health Standards • Reporting of Sexual Assault

Are you a student who wants funding for a hands-on human rights project that aims to achieve real-world impact? We want you! Does your thesis or dissertation address human rights issues? There is funding for tuition, books, travel and other research expenses. No U.S. citizenship or permanent status required Open to students from all three UW campuses

I used the Dr. Lisa Sable Brown Fund to finance a research trip to Washington DC this autumn.  My doctoral research looks at human rights and humanitarianism in North Korea, with a focus on US and South Korean nonprofit organizations (NGOs) working in both fields. While I had gone to Seoul this spring to interview

Introduction In recent years, local and state governments in Washington have taken important legislative and executive action to protect vulnerable residents from rights abuses. Many of these actions, such as the so-called “sanctuary” laws of Keep Washington Working (2019) and Courts Open to All (2020) Acts, seek to protect the rights of migrants by limiting