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

The Community Research and Action in the West Conference (CRA-W) is an annual event that provides an opportunity to share ideas, practices, and learning from recent completed or ongoing community-based work. The UW Center for Human Rights co-sponsored this year’s conference, in partnership with the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at UW Bothell, and the

Photos by Alex Montalvo (RevelRiter Media)

On October 2, 2015, the University of Washington’s Center for Human Rights filed suit against the US Central Intelligence Agency in federal district court. The case is related to our “Unfinished Sentences” project aiming to promote truth, justice, and reparations for survivors of the armed conflict in El Salvador. Our FOIA research For the past

Español On Friday, October 2, 2015, the University of Washington Center for Human Rights (UW CHR) filed a lawsuit against the CIA in the U.S. District Court in Seattle, alleging that the agency has failed to meet its obligations under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The UW CHR is seeking the release of U.S. government