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

Human Rights in Action: Introducing the Work of 2014 UW CHR Student Fellows Every year, the UW CHR provides financial support for hands-on human rights initiatives by UW students, thanks to the generosity of our donors to two endowed funds, the Abe Osheroff and Gunnel Clark Endowed Human Rights Fund for Students, and the Jennifer