CHR & LSJ Launch New Project Rethinking Punishment: Human Rights in an Age of Mass Incarceration The United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, a reality that often escapes serious, widespread consideration. This new project works to enhance public understanding of the fiscal, social and moral costs of our unprecedented imprisonment boom.

International Human Rights Day: UW CHR Receives a Seattle Human Rights Award On December 10, 2013, the UW Center for Human Rights was honored by the City of Seattle with its annual Human Rights Award. Each year, the Seattle Commission for Human Rights and the Seattle Office for Civil Rights celebrate the anniversary of the

Letter from the Director As is common after graduation, several of my students asked me for career advice this June. In our conversations, held in coffee shops and on park benches in the beautiful Seattle summer, I shared some version of the quote from Aristotle, “Where your talents and the needs of the world cross,

Annual Symposium & Reception Celebrating Human Rights Work On May 5th the Center for Human Rights held its fourth annual human rights symposium at Town Hall Seattle. The opening event was a reception to honor the important human rights work spearheaded by our students, followed by a panel discussion about U.S. accountability for torture committed

Annual Symposium & Reception Celebrating Human Rights Work in Our Communities Thanks to all of you who attended our Annual Symposium! As many of you know, this year’s symposium on April 17th focused on the Center for Human Rights’ co-released report entitled “The Growing Human Rights Crisis along the Northern Border,” which was the culmination of a