The UWCHR has obtained documents that provide a detailed look at the use of solitary confinement (also known as segregation) in the Northwest Detention Center. These documents, to our knowledge the first of their kind to have been released about any ICE detention facility in the United States, permit a deeper understanding of how segregation is used than has been previously available.

UW Center for Human Rights Director Angelina Snodgrass Godoy and faculty associate Prof. Jamie Mayerfeld have recently published opinion pieces in local and national media, highlighting important concerns regarding immigrant rights, international human rights law, and torture.

A new report from the UWCHR’s Unfinished Sentences project features the story of former Salvadoran political prisoner Rafael Segura, whose legal case represents progress for survivors of torture and arbitrary detention during the civil war in El Salvador.

As an instructor, mentor, and advocate, Jamie Mayerfeld is a linchpin of the human rights community at the University of Washington. He is a Professor in the Political Science Department, an Adjunct Professor of Law, Societies, and Justice, and a faculty associate of the Center for Human Rights. His most recent book, published earlier this

UW Center for Human Rights 5th Anniversary Celebration On May 5, UW CHR marked its 5th anniversary by hosting esteemed jurist Thomas Buergenthal for a lecture, followed by a reception to celebrate the accomplishments and excitement that have characterized the Center’s first five years. Professor Buergenthal gave an inspirational speech about his steps to becoming

The Clean Slate Project: Barriers to Criminal Reintegration One in four Americans has some sort of criminal record. The majority of these records are accessible with the click of a button and a small fee; many employers and landlords now check the records of potential employees and tenants. Consequently, people with a criminal record face

UW CHR 2012 Student Fellows Our 2012 Jennifer Caldwell Endowed Fund recipients, Kate Fenimore and Marina Fitzpatrick, have just returned from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, after working with the Rural Health Education Network and Women’s Development Association (WDA) this past summer. While there, the students sought to establish a rural health education network in the Prey