{"id":3567,"date":"2017-02-22T19:08:11","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T19:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/humanrights\/?p=3567"},"modified":"2017-02-22T19:09:41","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T19:09:41","slug":"our-redoubled-commitment-to-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/humanrights\/2017\/02\/22\/our-redoubled-commitment-to-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Redoubled Commitment to Human Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

As scholars at the University of Washington Center for Human Rights, we believe research, teaching, and engagement with human rights is today more urgent than ever, yet we are gravely concerned about the future of our enterprise.<\/strong> We are committed to conducting research using the tools of our disciplines \u2013\u00a0from the social and natural sciences to the humanities and arts \u2013 to discern lessons that inform public understanding of rights and responsibilities. In the academy, knowledge is produced and fortified through the open exchange of ideas, substantiated by evidence, debated by peers, and shared freely with the public. These practices lie at the core of our university\u2019s mission, and yet today are hampered by a climate in which leaders promote policies rooted in falsehoods rather than facts. We are alarmed by our national government\u2019s recent attempts to erase or destroy information about the operation of its agencies, to undercut scientific research, and to attack the very notion that human rights matter, indeed that promoting their broadest possible realization is the maximal task of democratic government.<\/p>\n

We are also human rights advocates. While human rights is not a partisan issue, it is also not neutral in the face of violence, hatred, and fear.<\/strong> We are concerned about growing intolerance for the basic human rights of racial, ethnic, or religious communities, or of women, people with disabilities, or LGBTQ people. Expressions of such ideologies have recently circulated on our own campus. While universities flourish thanks to the free expression of discordant ideas, the promotion of violence against political opponents and the advocacy of ideologies promoting the supremacy of certain groups over others are inimical to this free exchange. We reject efforts to sow hatred in our midst and affirm our commitment to a campus community in which all people are welcomed and valued.<\/p>\n

Our Center for Human Rights was founded in 2009, with the bipartisan passage of a bill in the Washington state legislature. This legislation instructed the university to \u201cexpand opportunities for Washington residents to receive a world-class education in human rights, [and] generate research data and expert knowledge to enhance public and private policymaking.\u201d<\/em> It directed us to derive inspiration and instruction from, among other sources, the founding documents of the United States of America and the core notions of rights contained within them. Since that time, we have been proud to work with the University of Washington\u2019s outstanding faculty, students, and staff, and with community partners within and beyond our state, toward the defense and promotion of human rights. Today, we redouble our commitment to continuing this work in the months and years ahead.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Signed,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Gunnar Almgren<\/td>\nKatherine Beckett<\/td>\nRachel Berney<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sharan Brown<\/td>\nElizabeth Bruch<\/td>\nRachel Cichowski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robert Crawford<\/td>\nSara Curran<\/td>\nKirsten Foot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Forman<\/td>\nVanessa Freije<\/td>\nKathie Friedman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Batya Friedman<\/td>\nMaria Elena Garcia<\/td>\nSteve Gardiner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benjamin Gardner<\/td>\nChristoph Giebel<\/td>\nStephen Gloyd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sara Goering<\/td>\nRicardo Gomez<\/td>\nSteven Herbert<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rachel Hershberg<\/td>\nDaniel Hoffman<\/td>\nJudith Howard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lucy Jarosz<\/td>\nResat Kasaba<\/td>\nAaron Katz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Turan Kayaoglu<\/td>\nEmily Keller<\/td>\nBruce Kochis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ron Krabill<\/td>\nDennis Lang<\/td>\nGeorge Lovell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jose Antonio Lucero<\/td>\nJamie Mayefeld<\/td>\nMichael McCann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stephen Meyers<\/td>\nKatharyne Mitchell<\/td>\nArzoo Osanloo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Vicente Perez<\/td>\nJanet Primomo<\/td>\nBeth Rivin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Laurie Sears<\/td>\nJulie Shayne<\/td>\nAngelina Snodgrass Godoy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matthew Sparke<\/td>\nCynthia Steele<\/td>\nDavid Suarez<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
William Talbott<\/td>\nStewart Tolnay<\/td>\nGeoffrey Wallace<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Camille Walsh<\/td>\nCharles Williams<\/td>\nLouis Wolcher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Megan Ybarra<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As scholars at the University of Washington Center for Human Rights, we believe research, teaching, and engagement with human rights is today more urgent than ever, yet we are gravely concerned about the future of our enterprise. We are committed to conducting research using the tools of our disciplines \u2013\u00a0from the social and natural sciences<\/p>\n

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