Open Communities Alliance

Open Communities Alliance is a Connecticut-based civil rights organization that promotes access to opportunity for all people through education, organizing, advocacy, research, and partnerships. The Alliance works to build an urban-suburban interracial coalition to support policies that lead to housing choice.

Humanitarianism Event Archive

The Research Program on Humanitarianism (RPH) brings together UConn faculty from across the humanities and social sciences, as well from the Schools of Social Work, Education, and Law, for an ongoing discussion on the history and experience of humanitarian crisis and action, and the analytical and creative engagements that reflect on them. RPH builds on […]

Global Health Event Archive

The Research Program on Global Health and Human Rights serves as a forum for UConn’s scholarly community interested in global health, human rights, and health inequities. This program is an integral part of the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, seeking to understand human rights based approaches to health challenges. This page displays past years of […]

Srebrenica 1995-2025

In July 2025, the world will mark thirty years since the genocide in Srebrenica occurred. The Srebrenica Genocide is an atrocity that remains the gravest crime committed on European soil since the Second World War. Srebrenica 1995–2025 is a long-term commemorative and educational project of UConn’s ICTY Digital Archives designed to honor the victims and survivors […]

Graduate Programs

4+1 Accelerated Master of Arts Program Our 4+1 program enables UConn students to complete their bachelor’s degree and MA in human rights in five years. Through the program, students take graduate-level coursework that goes toward their MA at no additional cost to their undergraduate tuition.   ELIGIBILITY: UConn students apply during their junior year and […]

Exhibitions

Nobody’s Listening Exhibition opening February 10, 2025 Join us for the opening panel

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Holocaust and Genocide Studies

The Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Holocaust and Genocide Studies is designed to provide anyone with a bachelor’s degree (including pre- and in-service teachers) a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary foundation in Holocaust and genocide studies in historical and contemporary contexts.   A collaboration between the Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute and its Dodd Impact Programs, Center for Judaic Studies […]

Human Rights Research Hub Event Archive

The Human Rights Research Hub (Hub) is an initiative of UConn’s Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute (HRI). The role of the Hub is to support original human rights research, data collection, and methods training for HRI faculty, graduate and undergraduate students. The projects affiliated with the Hub reflect the collaborative and interdisciplinary nature of HRI. […]

Advising

Undergraduate Advising General Education and Major Requirements Course Selection and Registration Education Abroad Course Alignment Human Rights Scholarship Competitions Graduate School & Career Planning Internship Questions Plan of Study Questions General Academic Support

A New Human Rights Education Program to Promote Civic Engagement: Human Rights Close to Home

Human rights education and rights-based approaches to learning can help cultivate transformative agency for both teachers and students and contribute to securing human rights for all.