State officials use passive language to deflect responsibility for killings by law enforcement in Minnesota and elsewhere, obscuring the reality of state violence. Stripped of euphemism and judged under international human rights law, these acts constitute extrajudicial killings and demand accountability.

The Human Rights Close to Home (HRCH) enters its third year at the University of Connecticut focusing on activist pedagogy in both its student fellow program for high school students and teacher program for K-12 educators.

The University of Connecticut and Hartford Deportation Defense launched a new “People’s Migrant School” in Hartford to connect UConn students and research with the city’s immigrant communities through bilingual presentations and community engagement.

Sarah Willen, Professor of Anthropology and Co-Director of the Global Health & Human Rights Research Program, discusses the premature removal of the exhibition “Health Is a Human Right: Achieving Health Equity” at the CDC Museum in Health Affairs Forefront.

James Waller joins podcast hosts Mike Enright and Izzy Harris of University Communications to discuss how the summit theme came to be selected, its significance and unique connection to UConn, and to preview several panel topics on gender equity, business practices, disability and sport, and athlete advocacy.

A partnership between the Hartford Public Library, University of Connecticut, and the Connecticut/Baden-Württemberg Human Rights Research Consortium culminated in a two-day event, AI Odyssey, aiming to bridge the digital divide in AI and support teens learning to harness innovative technologies.

Human Rights graduate student Sage Phillips ’22 (CLAS), ’24 MA, speaks with U.S. Treasurer Lynn Malerba ’08 MPA, Chief of the Mohegan Tribe, on the significance of her role as both a tribal leader and senior U.S. official, as well as the values of representation and inspiration.

Kiana Foster-Mauro, an alum of the Neag School of Education and an undergraduate minor in Human Rights, was announced as the 2024 Connecticut Teacher of the Year by Governor Ned Lamont and Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker. Foster-Mauro is a a fourth-grade teacher at Nathan Hale Arts Magnet School in New London, CT.