Human Rights Program at the University of Minnesota

The following slide presentations provide useful information in understanding the human rights framework, how international treaties apply to states, and U.N. mechanisms that currently exist to aid in the protection and promotion of human rights.

Undergraduate Classes
Check here for undergraduate courses that deal with Human Rights issues.

Graduate Classes
Check here for Graduate courses that fulfill Human Rights Minor requirments. Includes a list of classes offered this semester, and all classes offered by the University.

Guidelines for Completing the Interdisciplinary Graduate Minor in Human Rights can be found here. Including; Admissions requirments, and information for Law Students, Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs (HHH) students, and Completing a Ph.D. or Masters program with a Human Rights Minor.

Program Faculty

Barbara Frey, Director of Graduate Studies and Director, Human Rights Program

Ragui Assaad, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
Elizabeth Heger Boyle, Sociology & Law
Karen Brown, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change
Stephen Feinstein, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Katherine Fennelly, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
Oren Gross, Law
Sally Kenney, Center on Women and Public Policy, Humphrey Institute
Helga Leitner, Geography
Dario Menanteau, Social Work
Fionnuala Ni Aolain, Law
Luis Ramos-Garcia, Spanish and Portuguese
Kathryn Sikkink, Political Science
John R. Vreyens, Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences
Michele D. Wagner, History
David Weissbrodt, Law
Eric D. Weitz, History
Mahmood A. Zaidi, Human Resources and Industrial Relations