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Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa, the easternmost projection of the African continent, struggles with bouts of armed conflict and human rights violations committed under diverse governmental arrangements that have been in place since independence from colonial powers. Read more...

Grave Desecrations
This project has centered on actions occurring at Wat Tham Krabok, a Buddhist temple in Thailand's central Saraburi province. For over twenty years this temple hosted a makeshift refugee camp for Hmong people who had fled Laos and feared forced repatriation. In the past couple of years all but a few hundred of these refugees have been resettled in the United States, with 4,000 coming to Minnesota in 2004. Read more...

Small Arms & Light Weapons
The human cost of the proliferation of small arms and light weapons has been increasingly evident in the post-Cold War era. In the past decade, there has been significant diplomatic activity to strengthen international laws that curb the transfer of small arms, culminating in the July 2001 UN Conference on the "Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons." Read more...

Scribes for Human Rights
The Human Rights Program and the Creative Writing Program inaugurated the "Scribes for Human Rights" fellowship in January 2006. The fellowship supports a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) student to work with the Human Rights Program as a writer-in-residence. The Scribe learns the issues and meets the players involved in the Program’s public human rights work, then uses this experience to write an article for publication for a large audience. Read more...

Workers' Rights
The Human Rights Program in conjunction with Nebraska Appleseed and the Midwest Coalition for Human Rights is working to investigate and make meatpacking a safer job. With an injury rate more than twice the national average, meatpacking is one of the most dangerous jobs in America.Read more...

Trafficking
Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. One of the consequences of easy and cheap global travel is an increase in the sexual exploitation of children in tourist destinations. Read more...

Other Projects
HRP is actively involved in other projects. Read more...

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Outside Events

  • 64th United Nations Rally & Seminars

    "What it Takes to Save a Child"
    Monday, October 26, 2009
    Minneapolis Convention Center
    1301 Second Avenue South
    Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Program 9:00am-2:00pm
    Cost $30 Luncheon and Seminars

    Special Parking $8.00
    Ramp Entrances at 12th Street and 2nd Ave. South

    Keynote Speaker: Dr. Arthur J. Rolnick, Ph.D.
    "The Economics of Early Childhood Development"

     10/14/09

  • The Deportee's Wife

    The Deportee's Wife
    Wednesday, October 28, 2009
    6:00pm-8:00pm
    Foss Center, Augsburg College
    2211 Riverside Ave
    Minneapolis, MN

    In this solo show, Giselle Stern Hernández's marriage is laid out on the front lines of the North American immigration debate. Giselle's husband Roberto was deported from Chicago, Illinois back to Mexico in April of 2001. Giselle moved to Mexico to live with him in August of that same year.

    10/12/09

  • 26th Annual Human Rights Day

    Friday, December 4, 2009
    8:00 am
    St. Paul RiverCentre
    175 Kellogg Blvd.
    Saint Paul, MN 55102

     07/07/09

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