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The IHR engages in three different ways:

Education

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The IHR strives to educate students, faculty, and the community locally, nationally and globally on the content of human rights, human rights implementation, and issues relating to human rights violations.

Research

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The IHR serves as a platform for individual and collaborative research on human rights with a particular focus on the human rights of marginalized populations around the world.

Outreach

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The IHR engages with communities in Birmingham, in Alabama, the U.S. and around to world to discuss pressing human rights issues, to provide context on human rights implementation, and to offer human rights education.

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The Institute for Human Rights Newsletter is sent biweekly to update subscribers on public events and programs, blog posts, and achievements of the IHR team. Subscribe today to learn more about human rights in Alabama, the U.S., and the world!

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Learn More About Human Rights on Our Blog

Every week, our researchers at the UAB Institute for Human Rights prepare interesting content, covering human rights issues around the world. Ranging from women’s rights in Nigeria to human trafficking in Afghanistan, the ins and outs of the International Criminal Court to the right to peaceful assembly here at home, our bloggers educate on the world’s pressing human rights issues.

Read the latest blog entries:

  • An Analysis of Voting Rights and Infringements: Pakistan
  • Voting Rights are Human Rights: The Case of the U.S.
  • Understanding Vaccine Diplomacy in the Case of COVID-19: A Global Approach to Health EquityUnderstanding Vaccine Diplomacy: A Global Approach to Health Equity

Latest News

  • Hear how new technologies impact the evolution of peacemaking from a renowned ethicist, Oct. 18
    Decorated ethicist George Lucas will address the hopeful uses of emergent military technologies to promote stability, reduce human suffering, and counter the prevailing conflict and war tendencies.
  • Upcoming interdisciplinary forums to honor the life and legacy of Theodore Haddin
    The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s College of Arts and Sciences has selected five presentations for the 2024-2025 Theodore Haddin Interdisciplinary Forum Series (also known as “Haddin Forums”).
  • New B.A. in Human Rights seeks to equip students with skills needed to make a difference
    University of Alabama at Birmingham students will have even more opportunities to engage with the community and human rights thanks to the new Bachelor of Arts in Human Rights (HRT) launching this fall.