Jackson School of International Studies Center for Human Rights

From El Salvador to Spokane, the UW Center for Human Rights seeks justice.

Opinion piece by Pete Jackson, advisory board member of the UW Center for Human Rights

Oded Oron witnessed a massive protest of aslyum-seeking refugees in Tel Aviv. Then he wrote a PhD dissertation about it.

The center has released the first in a series of research memos under an initiative called Human Rights at Home.

Meet Jessica Ramirez: The UW alum fighting for human rights and social justice alongside the first indigenous-led farm worker union in WA State. 

"Serious research has serious consequences," says the Seattle Times editorial board in response to recent news of a break-in at the UW Center for Human Rights.

A discussion on why the UW is suing the CIA over documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act about an alleged massacre in El Salvador.

The UW Center for Human Rights announced it is suing the CIA for withholding information on a United States-trained El Salvadoran commander who has been implicated in civilian deaths.

Seeking justice for survivors of a massacre in El Salvador, the Center for Human Rights is suing the agency over withholding public records

After years of delays and rejections, the University of Washington's Center for Human Rights has sued the CIA for not providing documents related to the El Salvadoran civil war.

A UW Center for Human Rights fellow in suing the CIA over documents relating to the El Salvadoran civil war in the 1980s.

A UW human rights project is suing the Central Intelligence Agency for refusing to declassify and turn over documents relating to the U.S. role in El Salvador’s civil war.

An October 5 conference addresses how access to information can be a tool in securing truth, justice, and reparations in human rights cases.

The University of Washington Center for Human Rights will hold a daylong conference Oct. 5 at the UW School of Law, underscoring a crucial international theme.

KING 5 reports on the work of students who are helping search for children disappeared in El Salvador during violent conflict in the early 1980s.