The institute hosted a seminar series titled "Landscapes of Injustice, Landscapes
of Repair" in collaboration with the Citizenship, Rights and Cultural Belonging Transdisciplinary
Area of Excellence, Sustainable Communities Transdisciplinary Area of Excellence,
and Narrating Sustainability project at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. As
part of the "Futures of Democracy Lecture Series", the institute hosted Kate Starbird
from the University of Washington, who presented on "Unraveling the Big Lie: Participatory
Disinformation and Its Threat to Democracy".
The institute organized the "Lubna Chaudhry Human Rights Lecture Series", which featured
speakers discussing topics related to international labor rights, such as a documentary
on Walter Rodney and a talk by Ramírez Cuéllar on the legacy of genocide and human
rights challenges in Colombia's new political period.These events and collaborations
highlight the institute's engagement with contemporary human rights issues, interdisciplinary
approach, and partnerships with scholars and organizations from various institutions
globally.
The Institute advanced its mission through expanded programming, student opportunities,
research projects, and external partnerships. Key initiatives included launching the
CIRIGHTS dataset on global human rights practices; hosting lectures by prominent figures;
further developing the Institute's public-facing Human Rights Lab; placing students
in 9 domestic and international human rights internships; nurturing faculty collaborations
via working groups; and extending the Institute's memorandum with the Helena Kennedy
Centre (Sheffield Hallam University).
Dedicated staffing and funding supported growth across research, curriculum, and engagement.
The Institute drew globally-renowned scholars as visitors and advisors. Working groups
pursued participatory projects on issues from money's role in exploitation to food
equity. Lab projects built accountability on topics spanning supply chain abuses to
far-right extremism. Expanded course offerings anchored the Human Rights minor. 2022 ANNUAL REPORT
Annual Report 2021
Annual Report 2021
The Institute advanced its human rights mission through new research projects, student
internships, events hosting prominent advocates, expanded faculty and organizational
partnerships, and growth of its minor curriculum. Notable initiatives included launching
a Human Rights Lab for applied research on pressing issues and quantitative measurement
of global human rights practices. Continued activities encompassed faculty working
groups, co-sponsoring talks, placing students with local and international human rights
organizations, and publishing academic work. Despite pandemic impediments to in-person
activities, the report conveys ongoing cultivation of opportunities, projects, spaces
and funding that enable the Institute’s multi-faceted pursuit of human rights scholarship,
education, and engagement.
Through research, advocacy, and nurturing student pathways, the report highlights
the Institute's emerging impacts on scholarship, policy debates, educational experiences,
and cooperation across disciplines. It outlines a blueprint for continued advancement
of human rights initiatives at Binghamton University.
Despite pandemic challenges, the Institute sustained growth across programming, research
projects, student opportunities, and partnerships. Virtual events enabled hosting
an international women, peace and security conference with 10 renowned speakers and
200 participants from 14 countries. Ongoing faculty working groups collaborated on
participatory research intersecting human rights with issues ranging from food equity
to abolition movements.
New initiatives included a reading group on racialized policing, militarized pandemic
responses, and a food justice group. Continued activities encompassed faculty publications,
quantitative human rights measurement, cross-listings to support the minor, and summer
internships abroad and locally. A memorandum of agreement began an important partnership
with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Dedicated space and staffing facilitated the Institute’s pursuit of human rights scholarship,
education and engagement. Recent impacts include advancing student pathways, fostering
faculty cooperation across disciplines, applying academic work to inform policy debates,
and modeling public humanities. Despite a remote context, the report outlines a resilient
blueprint for human rights initiatives at Binghamton University during a challenging
year. 2020 ANNUAL REPORT
Annual Report 2019
Annual Report 2019
The Institute sustained growth across programming, curriculum, research projects,
and partnerships. Notable events included hosting filmmaker Stephanie Black and a
conference on technology and human rights representation. Ongoing activities encompassed
faculty working groups, sponsoring talks, summer courses, and internships abroad and
locally. New offerings included an undergraduate minor and research immersion program.
Despite limited funding, dedicated staffing facilitated the Institute’s pursuit of
human rights scholarship, education and engagement. Recent impacts include advancing
student pathways, applying academic work to inform policy debates, and fostering faculty
cooperation across disciplines.
While plans for additional conferences were postponed, the Institute collaborated
on future edited volumes and events. It forged ties with groups like the American
Civic Association to sustain community partnerships. Through research, pedagogy and
nurturing student opportunities, the report conveys steady cultivation of human rights
initiatives at Binghamton University.
The Institute advanced human rights scholarship, education, and engagement through
multiple initiatives. These encompassed fostering seven interdisciplinary faculty
working groups, developing new undergraduate curricula in human rights, and hosting
speakers on pressing topics. Ongoing activities included faculty research projects,
sponsoring talks, and summer internships.
Despite limited funding, dedicated staffing facilitated pursuit of the Institute's
mission. Recent impacts include pioneering a human rights minor and research immersion
program to create student pathways, applying academic work to inform policy through
field projects, and modeling public humanities.
The report outlines resilience in cultivating human rights initiatives at Binghamton
University. It highlights adaptation in leveraging partnerships and funding opportunities.
While plans to host a conference were delayed, the Institute laid foundations for
research on issues spanning forced migration, post-conflict struggles, and more. Through
pedagogy, advocacy and nurturing student opportunities, the report conveys steady
growth of a nascent but engaged human rights center.
