NEWS: PRESENT
Weston Named New Interim Director of UICHR
05.26.06 by University News Services
Burns H. Weston, the Bessie Dutton Murray Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Iowa College of Law and UI Center for Human Rights Senior Scholar, will become the new interim director for the UI Center for Human Rights (UICHR), effective immediately and continuing until a new director has been appointed. Weston succeeds Kenneth J. Cmiel, who died unexpectedly in February as the result of an inoperable brain tumor. Burns takes over for William Reisinger, associate provost and dean of UI International Programs, who served as a temporary interim director earlier this spring. For the full story, click HERE.
Funded Internships Program
UI student aids prison report
06.20.06 by Dean Treftz, The Daily Iowan
In the wake of the scandals surrounding Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, some Americans are taking a closer look at domestic prisons. Among them is UI law student Robin Dull, who worked for a commission that recently released a comprehensive report on the conditions of America's prisons and jails. Dull's internship with the Commission on Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons in the summer of 2005 was funded by the UICHR. For the full story, click HERE.
UICHR Awards Internships
04.28.06 by University News Services
The UICHR has presented seven students with grants to support their work in human rights organizations over the summer as part of its annual Human Rights Funded Internships program. The UICHR awarded funds to students who had already secured internships, either in the United States or abroad. For the full story, click HERE.
Internships that broaden lives
02.15.06 by Stacey Perk, special to The Daily Iowan
Spending the summer in a small guesthouse room and sharing a bed with your roommate may not be an ideal summer for most UI students, but for Alexis Bushnell, it was a "powerful experience." Last spring, she was one of seven UI students the UICHR chose to partake in its human-rights internship program, for which applications were due today. She was the only one who spent her summer working with the Cambodian Mine Action Centre. For the full story, click HERE.
'Out in the World: International Perspectives on Gay and Lesbian Identity'
Panel mulls gay, lesbian identity
04.27.06 by Lauren Follis, The Daily Iowan
As one of the last events in the weeklong GAYLA Celebration, six international panelists shared their perspectives and personal experiences on gay and lesbian identity on Wednesday night. Roughly 50 people met at the event organized by the UICHR, not as a meeting of experts on sexuality but rather a coming-together of personal experiences. For the full story, click HERE.
Panelists to Discuss International Perspectives on Sexual Identity April 26
04.21.06 by University News Services
The public is invited to "Out in the World: International Perspectives on Gay and Lesbian Identity," a panel discussion on Wednesday, April 26, that will explore the legal and social dimensions of sexual identities across cultures. The event, which is a capstone to the three-day GAYLA Celebration, will be from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Minnesota Room of the Iowa Memorial Union. For the full story, click HERE.
Professor Examines Role of Law in Enforcing Human Rights
04.20.06 by University News Services
The effectiveness of the rule of law as a means of enforcing human rights violations is the topic of the next "Careers for Change," a speaker series sponsored by the UICHR. For the full story, click HERE.
Human Rights Conference to Address Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones
04.20.06 by University News Services
The University of Iowa Center for Human Rights will host a conference in Iowa City April 27-29 on the history of sexual violence in conflict zones. For the full story, click HERE.
One Community, One Book: All Johnson County Reads
'One Book' picks Boyle novel
05.02.06 by Danny Valentine, The Daily Iowan
With the immigration debate dominating today's headlines, the Iowa City community is approaching the controversy from a new perspective -- through the wacky and whimsical words of T. Coraghessan Boyle's The Tortilla Curtain. For the full story, click HERE.
'Tortilla Curtain' Selected for 'One Community' Reading Project
04.14.06 by University News Services
"The Tortilla Curtain" (Viking Penguin 1995) by T. Coraghessan Boyle has been selected by "One Community, One Book: Johnson County Reads" for its 2006 reading project promoting new insights on human rights in the United States. The UICHR coordinates the project in conjunction with representatives from other sponsoring organizations from Johnson County and the UI. For the full story, click HERE.
UI Students Win Weston International Human Rights Essay Competition
04.11.06 by University News Services
The UICHR announced recently the winners of the first annual Burns H. Weston International Human Rights Essay Prize. The competition is intended to promote understanding and the continuing advancement of international human rights, as well as honor Weston, the former and founding director of the UICHR and an internationally renowned scholar in international human rights law. For the full story, click HERE.
UICHR, Iowa UN Sponsor Forum April 20 on Responses To AIDS
04.11.06 by University News Services
A film screening and discussion forum tackling the issue of AIDS and the response to it around the world will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20, in room W401 Pappajohn Business Building. For the full story, click HERE.
War crimes prosecutor Stephen Rapp to Speak at Careers for Change
04.03.06 by University News Services
Criminal prosecutions of human rights violations is still a largely uncharted area of international law, and few people would know that better than Stephen Rapp, chief of prosecutions for the United Nations' International War Crimes Tribunal of Rwanda. Rapp will discuss his work at the next "Careers for Change," a speaker series sponsored by the UICHR, Thursday, April 13. For the full story, click HERE.
Careers for Change
War crimes prosecutor says trials send message of deterrence
04.14.06 by University News Services
A war crimes prosecutor lectured yesterday at the University of Iowa, where he told an audience that people who commit genocide are getting the message that they will be punished. For the full story, click HERE.
Local fulfills rights dream
03.23.06 by Erika Binegar, The Daily Iowan
Growing up in Iowa City, Stefanie Bowers faced a lack of diversity from an early age. While enrolled in an area K-6 school, she was one of five minority students -- two of whom were her cousins. Last fall, the self-proclaimed "history buff" fulfilled a longtime dream to work in civil and human rights, taking on the role as Iowa City Human Rights coordinator. For the full story, click HERE.
Iowa City Human Rights Coordinator to Speak at Careers for Change
03.21.06 by University News Services
Human rights is a global issue, but it can be a local one, also. That's the topic of the next "Careers for Change," a speaker series sponsored by the UICHR. For the full story, click HERE.
UICHR Careers for Change Speaker Series Resumes in March
02.17.06 by University News Services
Students thinking about life after graduation will again have a chance to meet people working in human-rights related fields during "Careers for Change," a speaker series sponsored by the UICHR. The first talk of the spring semester will be a panel discussion of legal issues surrounding the "Immigrants of War" Wednesday, March 1. For the full story, click HERE.
Woman spins a farmer's life
03.07.06 by Rebecca McKanna, The Daily Iowan
Janette Ryan Busch, owner of Fae Ridge Farms near Iowa City, is one of a growing number of women involved in agriculture. Her acreage is representative of a number of alternative farms run by women in Iowa, according to the film Voices of Iowa Farm Women. An audience watched the footage at a Monday program, "Voices of Women in Agriculture: A Celebration of International Women's Month," organized by the Iowa United Nations Association, Emma Goldman Clinic, Women's Resource and Action Center, Iowa City Human Rights Commission, and the UICHR. For the full story, click HERE.
Medical Consequences of War conference
Doctors examine medical effects of war
03.26.06 by Grant Schulte, The Gazette
IOWA CITY -- Image by gruesome image, Dr. Gene Bolles, who has treated thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan war casualties, scrolled through his slideshow of destruction, mutilation and death. His audience -- doctors, students, residents -- stared with somber faces at the human cost of war. Bolles, a neurosurgeon who spent two years at the Landstuhl Military Center in Germany, joined other medical experts at the Hotel Vetro, 201 S. Linn St., Saturday at a conference, "Medical Consequences of War: Health Challenges Beyond the Battlefield," sponsored by the Iowa chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility. For the full story, click HERE.
March 24-26 Conference Addresses Medical Consequences of War
03.10.06 by University News Services
A conference in Iowa City March 24-26 will explore the medical consequences of war and the health challenges faced by the men and women on the battlefield as well as by family, friends and communities back home. For the full story, click HERE.
Child Labor's Decline, Persistence to be Discussed Feb. 27
02.20.06 by University News Services
Shelton Stromquist, University of Iowa history professor and 2004 recipient of the Collegiate Fellow Award in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will discuss "Child Labor: Historical Patterns of Decline and Persistence" at the next International Mondays lecture from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27. For the full story, click HERE.
Training Jan. 27 for UICHR Immigration Detention Project
01.20.06 by University News Services
An informational and training session on the legal rights of detained immigrants and asylum seekers is the first event planned in a new initiative of the UI Center for Human Rights. The two-part seminar will be Friday, Jan. 27, in Room 275 of Boyd Law Building on the UI campus. For the full story, click HERE.
