Human Rights

Dean Nisha Botchwey published the article “Governance and civic capacity in a moment of crisis in Minneapolis” in Nature Cities. The article followed a turbulent period in Minneapolis due to heightened federal immigration enforcement.

Professor Deborah Levison co-authored an article in The Conversation, along with Anna Bolgrien (PhD '21), titled "Children's views are rarely sought by researchers: we found a way to do it."

Professor Sheryl Lightfoot has been appointed to a second three-year term as the North American member of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Professor Tricia Olsen authored a new book and two articles examining corporate social responsibility in Latin America.

Professor Ragui Assaad has been awarded a mini grant from the University of Minnesota's Human Rights Initiative to support his research project, “Land Rights as Human Rights: Struggles and Resistance of Landless Dalits in India.”

Professor Greta Friedemann-Sánchez is this year's recipient of the University of Minnesota President’s Community-Engaged Scholar Award.

Professor and Associate Dean Ryan Allen and PhD candidate Kimberly Horner co-authored a paper, “Penalties and payoffs: The short‐term economic consequences of human capital acquisition for resettled refugees in the United States,” published in International Migration.

Diana Quintero, visiting human rights engaged scholar, recently published a paper entitled “Transformative and Emancipatory Function of Comprehensive Reparations," which addresses the right to reparation for the victims of human rights violations.

A research and advocacy campaign to address intimate partner violence in Colombia, led by Associate Professor Greta Friedemann-Sánchez, has been recognized by the University of Minnesota's Innovation Impact Case Awards.

Human rights visiting scholar Diana Quintero helped make the case for a court ruling legalizing abortion in Colombia.