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Introduction to Human Rights Concepts
This session highlights human rights law and work through The Advocates for Human Rights' work including its work with women's rights, refugee and immigrant rights, the death penalty and current special projects. |
Economic and Social Rights in the U.S.
This presentation covers what are often called “second-generation” rights - the minimum standards for economic and social conditions that guarantee people are able to live in dignity. |
Human Rights Monitoring
What is human rights monitoring, why is it done and how do we do it? This session offers an in-depth look at the who, what, when, where, why and how of human rights monitoring, investigating and reporting. |
Human Rights Advocacy at the UN
This session provides an overview of the United Nations’ system for protecting human rights and explores the ways organizations can work with UN bodies, including the treaty-based mechanisms for enforcing compliance with human rights obligations. |
Torture and International Law
This presentation examines the prohibition against torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment in international law and examines the United States’ approach to the issue, both historically and today. |
Human Rights and the Death Penalty
This seminar gives an overview of the history and jurisprudence surrounding the administration of the death penalty in the United States, as well as current issues related to capital punishment. |
Human Rights Post-9/11
This session will explore the impact 9/11 has had on civil and human rights in America, and encourage discussion on this ongoing struggle to balance our security with our rights. |
Introduction to Women's Human Rights
Focusing on discussions about abuse, equal rights in the workplace, and the trafficking of women, this program will help illustrate the unique problems facing women in securing their most basic rights. |
Domestic Violence as a Human Rights Violation
Women's advocates in Central and Eastern Europe have transformed their countries' response to violence against women. This session discusses the evolution of the movement to end violence against women in the region. |
Immigration Law 101
This session provides participants with basic concepts of U.S. immigration law, including refugee and asylum processes, family-based immigration, employment-based immigration, and deportation. |
Working with Refugees and Immigrants: Elimination of Bias in the Legal System
This 2-hour session provides attorneys and other legal professionals with an opportunity to understand the experience and background of Minnesota’s newcomers; to consider how these experiences might impact their access to justice; and to identify and eliminate from the legal profession biases against newcomers that may interfere with access to justice. |
Introduction to Asylum Law
This session introduces participants to the basics of asylum law and ways in which the United States offers protection to victims of human rights abuses. Participants will learn about the international treaties and policies underlying the asylum system. |
Citizenship and Immigration
The presentation covers the different ways people become U.S. citizens, and gives an overview of the process of immigration to the U.S. It also addresses the potential impact of our current immigration laws. |
Refugees in Minnesota
Minnesota is home to large numbers of refugees from many different countries. This presentation gives an introduction to the refugee experience. |
Know Your Rights and Responsibilities
In this presentation, immigration attorneys cover information about immigration laws, what to do if you are arrested by immigration and where to go for help. Presenters also provide basic information about other laws impacting refugees and immigrants. |
Immigration Detention
This presentation explores the forces driving the explosion in immigration detention, including who is subject to detention, detention conditions, alternatives to detention, and the rights of detainees. |
Human Rights Education in a Diverse Classroom
This session will share stories and experiences of classroom work, curriculum and special activities related to human rights education in Minnesota schools and explore how participants can place their classroom work within a human rights context. |
Immigration Law for Educators
This session highlights the basics of immigration law, including definitions of legal terms related to immigration, an overview of visa categories, and other factual information useful to educators working with immigrant students. |
Children's Rights
Focusing on the global problem of child labor, this presentation shares photos and facts about child laborers around the world. The session also examines current strategies of combating child labor, highlighting the Sankhu-Palubari Community School in Nepal. |
Introduction to Transitional Justice
This presentation gives an overview of different transitional justice mechanisms, including truth commissions and tribunals, and examines how individuals can use transitional justice to address conflicts in their lives and their communities. |
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