Global Human Rights Hub
Events
Conversations and collaborations that connect human rights research with students, scholars and communities.
Human rights research in conversation
The Global Human Rights Hub brings together faculty, students, visiting scholars and community partners to share research and examine human rights questions.
Explore selected conferences, panels, workshops, book talks and working-group presentations from the Hub’s history. To propose a talk or collaboration, contact the Global Human Rights Hub.
Event highlights
Past events
2025–26
April 2026
“A Politics of Slavery: Race and Human Rights in 19th-Century Brazil”
Guest speaker
João Victor Nery Fiocchi Rodrigues presented his book project.
March 30, 2026
Women’s Rights: Local and Global
Faculty and community panel
Panelists considered women’s rights at the close of Women’s History Month.
Spring 2026
“When the Sewing Machine Sits Under a Tarpaulin: Gender, Disability, and the Limits of Rights in Western Uganda”
Gender Working Group
Sinmyung Park and co-authors presented their project.
Fall 2025
“When Quotas Work: Explaining Gender Quota Effectiveness in China”
Gender Working Group
Kiara Chen presented a working paper.
2024–25
March 31, 2025
Women’s Rights, Right Now
Faculty panel
Students, faculty and staff from five ASU schools joined a discussion of women’s rights in the United States and abroad.
March 2025
International Criminal Court withdrawal
Research talk
Sumin Lee presented research supported by a Global Human Rights Hub Mini Research Award.
Spring 2025
“Are You Trying to Be a Man? A Qualitative Analysis of the Lived Experiences of Women in Male-Dominated Sports”
Gender Working Group
Kailei Folmer presented a working paper.
Nov. 1, 2024
Human Rights and the Election
Faculty panel
ASU faculty discussed human rights, foreign policy and issues connected to the election.
2023–24
April 18, 2024
“The Politics of Perverts”
Book talk
Charles Anthony Smith and Connor Strobel discussed political identity and engagement among nontraditional sexual minorities.
Feb.–April 2024
Policing, Racism and Human Rights
Speaker series
Three talks examined incarceration, abolition, dispossession and state violence.
2024
“Rallied by Thy Neighbor: Intra-Group Spatial Proximity and Turnout”
Gender Working Group
Professor Michal Grahn presented a working paper.
December 2023
“The War in Court: Inside the Long Fight against Torture”
Book talk
Lisa Hajjar discussed her research on law, conflict and the United States’ “war on terror.”
Nov. 1, 2023
Teaching International Human Rights Law in Times of Crisis and Calm
Teaching roundtable
Panelists discussed teaching methods and the use of current events in human rights law courses.
2022–23
Dec. 9, 2022
Human Rights and the World Cup
Panel
Malay Firoz, Heather Smith-Cannoy, Aaron Taliaferro and Audrey Comstock joined a panel discussion.
2021–22
April 22, 2022
Constructing and Deconstructing International Law
Workshop
A hybrid workshop examined the use of legal tools across security, human rights, environmental and humanitarian contexts.
March 26, 2022
“#NiUnaMás: Preventing Violence Against Women, Lessons from Mexico”
Public program
A daylong program brought together speakers and community partners working to end femicide in Mexico and beyond.