Jackson School of International Studies Center for Human Rights

Meet Jessica Ramirez: The UW alum fighting for human rights and social justice alongside the first indigenous-led farm worker union in WA State. 

"Serious research has serious consequences," says the Seattle Times editorial board in response to recent news of a break-in at the UW Center for Human Rights.

A discussion on why the UW is suing the CIA over documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act about an alleged massacre in El Salvador.

The UW Center for Human Rights announced it is suing the CIA for withholding information on a United States-trained El Salvadoran commander who has been implicated in civilian deaths.

Seeking justice for survivors of a massacre in El Salvador, the Center for Human Rights is suing the agency over withholding public records

After years of delays and rejections, the University of Washington's Center for Human Rights has sued the CIA for not providing documents related to the El Salvadoran civil war.

A UW Center for Human Rights fellow in suing the CIA over documents relating to the El Salvadoran civil war in the 1980s.

A UW human rights project is suing the Central Intelligence Agency for refusing to declassify and turn over documents relating to the U.S. role in El Salvador’s civil war.

An October 5 conference addresses how access to information can be a tool in securing truth, justice, and reparations in human rights cases.

The University of Washington Center for Human Rights will hold a daylong conference Oct. 5 at the UW School of Law, underscoring a crucial international theme.

KING 5 reports on the work of students who are helping search for children disappeared in El Salvador during violent conflict in the early 1980s. 

Students in the University of Washington's Center for Human Rights honor El Salvador's "Day of the Disappeared" with a report and videos about some of the thousands of children who were disappeared.

Students and faculty in the UW's Center for Human Rights, working with a partner organization in El Salvador, are helping Salvadorans seek justice for crimes committed during El Salvador's brutal civil war.