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The collaboration brings together medical schools, professional medical organizations and activist survivor groups.

For students, the program is more than an ordinary academic experience; it’s a transformative immersion into the hub of global justice.

The annual awards, presented on Ellis Island in New York, celebrate immigrants and their progeny who are dedicating their lives to the betterment of society.

The 2025 Human Rights and Humanitarian Forum featured activists, scholars and policymakers from 30 countries.

Students welcomed the giant puppet and her message of empathy for refugees fleeing war, famine and persecution around the globe.

Promise Europe furthers the groundbreaking work of the Promise Institute for Human Rights, broadening the international platform for UCLA’s research, teaching and advocacy.

The UCLA School of Law faculty member was recognized with the ‘genius grant’ for her impactful work on race, migration and international law.

High-profile hearings will accompany March 2–11 events connecting U.S. social justice movements with struggles across the Americas.

The Berggruen Governance Index, published by UCLA, assesses quality of democracy and quality of life measures in 134 nations.

Efforts to produce a new legal framework for the crime had their roots in a symposium hosted by The Promise Institute for Human Rights.

Dr. Elizabeth Barnert’s research into El Salvador’s “disappeared” children points to a role for genetics in reunification.

Sonja Diaz, the founding director of the Latino Policy & Politics Initiative, understands how research can directly result in legislation that serves society’s needs.

UCLA School of Law’s E. Tendayi Achiume explains how the U.S. is out of sync with international human rights law — and how we can rectify that.

A UCLA study finds that educational equality is associated with longer lifespans.

From Westwood to the Texas-Mexico border and Haiti, UCLA people are tackling global inequities, one heartfelt step at a time.

Q&A with Karen McCarthy Woolf, who is bringing her poet’s eye to the work at the Promise Institute for Human Rights.

In his speech, Chile Eboe-Osuji highlighted the United States’ history of leadership in international tribunals and justice.

The Academy Award-nominated actor appeared with the authors of a new book about the central African nation to mark International Human Rights Day.

E. Tendayi Achiume serves as the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance.

Martin Luther King Jr. once hailed Lawson as the world’s leading theorist and strategist of nonviolence.

The “Lights. Camera. Reaction.: The Art of Impact in Entertainment” conference focused on artists and lawyers who use entertainment to promote stories of social injustice.

Panelists and participants examined topics including genocide, the risks to civilians in war zones and the unforeseen effects of the security state.

The effort to establish the institute was led by Dr. Eric Esrailian, the lead producer of “The Promise” and a faculty member at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

With support from UCLA, The Atlantic magazine will present the 2016 Race + Justice summit, bringing together civic leaders, artists, activists, academics and policy makers to share ideas and insights.

UCLA researchers conducted the most comprehensive global study to date of constitutional protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity.