Human rights are rights that all humans have, just by virtue of being human. Human rights documents and treaties guarantee us the right to live, freely and securely, without discrimination, and with the social and material goods required for a dignified human life. Human rights violations threaten and diminish us all.
Webster University’s Center for the Study of Human Rights is dedicated to providing a curricular path to a greater understanding of international human rights standards and problems, and of institutions that try to foster adherence to those standards. The center helps prepare students for careers that further adherence to international human rights standards and for further education in the field. It seeks to support its local human rights community by sponsoring educational events, and maintains a resource center for faculty wishing to integrate human rights materials and themes in their courses.
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The College of Arts & Sciences mourns the loss of Professor Art Sandler, founder of Webster University's Human Rights Education Project. Professor Sander died suddenly on August 9, 2008. An endowed scholarship has been set up in his name. Friends, colleagues, and students also are invited to share their memories of Art.
The Center for the Study of Human Rights, formed in fall 2008, is directed by Andrea Miller, Ph.D. The new center evolved from the Human Rights Education Project and serves as an umbrella organization for Webster University's human rights projects and programs.
Arts & Sciences is celebrating the 2008-09 academic year as The Year of International Human Rights. The events and activities of this special year mark the 60th anniversary of the endorsement of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Year of IHR has been dedicated to the memory of Professor Art Sandler.
Current high school students are invited to attend the 2009 Webster University Institute for Human Rights, to be held June 8-19 on the Webster Groves campus. Read more...
Looking at Job Titles in Human Rights area and finding out what you can do with a Human Rights degree. Read more...
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