Global Focus
DHRC@FHI Updates
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Interview with “Reeducated” Creators Sam Wolson and Ben Mauk
This interview was conducted over email with Sam Wolson and Ben Mauk, developers of “Reeducated,” an award-winning immersive virtual reality documentary chronicling human rights abuses against Uyghurs in China, by […]
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Coping with Crisis: How WASH Humanitarian Actors in Egypt and Sudan Responded to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Opportunities for Resilience
By Hadeel Hamoud & Sama Elmahdy This summer we laid the foundation for our project, setting us up for primary data collection and analysis in the fall. Our project centers […]
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Carcerality and Climate Justice: Prison Ecology in Alabama and California
By Liyu Woldemichael Confronting mass incarceration is an urgent environmental justice issue, which has become more dire as the consequences of the climate crisis become more immediate. The term prison […]
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The History of Eugenics and the Human Betterment League of North Carolina
By Cydney Livingston This summer I am laying groundwork for my senior thesis, centered around the Human Betterment League of North Carolina (HBLNC). My fascination with the history of eugenics […]
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Why the Human Rights Certificate? Interview with Olivia Kramer
This interview was conducted over email with Olivia Kramer, a student enrolled in the Human Rights Certificate Program, by Zac Johnson, a third-year undergraduate student working for the Duke Human Rights […]
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Reflection on “A Genocide in our Time: China’s Internal Campaign Against a Muslim Minority”
By Liyu Woldemichael, ‘22 On Thursday March 4th, two events addressing the condition of the Uyghur minority in China were organized. The Duke Islamic Studies center brought guest-speaker Aydin Anwar, […]
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Interview with Alumnus Kyle Knight
This interview was conducted over email with Kyle Knight, a Senior Researcher at Human Rights Watch, by Zac Johnson, a third-year undergraduate student working for the Duke Human Rights Center at the […]
Other Human Rights Events at Duke
- The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz: What do we Learn from a Local History of the Holocaust?"
- The Haitian Challenge: How could Mexico manage Haitian migration?
- "The Best of Enemies" Pt. 2- Film and Discussion