[St. Paul, MN – October 7, 2022] — Erin Jamison, a second-year student at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Saint Paul, has received a Benjamin B. Ferencz Fellowship in Human Rights and Law from World Without Genocide, a human rights organization at Mitchell Hamline.
The fellowship provides support for work in human rights including research, policy development, and action at local, state, national, and international levels. Jamison will conduct research and advocacy about the Uyghurs, a persecuted Muslim minority group in China. Jamison’s focus will be on China’s transnational repression of the Uyghurs, a crime occurring when governments target their own citizens who are living abroad.
Jamison is from Nevada City, California, the daughter of Kathleen and Kevin Jamison. She graduated from Nevada Union High School and earned a B.A. degree in Psychology and a minor in Gender and Sexuality Studies from California State University – Chico in 2014. She spent three years teaching English in Taiwan. She has also worked with at-risk youth in California through AmeriCorps.
The Ferencz Fellowships are named for one of the world’s leading advocates for human rights, Benjamin B. Ferencz. Mr. Ferencz is the sole surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg war crimes trials following World War II. He has committed his life to advocating for justice and peace around the world. The Benjamin B. Ferencz Fellowships in Law and Human Rights extend his legacy.
World Without Genocide promotes education and action to protect innocent people, prevent genocide, prosecute perpetrators, and remember those whose lives and cultures have been destroyed by genocide.
World Without Genocide is formally associated with the United Nations Department of Global Communications.
Contact: Dr. Ellen Kennedy
651-695-7621
kennedy@worldwithoutgenocide.org