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Webinar: Niger’s Coup – China, Russia, Climate, and Nukes

Posted: September 20, 2023
[PHOTO – Niger’s Coup website graphic] In July, a military junta in Niger deposed Niger’s democratically-elected president, the 6th coup in Africa’s Sahel region since 2020. Dr. Ellen Kennedy, Executive Director, World Without Genocide, will speak about the influence of Russia and China in Niger, Niger’s uranium resources for making nuclear weapons, devastating droughts and …

Webinar: Niger’s Coup – China, Russia, Climate, and Nukes

Opportunity to Assist Ukrainian and Russian Refugees – Ukrainian Mothers and Children Transport (UMACT)

Posted: April 10, 2023
“Helping to bring Ukrainian refugees to America… one family at a time.” Ukrainian Mothers and Children Transport (UMACT) is the collaborative effort of lawyers, professors, and law students in securing travel visas for Ukrainians to come to the US for safety from the war in their country. The program was established by Michael Bazyler, professor …

Opportunity to Assist Ukrainian and Russian Refugees – Ukrainian Mothers and Children Transport (UMACT)

Course on Transgender Rights, Spring 2023

Posted: November 11, 2022
Transgender Identity:  Rights and Challenges Locally and Globally, #4106, will be offered on Wednesdays, 6:00-8:00 pm CT, in a synchronous remote format, for 2 elective credits.  Mitchell Hamline is among the very few U.S. law schools offering a course exclusively on issues of transgender rights. It will be team-taught by Judge Tara Kalar and Dr. …

Course on Transgender Rights, Spring 2023

World Without Genocide Student Chapter – First Meeting of the Year!

Posted: September 6, 2022
The World Without Genocide (World) student chapter at MH is part of a grassroots movement to educate and mobilize local community members and elected officials to prevent and stop genocide and other mass atrocities and to protect innocent people from discrimination and injustice. Examples of successful past American grassroots movements include the abolition of slavery, …

World Without Genocide Student Chapter – First Meeting of the Year!

Benjamin B. Ferencz Fellowships in Human Rights and Law – Apply by September 1

Posted: August 24, 2022
Benjamin B. Ferencz Fellowships in Human Rights and Law This program for law students, graduate students in related fields, or recent law school graduates provides part-time fellowships at World Without Genocide. Students work on core areas of human rights including research, policy development and assessment, and action. The fellowships are named for one of the world’s leading …

Benjamin B. Ferencz Fellowships in Human Rights and Law – Apply by September 1

Benjamin B. Ferencz Fellowships in Human Rights and Law – Applications due September 1

Posted: July 15, 2022
Benjamin B. Ferencz Fellowships in Human Rights and Law This program for law students, graduate students in related fields, or recent law school graduates provides part-time fellowships at World Without Genocide. Students work on core areas of human rights including research, policy development and assessment, and action. The fellowships are named for one of the world’s leading …

Benjamin B. Ferencz Fellowships in Human Rights and Law – Applications due September 1

Survival Sex: Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation from Minneapolis to Rwanda.

Posted: November 12, 2019
World Without Genocide is hosting a program at Mitchell Hamline School of Law on Tuesday, December 10. This program examines the connections between sex trafficking and sexual exploitation globally and locally. Al Zdrazil, former prosecutor, Minnesota Office of the Attorney General, will speak on the connection between youth homelessness and sexual exploitation. Colleen Striegel, founder …

Survival Sex: Sex Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation from Minneapolis to Rwanda.

Benjamin B. Ferencz Fellowships in Human Rights and Law – Applications due August 30

Posted: August 14, 2019
World Without Genocide invites applications for the Benjamin B. Ferencz Fellowships in Human Rights and Law. These part-time fellowships, which include an annual stipend, are open to law students, recent law graduates, and graduate students in international affairs and related areas to pursue research and advocacy on the following topics:  the International Criminal Court; persecution …

Benjamin B. Ferencz Fellowships in Human Rights and Law – Applications due August 30