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Human Rights
Scholarly Publications
Regional Perspectives on Human Rights: The USSR and Russia, Part Two
October 2012
Since 1991, there have been two major phases in Russian history, corresponding roughly to the decades of the 1990s and the 2000s. Under President Boris Yeltsin (1991-1999), Russia attempted a...
Regional Perspectives on Human Rights: The USSR and Russia, Part One
October 2012
The Soviet Union advocated a conception of human rights different from the notion of rights prevalent in the West.
Indigenous Policy Review in Brazil: Ideologies, Rights, and Perspectives
July 2012
This is an analysis of the evolution of political actions and legal instruments imposed on indigenous peoples in Brazil since pre-colonization in the fifteenth century.
News
Global Human Rights and Minority Social Movements in Japan: A Webinar by Professor Kiyoteru Tsutsui
January 2021
Tsutsui introduced the audience to three minority groups in Japan—the Ainu, resident Koreans (Zainichi), and the Burakumin—and illustrated how human rights have galvanized minority social movements...
The Sting of Indifference
June 2020
Director Gary Mukai reaffirms SPICE’s commitment to racial and social justice.
Human rights curriculum for the 21st century
October 2011
The Stanford Report covered the recently launched Stanford Human Rights Education Initiative, which brings human rights curriculum into the classrooms of California community colleges to transform...
Events
SPICE Webinar: "Human Rights Day 2020: Teacher Workshop on Global Human Rights and Minority Social Movements in Japan"
December 5, 2020
Webinar recording: https://youtu.be/8oDHKdyhZO0 In recognition of Human Rights Day on December 10, SPICE is honored to feature Dr.
3rd Annual Stanford Human Rights Education Initiative Symposium
June 8, 2013
A day-long symposium to discuss, share, and learn about teaching human rights in a wide range of world areas, academic disciplines, and classroom settings.
Multimedia
Civil and Human Rights: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy
June 2020
Dr. Clayborne Carson is Professor of American History and Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University. In this video, Professor Carson not only discusses Martin Luther King, Jr.
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