Human Rights Summit logo with illustration of Dodd Center
A view at dusk of The Dodd Center for Human Rights

The Human Rights Summit at The Dodd Center for Human Rights brings together scholars, students, activists, policymakers, artists, and business leaders from across the world to examine the key human rights challenges of our time and generate new ideas to promote social justice and human dignity globally.

Through a mix of high-profile lectures, practical workshops, and roundtable discussions, the Human Rights Summit will serve as a critical venue for sharing insights, building relationships, and inspiring action.

Summit audience

Human Rights and the Global Assault on Democracy

October 25-27, 2023

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In the News

‘This year’s recipient of the Dodd Prize embodies the understanding that human rights are a cause that cannot be limited to individual countries’

UConn community and leaders, activists, academics, artists, policymakers, and students from across the country and around the world will come together in Storrs to place critical focus on human rights at the inaugural Human Rights Summit at The Dodd Center

In addition to the awarding of the Dodd Prize, a panel about Babyn Yar will be featured at the inaugural Human Rights Summit to be held on October 25, 26, and 27, at UConn’s Dodd Center for Human Rights