University of Minnesota Human Rights Center (HRC)

The University of Minnesota Human Rights Center (HRC) was inaugurated in December 1988 on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The principle focus of the HRC, located in the University of Minnesota Law School, is to help train effective human rights professionals and volunteers. The Human Rights Center assists human rights advocates, monitors, students and educators through five primary programs: Applied Human Rights Research, Educational Tools, Field and Training Opportunities, Human Rights On-line and Learning Communities and Partnerships. In 2004, it will publish Lifting the Spirit: Human Rights and Freedom of Religion or Belief, a secondary school curriculum with lesson plans. Lifting the Spirit is part of the HRC topic series in Human Rights Education