Human Rights News Archive
![Seodaemun Prison. Christian Senger, Flickr](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Christian-Senger-Flickr-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Law
Analysis: Solitary confinement in Canada is a human-rights crisis
December 10, 2014 —
Perhaps more importantly, what can be done to reverse this trend? An important first step would be for Canada to ratify a United Nations convention against torture.
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Faculty of Arts
Rhodes Scholar driven to human rights advocacy
December 1, 2014 —
U of M leads Western Canada in number of Rhodes Scholars
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Faculty of Law
Wpg Free Press: The high cost of jailing the innocent
October 30, 2014 —
'Every single correctional centre is operating over capacity'
![UN Judge and Faculty of Law alumna Kimberly Prost. // Photo: Thomas Fricke](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/KimProst-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Law
Judge Kimberly Prost: From U of M to the Hague to New York
September 29, 2014 —
For this alumna, from here, you really can go anywhere
![Kimberly Prost speaking at the U of M / Photo: Mike Latschislaw](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Kimberly-Prost-3-of-3-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Law
Alumna protects the rights of terror suspects
September 24, 2014 —
These are difficult times for international criminal justice
![Free expression - who pays the price? Wednesday, September 17](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/VPE-VC-043-UMToday-September2014-1-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Law
Free expression, from whistleblowing to academic freedom
September 19, 2014 —
Wednesday's Visionary Conversations featured President Barnard, CBC's Cecil Rosner and Faculty of Law's Sarah Lugtig
![Anitra Squires and Jackie Gruber of the office of human rights and conflict management.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/human-rights-office-150x150.jpg)
Human rights and conflict management in the workplace
September 19, 2014 —
Human rights and advisory services updates name to the office of human rights and conflict management
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Alumni
U of M connections: Canadian Museum for Human Rights
September 19, 2014 —
With the long-anticipated opening of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, U of M has something to celebrate
![Canadian Museum for Human Rights](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cmhrspf-150x150.jpg)
On the opening of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
September 19, 2014 —
A message from Dr. David Barnard, president of the University of Manitoba