Universal Human Rights Month

Universal Human Rights Month

Nigerian youth in Lagos protesting police brutality. Photo courtesy: Tobi Oshinnaike

This month, we celebrate "Universal Human Rights Month" which commemorates the inalienable rights of human beings, irrespective of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

 

Diversity Champion

Diversity Champion
Faculty/Staff
Dr. Monir Moniruzzaman

Dr. Monir Moniruzzaman is an associate professor in the MSU Department of Anthropology. His research examines human organ trafficking within the black market, and how to combat this human rights violation.

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Diversity Torch

Diversity Torch
Student
Mr. Juan Carlos Rico Noguera

Juan Rico Noguera is a PhD student within the MSU Department of Anthropology. Born in Colombia, his research focuses on human rights violations committed in the nation's past.

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Diversity Spotlight

Diversity Spotlight
Alumni
Ms. Karen Phillippi

Karen Phillippi, a MSU Anthropology alumna, celebrates a career in immigration law and is now the Director of New American Integration with the Office of Global Michigan.

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Additional Resources

  • Academic Readings

    • Famer, Paul. 2003. Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and New War on the Poor. Berkeley: University of California Press.

    • Griffin, James. 2009. On Human Rights. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

  • General Public

    • Dallaire, Romeo. 2003.Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda. Toronto: Random House.

    • Freire, Paulo. 1970. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: Continuum.

    • Mandela, Nelson. 1994. Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.

    • Power, Samantha. 2003. A Problem from Hell: American and the Age of Genocide. New York: HarperCollins.

    • Sen, Amartya. 1999. Development as Freedom. New York: Alfred Knopf.

    • United Nations. 1948. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. General Assembly Resolution 217A. Geneva: United Nations.

    • X Malcom and Alex Haley. 1965. The Autobiography of Malcom X. New York: Grove Press.

    • Yousafzai, Malala, and Christina Lamb. 2013. I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 

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