Professor Emeritus Jane Williams has built a distinguished career spanning legal practice, government legal service, academia, and civil society activism. She played a pivotal role in securing legislation on the rights of the child in Wales and was instrumental in the campaign for a Welsh Youth Parliament. At Swansea University, she co-founded the Observatory on Human Rights of Children (now the Observatory on Human Rights and Social Justice) and the Children’s Legal Centre Wales. Her scholarship and advocacy focus on devolution, child law, and children’s rights, and she has pioneered pedagogical innovations, including trans-Atlantic Street Law collaborations and human rights–based research with children.
The fellowship application process is now open, appy by March 27, 2025.
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HRE USA and the UCCHRE Unite to Condemn the murder of George Floyd and Uphold Black Lives.
OUR MISSION
The Human Rights Educators USA (HRE USA) is a collaborative network to learn, teach, organize, advocate, and innovate for human rights education in the United States.
Learn about the UPR: What it is, how it works, and what you can do to engage in the process of shaping human rights in the United States!
Session 3: Tuesday, March 10, 2026 • 3pm (PT) / 6pm (ET)
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The Center for Civic Education and the Civic Education Research Lab (CERL) invite you to join leaders from across the nation for a pivotal gathering at the intersection of research, practice, and policy. The We the People: National Symposium on Civic Education Research will take place in Washington, D.C. on March 6-7, 2026.
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We are proud to launch the Kirby Edmonds Fellowship Campaign, one of our most important fundraisers of the year.
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