Dr. William Paul Simmons
The Human Rights in Higher Education Award recognizes an individual, organization, initiative, or publication for its outstanding contribution to human rights education. The first international award in human rights education, it aims to acknowledge work that embodies human rights principles in teaching, learning, research, policies and practices.
Dr. William Paul Simmons is a Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies and Founder of the online Human Rights Practice Program at the University of Arizona. Some of his publications include Joyful Human Rights (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019), Human Rights Law and the Human Rights Law and the Marginalized Other (Cambridge UP, 2011), and articles and a book chapter exploring legal remedies for the feminicides in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
He has served as a consultant on human rights and social justice issues in The Gambia, Niger, Nigeria, Bangladesh, China, Mexico, and the United States. He has a strong record of building coalitions and facilitating collaboration among diverse actors around the world in support of human rights and practice.
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