Human Rights Virtual Global Youth Summit — March 25-27, 2026

Join the University of Arizona and co-sponsors for a Human Rights Virtual Global Youth Summit held online from March 25-27, 2026. Join youth from dozens of countries to discuss and act on critical human rights issues including the following:  

  • Gen-Z Protests
  • Climate Migration
  • Conservation and Indigenous Rights
  • Self-Care for Youth Activists
  • Girls’ Education
  • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) as a Living Document
  • Human Rights Education
  • Art and Human Rights

>> Learn more about the conference 

To learn more the first Global Youth Summit held last semester, you can read the article From Stories to Solutions: Global Youth Driving Change in Human Rights and Climate Action.

To learn more about how to participate, contact Prof. William Simmons at williamsimmons@arizona.edu

Sponsored by the University of Arizona Program in Human Rights Practice, based in the School of Global Studies in the College of Social and Behavioral Studies and The Miner Anderson Family Foundation.  

Co-sponsored by: Human Rights Educators USA; the Arizona Institute for Resilience; the Miner Anderson Family Foundation; the James L. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona; and the Reiff Center at Christopher Newport University.

HRE USA is a project of the Center for Transformative Action.

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